PowerShell/Docs/VoiceControl.md

Executing PowerShell Scripts by Voice

🔧 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, then set the search path to it.
3. 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'. Recommended wake words with a high recognition rate are: "Alexa", "Bixby", "Computer", "Jarvis", "KITT", or "Windows". In the following the wake word "Computer" is used.

🗣 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 which launches the calculator application.

More supported voice commands are:

Computer, open application

• launches the given application.
• replace application by: "3D-Viewer", "Calculator", "Git Extensions", "Microsoft Paint", "Netflix", "Notepad", "Outlook", "Paint 3D", "Spotify", "Thunderbird", "Visual Studio", or "Windows Terminal".
• when finished say: Computer, close application to close the application.

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:", 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: "Autostart", "Desktop", "Documents", "Downloads", "Dropbox", "Home", "Music", "OneDrive", "Pictures", "Recycle bin", "Repos", 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", "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", "Slashdot", "Snap Store", "Starbucks", "Tesla", "TikTok", "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", "Cape Town", "Chicago", "Dallas", "Denver", "Dubai", "Dublin", "Frankfurt", "Hamburg", "Hong Kong", "Jerusalem", "Kansas", "Las Vegas", "Lissabon", "London", "Los Angeles", "Madrid", "Mexico", "Miami", "Montreal", "Moscow", "Munich", "New York", "Panama", "Paris", Rome", "San Francisco", "Seattle", "Singapore", "Sydney", "Tokyo", "Toronto", "Tunis", "Vienna", "Washington", "Zurich".
• when finished see "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", "Arabella", "Bob", "Club Mix", "Dance FM", "FFN", "Galaxy", "Gong", "Ibiza", "Jam FM", "Kiss Kiss", "Malibu", "N-JOY", "Paloma", "You FM".
• when finished say: Close tab or: "Computer, close name browser" to close the Web browser.

Computer, play name sound

• starts playback of the given audio 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, show name manual

• launches the default Web browser with the given manual.
• replace name by: "Azure", "Bash", "Blender", "Chrome", "Edge", "Firefox", "Git", "PowerShell", "Serenade", "Vim", "Voice" (this page), or "Windows".
• when finished say: Close tab or: "Computer, close name browser" to close the Web browser.

Computer, open name settings

• launches 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", "taskbar", "themes", "time", "update", "USB", "VPN", or "Wifi". Use "system" as top level settings.
• when finished say: Computer, close system settings to stop the Windows settings.

Computer, check name

• let the computer check something.
• replace name by: "CPU", "date", "DNS", "Earth", "operating system", "ping", "swap space", "time", "time zone", "up-time", or "weather".

🔊 Audio

• Computer, mute audio.
• Computer, unmute audio.
• Computer, turn volume up.
• Computer, turn volume down.

💭 Misc

• Computer, locate my phone.
• Computer, tell joke.
• Computer, tell quote.

💬 Nice Conversation

• Computer, good morning.
• Computer, good evening.
• Computer, good night.
• Computer, how are you?
• Computer, thank you.
• Computer, I'll be back.
• Computer, good bye.
• Computer, bye-bye.
• Computer, see you.