Voice Control commands to interact with your Mac

“To avoid mistakenly entering a Voice Control command as text, have Voice Control respond only to commands (with Command mode).” (Enter text section)

“Voice Control responds only to commands. Words and characters that aren’t commands are ignored and aren’t entered as text.” (Enter text section)

“Dictation mode is on by default.” (Enter text section)

“Any words you say that aren’t Voice Control commands are entered as text.” (Enter text section)

“say a command, like “Delete” or “Uppercase,” followed by the item’s number.” (Enter text section)

“you can speak commands to navigate the desktop and apps, interact with what’s on the screen, dictate and edit text, and more.” (Introduction)

“When Voice Control is on, you use Voice Control to dictate text; standard macOS Dictation isn’t available.” (Introduction)

“To browse the full list of supported commands and see examples of how to use them, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, click Voice Control, then click Commands.” (See what commands you can use)

“the numbers are no longer framed and saying a number performs the Click command” (Show a numbered grid on the screen: drill down on an area of the grid)

“If you need to further refine the location, say a grid number to show a more detailed grid in that area.” (Show a numbered grid on the screen)

“If you use Voice Control with VoiceOver, try using headphones to help ensure Voice Control hears only you speaking.” (Use Voice Control with VoiceOver)

“You can use the interactive Voice Control Tutorial to get familiar with Voice Control and practice essential commands.” (Start using commands (tip))

“When you say commands in quick succession ... pause about half a second between commands.” (Start using commands)

“To increase accuracy when entering letters, you can use the letter's phonetic alphabet code word” (Enter text)

“Display a list of the available commands, which vary depending on the app you're working in and what you're doing.” (See what commands you can use)

“You can make it easier to interact with a precise area of the screen by superimposing a grid.” (Show a numbered grid on the screen)

“When you're not sure what to call something, you can display a name or number next to each item on the screen. You can then use the item's name or number to interact with it.” (Label onscreen items)

“To display a grid only over the active window, say “Show window grid.”” (Show a numbered grid on the screen)

“Spelling mode is helpful when you need to enter a password, a web address, or another sequence of characters that wouldn't be recognized as a word in Dictation mode.” (Enter text)

“Spelling mode isn't available in all Voice Control languages.” (Enter text)

“Pause Voice Control when you don’t want words you say to be interpreted as commands or dictation. ... Voice Control: Say “Stop listening” or “Start listening.”” (See what commands you can use; Voice Control: Say Stop listening)

“Voice Control writes Swift code. Pronounce the code just as you'd read it out loud.” (Enter text)

“Commands for working with text are shared between Dictation mode and Spelling mode.” (Enter text)