OS X Lion: Use spoken commands for keyboard shortcuts
You can create a spoken command to perform any keyboard shortcut that appears in a menu. You can make the command work in all applications that have the keyboard shortcut, or you can make the command work in just the active application.
Before you can create a command, you must turn on Speakable Items in Speech preferences.
It’s recommended that you calibrate speech recognition in your current environment, if you haven’t done so already.
Create a spoken command
- Open the application that contains the shortcut you want, press the listening key (or speak the key, depending on your settings), and then speak the command “Define a keyboard command.”
- In the "Define keyboard command" window, use the keyboard shortcut (such as Command+S), and then click OK.
- Type the phrase you want to use to name the command, such as “Save document.”
- To make the command work only in the active application, select the button next to the application’s name. To make the command work in any application, select “Any application.” Then click Save.
Check your spoken command
About 20 seconds after you save the keyboard command, your command appears in the Speech Commands window and you can use it. To verify your command is listed in the window, press or say the listening key, and then say “Open the Speech Commands window.”
Speak your command exactly as it appears in the Speech Commands window.