I have many Excel workbooks/Word documents stored in dozens of folders. What is the most efficient way to open these Excel workbooks or Word documents using speech recognition without mapping a shortcut to reach workbook or document on my desktop.

Thank you,

Ed

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional 11.5 and KnowBrainer 2011

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Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 and Knowbrainer 2012

Say, 'Start Menu' | 'Documents' |

Then just navigate down to whatever file or folder you want to open.  When you have found the file or folder you want to open, (when it is highlighted) just say 'Enter' or 'Press Enter.'

Cheers

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Tiger Feet

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Tiger Feet thank you for your prompt response.

I recall seeing a post by Lunis that indicated you could use a KnowBrainer command saying something like "Launch < filename > and the the named file would open. In the post was an example using the MyCommands Editor where the MyCommand Name was "Launch" I believe the command type was "Advanced Scripting" and an example of the code that appeared in the scripting window appears below.

Sub Main
    If "users and groups" Then AppBringUp
End Sub

I drew the conclusion from the post that you could use Dragon NaturallySpeaking with KnowBrainer 2011 to open files using one or two words plus the filename.  is their way to do this?

Thanks for all your help,

Ed

 

 

 

 

 

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Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 and Knowbrainer 2012

You can create an Advanced-Scripting listing command to open various folders, documents and even non-fully Windows compliant applications or you can simply edit your existing KnowBrainer Open <file> command. You'll find additional information on editing listing commands in the VerbalBasic Manual. It's important to remember that listing commands are separated into 2 separate parts. Note the following 2 arguments we have highlighted in the following KnowBrainer Open <file> command:



Open Users simply opens the users folder in Windows 7 while the Open VerbalBasic Manual command opens a PDF file from a specific address on the Internet. In other words, you're not limited to local files and applications

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Have you tried saying "Click – Start" then dictating either part of the name of the document or some fairly unique word or phrase that's in the document? Windows 7's amazing search will find the document for you. When the name of the document appears at the top of the results list you can just say "Press tab" and "Enter" and it will open the document. If it never makes it to the top, you can say "Press tab" and "Go down x" then "Enter." It's how I open documents all the time.


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JackieV,

Thank you very much for your suggestion. I tried using the "Click-Start" command and after searching Windows displayed many files none of which were the file that I wanted to open. I tried it with several files and each time the file that I wanted to open was not listed.

Using the "Open(files)” feature of KnowBrainer I was able to successfully create and open command once in three tries.  The first file listed will open when I say "Open Company Tables." When I say "Open ABC Tables" or "Open MeetingHouse” sometimes nothing happens other times it will attempt open unrelated application. What am I doing wrong? Why do I have such inconsistency results?

Open (files)

If_arg1 = "Company Tables" then AppBringUp "E:\My Documents\Excel Files - Business\Company Tables.xlsx"
if _arg1 = "ABC Tables" then AppBringUp "E:\My Documents\Excel Files - Business\ABC Tables.xlsx"
if _arg1 = "Meeting House" then AppBringUp "E:\My Documents\Excel Files - Business\Meeting House.xlsx"

files
Company Tables
Meeting House
ABC Tables

Thank you for your patience in all your help again,

Ed

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Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 and Knowbrainer 2012

Your command coding looks perfect. The next time your command fails, say What Did I Say to see if NaturallySpeaking misinterpreted your command for something else.

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JackyV,

Looks like Ed's cracked it using an Advanced Scripting command (with help from Lunis/KnowBrainer).

If you don't have that option at the moment, maybe because you have DNS Premium edition, you might find it useful to create a new folder on your Start Menu for your key documents.  In the new Start Menu folder create shortcuts to your key documents.  You can then open those documents with a single command using the built-in command "open <shortcut name>", rather than searching for them.  As you probably know the command works for shortcuts on the desktop or in the Start Menu, as long as Dragon recognises the words used for the shortcut name.  If the document you want to open has a name which isn't easily recognised you can rename the shortcut, without renaming the file itself.

 Rog 

First, I want to thank everyone for their suggestions.

I discovered that while my code may have been correct for some reason issuing the spoken commands did not Open the named workbook until I exited KnowBrainer 2011 and Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5. Once I exited both programs and reloaded KnowBrainer 2011 and Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5 spoken commands worked successfully.

I will test later if I only need to exit KnowBrainer 2011 after I have another created an Open (files).

Again, thank to everyone for their suggestions.

 Ed

 

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Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 and Knowbrainer 2012

any time you create a command or edit a command in KnowBrainer you need to exit KnowBrainer and restart KnowBrainer befor the new command or change will take effect.

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Jomark

Jomark is spot on. FYI, that's what the Refresh KnowBrainer command was created for. It'll do the shutdown/reload for you, with minimal interruption to your working.

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Thanks Rog, you are correct, I have Dragon Premium. I never have trouble opening documents by voice using the "click – start" method, with Windows search finding exactly what I'm looking for usually after I've dictated just one, or sometimes two words into the search. Very simple, and simple makes me happy!

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Dell Inspiron M i15R, 2.93 GHz processor, 8 GB RAM, 750 GB serial ATA hard drive.
BlueParrott Xpressway Bluetooth headset.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 11.5
Windows 7
Microsoft Office 2010