Basic Usage
The examples below are just a very small selection of common commands for working with Talon. These are based on the Talon Community user file set.
Talon has three basic modes by default:
- In command mode, your speech will be interpreted as commands by default.
- In dictation mode, your speech will be transcribed as plain text by default (although with some commands, like "comma" etc. for punctuation), similar to traditional speech recognition systems.
- In sleep mode, Talon will do nothing until it hears a commands that wakes it up.
To keep track of what mode you are in with a visual icon, enable the mode indicator feature in the community repository.
| Command | Description |
|---|
wake up | Enable speech recognition. |
talon wake | Enable speech recognition. |
go to sleep | Disable speech recognition. |
talon sleep | Disable speech recognition. |
dictation mode | Switch to dictation mode. |
command mode | Switch to command mode. |
| Command | Description |
|---|
help alphabet | show the spelling alphabet for pressing individual keys |
help context | show all defined commands |
help active | show all currently available commands |
help next, help previous | go to the next or previous page of help items if there are a lot |
help close | hide any open help window again |
command history | show the command history |
talon open log | open the talon log for debugging |
Dictating Text
Say a formatter then the text. (i.e. say "hello world") to dictate while in command mode
| Formatter | Description |
|---|
say | no special formatting is applied |
sentence | the first word is capitalized |
title | every word starts with a capital letter |
all down | every word is all lower case |
smash | no spaces between words |
kebab | dashes instead of spaces |
help formatters | show all available formatters |
These commands will open up a CSV or Talon list file in your default text editor that you can edit to customize voice commands without needing to write Talon scripts.
| Command | Description |
|---|
customize additional words | add additional words that Talon will recognize |
customize words to replace | remap or reformat words that Talon will recognize |
customize alphabet | change the default Talon alphabet |
customize websites | add websites that can be opened with Talon |
| Command | Description |
|---|
focus "app name" | say "focus chrome" for example, to switch active window to chrome |
running list | see all active applications |
launch "app name" | say "launch chrome" for example, to open chrome |
window close | closes the currently active window |
| Command |
|---|
tab new |
tab last |
tab next |
tab close |
tab restore |
go tab <number> |
go tab final |
| Command |
|---|
mute |
play next |
play previous |
play |
| Commands | Description |
|---|
run calibration | start Tobii calibration |
control mouse | toggle on/off Tobii moving the mouse |
zoom mouse | Toggle Control Mouse (Zoom). |
control off | Turn the eye tracker off |
Working with text
| Command | Description |
|---|
copy that | |
control cap | copy via the keyboard shortcut using the talon alphabet (cap for c) |
paste that | |
control vest | paste via the keyboard shortcut using the talon alphabet (vest for v) |
cut that | |
undo that | |
redo that | |
scratch that | undo Talon dictation |
| Command | Description |
|---|
touch | single click |
duke | double click |
trip click | triple click |
drag | hold down the mouse. Repeat to release |
curse yes | hides the mouse cursor for eye tracking |
curse no | shows the mouse cursor |
righty | right click |
| Command | Description |
|---|
page down | press the page down key |
page up | press the page up key |
scroll down | scroll down |
scroll up | scroll up |
wheel down | scroll down |
wheel up | scroll up |
wheel left | scroll left |
wheel gaze | scroll according to the mouse position |
wheel upper | continually scroll up |
wheel downer | continually scroll down |
wheel stop | stop scrolling |