I may be missing something obvious, but is there a way to create a custom command for Dragon (or Knowbrainer) that would mimic continuously scrolling down using a mouse wheel? E.g. if I want to scroll through a Twitter feed without repeatedly having to say "page down"

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KnowBrainer includes Scroll <direction> <1to300> and Scroll <directionspeed>. You can say things like Scroll <Down> or Scroll <Left> <42>.  Lower speed numbers like 1 to 30 (depending on your computer) will not work.

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Many thanks. This works great on most sites, but on a Twitter feed the performance is inconsistent for me. Sometimes the command starts scrolling, but most commonly it instead opens one of the links on the page in a new tab... (I.e. the command is recognised correctly by Dragon and knowbrainer, but doesn't do what it's supposed to do). Any idea what could be causing this behaviour? I've tested this in chrome and edge.

Pressing the mouse wheel, either manually or via scripting to initiate continuous scrolling in browsers is not foolproof. If you press the wheel at the location of an image on a webpage it will not only open the underlying link, but it will do so in a new tab. This can also happen with regular links. Before you know it you have several new tabs opened in the background

 

A much more sophisticated scrolling solution is SP Glide. It doesn't care about the current mouse pointer location as long as it's in the target window and it won't cause any "stray" tabs. Furthermore it works in many applications:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glide not only allows you to speed up/slow down the scrolling in real time but you can also pause and resume (quickly moving the mouse pointer outside of the application will also pause the scrolling). In addition there's the option to reverse the scrolling direction.

 

The additional Speed Factors dialog enables you to set your own default scrolling speeds:

 

 

 

 

 

Glide is under constant development and an updated version is coming out soon. There is also a demonstration video on the way.

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Thanks, dilligence. SP glide sounds like a perfect solution. I have SP 6 (purchased for me by my employer back in September 2020), but I can't see the SP Glide function. Do I need to update?

Many thanks.

Hi Psithyros, 

 

I cannot tell from your nickname if you have SP 6 Standard or SP 6 PRO.

Glide© is featured in PRO.

 

Assuming you have an English/US Windows version, please do the following. Say "open control panel", "click programs and features". Now scroll down until you see the following entry:

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see I am currently using SP 6 Standard. Let me know which version you have installed. If it is Standard then you can easily upgrade here.

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Thank you for the quick response. I've checked and I am using version 6.6.6 PRO.

That means that you did not receive the free update to SP 6.9.6.3 PRO which includes the improved Glide© version. Please send me an email so I can resend you the download link.

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Thanks. I have sent you a private message.