Action Commands For Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use action commands to trigger keyboard shortcuts.

Define a custom voice command phrase => <press:[shortcut]>

For example:

1) In Gmail, the shortcut to send the email is ctrl + enter (cmd + enter on Mac). You can trigger this action using voice commands by adding a voice command send mail => <press:ctrl+enter> (or <press:cmd+enter> on Mac)

2) In ChatGPT, you can use press enter => <press:enter> to submit the message

3) You can trigger a line break in an editor by defining a voice command line break => <press:shift+enter>

Note: Currently, the key presses triggered by this feature cannot be used to activate Chrome browser shortcuts. For example, ctrl+w will not close the tab. If you wish to close the current tab, use the <closetab> voice command.

Note: Chrome shows a "Voice In started debugging this browser" message when you use an action command to trigger a keyboard shortcut. This is because Voice In needs the debugger to emulate the keyboard. You can ignore this message. You can also configure Chrome to hide the bar if it bothers you by following the instructions in the article linked below:

Hiding the "Voice In started debugging this browser" Message

You can define a keyboard shortcut consisting of keys a-z, 0-9, symbols like !$#, and any of the special keys listed below

backspace
tab
clear
enter
shift
ctrl
alt
pause
capslock
escape
esc
space
pageUp
pageDown
end
home
left
up
right
down
printscreen
insert
delete
meta
cmd
f1
f2
f3
f4
f5
f6
f7
f8
f9
f10
f11
f12
audio_next
audio_prev
audio_stop
audio_pause
audio_play
audio_mute
audio_vol_down
audio_vol_up

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