PowerShell/Docs/VoiceControl.md

Executing PowerShell Scripts by Voice

Voice recognition and response (VRR) is so much fun and so comfortable! Just give it a try.

🔧 Installation

1. Download and install Serenade from https://serenade.ai/ (Serenade is freely available for Linux, MacOS, and Windows).
2. Download and install the PowerShell Scripts, allow the script execution and set the search path to it (see the FAQ page for details).
3. Select your personal wake word. Recommended wake words with a high recognition rate are: "Alexa", "Bixby", "Computer", "James", or "Jarvis". In the following the wake word "Computer" is used.
4. Execute: ./export-to-serenade.ps1 Computer in the PowerShell Scripts, this creates a custom JavaScript file at $HOME/.serenade/scripts/PowerShell.js using the wake word 'Computer'.

🗣 Usage

1. Launch Serenade and click into the circle to enable Listening mode.
2. Launch Windows Terminal and click into the window.
3. Speak into the microphone: "Computer, open calculator" - this executes the PowerShell script open-calculator.ps1 and this script launches the calculator application.

More supported voice commands are:

"Computer, [greeting]."

Greets the computer, just replace [greeting] by: good evening, good morning, good night, happy christmas, happy easter, happy father's day, happy halloween, happy hanukkah, happy holidays, happy kwanzaa, happy mother's day, happy new year, happy ramadan, happy St. Patrick's day, happy thanksgiving, happy valentine's day, hello, hi, how are you?, how do you do?, merry christmas, or say hello.

"Computer, open [app]."

Launches the given application, replace [app] by: 3D-Viewer, Calculator, Git Extensions, Magnifier, Microsoft Paint, Microsoft Store, Netflix, Notepad, OBS Studio, Outlook, Paint 3D, Spotify, Thunderbird, Visual Studio, or Windows Terminal.

When finished say: "Computer, close [app]" to close the application.

"Computer, check [name]."

Lets the computer check something, replace [name] by: Bitcoin rate, Christmas, CPU, date, dawn, DNS, drives, dusk, Easter Sunday, Earth (fun), Ether rate, headlines, Independence Day, ISS position, midnight, moon phase, New Year, noon, operating system, ping, Santa, sunrise, sunset, swap space, tea time, Tether rate, time, time zone, up-time, VPN, weather, or zenith.

"Computer, open [name] browser."

Launches the given Web browser or opens a new tab - replace [name] by: Chrome, default, Edge, or Firefox.

When finished say: "Close tab" or: "Computer, close [name] browser" to close the Web browser.

"Computer, open [name] drive."

Launches the File Explorer with the given drive - replace [name] by: C:, D:, E:, F:, G:, or M:.

When finished say: "Computer, close file explorer" to close the File Explorer.

"Computer, open [name] folder."

Launches the File Explorer with the given folder - replace [name] by: apps, autostart, desktop, documents, downloads, Dropbox, home, music, OneDrive, pictures, recycle bin, repos, temporary, or videos.

When finished say: "Computer, close file explorer" to close the File Explorer.

"Computer, open [name] website."

Launches the default Web browser with the given website - replace [name] by: Amazon, Apple, Baidu, BBC, Bing, BitBucket, CDC, CIA, CNN, DistroWatch, Dropbox, eBay, Facebook, FBI, Flipboard, FourSquare, FRITZ!Box, FRITZ!Repeater, GitHub, GliderTracker, HolidayCheck, HRworks, Instagram, IPFS, Microsoft, NASA, NBC, Netflix, Notepad, Outdoor Active, PayPal, Pinterest, Pixabay, Plex, Serenade, Slashdot, Snap Store, Starbucks, Tesla, TikTok, Toggl, Topo Map, Twitter, UFA, Unsplash, Walmart, WhatsApp, White House, Windy, Wikipedia, Wired, Wolfram Alpha, World News, Yahoo, or YouTube.

When finished say: "Close tab" or: "Computer, close [name] browser" to close the Web browser.

"Computer, show [name] city."

Launches the default Web browser with Google Maps at the given city - replace [NAME] by: Atlanta, Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, Cairo, Calgary, Cape Town, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jerusalem, Kansas, Las Vegas, Lisbon, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mexico, Miami, Montreal, Moscow, Munich, New York, Panama, Paris, Rome, San Francisco, Seattle, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Tunis, Vienna, Washington, or Zurich.

When finished say: "Close tab" or: "Computer, close [name] browser" to close the Web browser.

"Computer, play radio [name]."

Launches the default Web browser and tunes into an internet radio station - replace [name] by: 7, AFN Stuttgart, Arabella, Bob, Club Mix, Dance FM, FFN, Galaxy, Gong, Ibiza, Jam FM, Kiss Kiss, Malibu, N-JOY, Paloma, or You FM.

When finished say: "Close tab" or: "Computer, close [name] browser" to close the Web browser.

"Computer, play [name] sound."

• starts the playback of the given sound - replace [NAME] by: bee, beep, cat, cow, dog, donkey, elephant, elk, frog, goat, gorilla, horse, lion, parrot, pig, rattlesnake, vulture, or wolf.

"Computer, play [name] game."

Launches the default Web browser and plays the given game - replace [name] by: 2048, Chess, Cube, Pacman, Tetris, TicTacToe, or Tower.

When finished say: "Close tab" or: "Computer, close [name] browser" to close the Web browser.

"Computer, open [name] settings."

Launches the Windows settings - replace [name] by: activation, apps, background, backup, bluetooth, color, date, default apps, developer, display, ethernet, lockscreen, maps, printer, proxy, recovery, speech, start, system (the top level settings!), taskbar, themes, time, update, USB, VPN, or Wifi.

When finished say: "Computer, close system settings" to close the Windows settings.

"Computer, show [name] manual."

Launches the default Web browser with the given online manual - replace [name] by: Ant, Apple, Audacity, Azure, Bash, Blender, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, GCC, Git, Jenkins, MSBuild, OBS Studio, PowerShell, Serenade, SystemRescue, Toyota, Vim, Voice (yes, this page!), Volkswagen, or Windows.

When finished say: "Close tab" or: "Computer, close [name] browser" to close the Web browser.

"Computer, show [name] rate."

Launches the default Web browser with the given exchange rate. Just replace [name] by: Bitcoin, Ether, Euro, Tether, or US dollar.

When finished say: "Close tab" or: "Computer, close [name] browser" to close the Web browser.

🔊 Audio Voice Commands

• "Computer, turn volume off" - mutes audio
• "Computer, shut up" - mutes the audio
• "Computer, turn volume on" - unmutes audio
• "Computer, turn volume up" - increases the audio volume by 10%
• "Computer, turn volume down" - decreases the audio volume by 10%

💭 Various Voice Commands

• "Computer, connect VPN" - connects to VPN
• "Computer, come on"
• "Computer, give me five"
• "Computer, locate my phone"
• "Computer, repeat last reply"
• "Computer, roll a dice" - returns a dice number
• "Computer, tell joke."
• "Computer, tell quote."
• "Computer, thank you."

"Computer, [farewell]."

Say farewell to the computer, replace [farewell] by: bye, bye-bye, good-bye, I'll be back, see you.