LexVoca listens, ClaraVoca reads and checks, ITSpecta keeps your technical notes. This page shows what to select, what to say, click or press, and what should happen next.
Read this say itReview with ClaraVoca click itAltQ press it
Implemented, live test still neededSource checked, app check still neededNot currently supported
How they connect
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LexVocaSpeak and dictate
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ClaraVocaRead and check text
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ITSpectaTechnical tools and documentation
LexVoca→ClaraVoca
Spoken commandsSay a phrase such as Read this. LexVoca hands the selected text, page or last dictation to ClaraVoca to read or check.
Live test needed
LexVoca→any text box
Dictated textOrdinary dictation types your words into whichever field has focus, including ClaraVoca and ITSpecta.
Live test needed
ITSpecta→ClaraVoca
Button handoffReview with ClaraVoca sends a guide's title, steps and image captions to ClaraVoca to read aloud.
App check needed
All three
Shared menuAltQ opens one menu of actions from whichever apps are running.
Live test needed
Not connected
No spoken commands for ITSpecta tools (scans, monitors, new guides). Corrected text does not flow back into ITSpecta or your document automatically. ClaraVoca cannot start LexVoca dictation.
Not supported
Good to know before you start
ClaraVoca voice commands need the right LexVoca profile.Set LexVoca's interface profile to Assisted or Technical. In Everyday, the phrases are typed as ordinary words.
"Fix this in ClaraVoca" does not change your text.It opens a correction review. Copy the corrected text back yourself.
Voice playback controls only follow voice-started reading.Pause, resume and speed work on reading you started by voice, not reading opened another way.
ITSpecta's Dictate button does not record.It puts the cursor in the field. Start LexVoca dictation yourself.
Review with ClaraVoca is for listening, not editing.ClaraVoca reads the guide. Nothing is corrected or sent back to ITSpecta.
The shared menu is still being tested.It is built in all three apps, but has not passed a full three-app acceptance test.
What do you want to do?
What to say
Use LexVoca's normal dictation (AltZ). Say the phrase on its own, then stop dictation. "Please" or "ClaraVoca" before or after is fine; extra words turn it into ordinary typing.
Reading
Read thisSelected text. Also Read this aloud, Read this text, Read the selected text.
Read this sectionReads the part you selected. It does not find a section for you.
Read this pageThe page in Chrome or Edge. No selection needed.
Read my last dictationThe last thing you dictated.
Checking
Fix this in ClaraVocaSpelling review of the selected text. Your original stays as it was.
Check this in ClaraVocaThe same spelling review.
If ClaraVoca is closed, it may ask to open. Click Yes, or dictate yes while the question is showing.
Playback
Pause reading
Resume readingor Continue reading
Stop reading
Read fasterRead slowerA quarter step at a time.
Read at one and a half times speedRead at normal speed
Why did it type my words instead?
Different wording. Only the exact phrases above work. These are not commands: Fix it in ClaraVoca, Read this text aloud, Listen in reader, Reader no audio. A button label is not a spoken phrase.
Wrong LexVoca mode or profile. Use normal dictation (not voice edit or command-line mode) and the Assisted or Technical profile.
ClaraVoca is missing or not accepting requests. ClaraVoca must be installed, allow requests from companion apps, and have a reading voice set up.
Speech recognition heard something else. Check LexVoca's History to see what it heard, then try again clearly.
Want the words typed? Say Type read this or Literally read this.
Shortcuts
Hold Left Alt and press one key. Add Shift for the bigger version. Keys are pressed, never spoken.
AltQFamily menu
AltZDictate
Alt⇧ZSpeak a task or note
AltXChange the selected text by voice
Alt⇧XSuper Paste
AltCCheck the selected text
Alt⇧CRead the selection aloud
AltAGrab a screen area (ClaraVoca if ITSpecta is closed)
Alt⇧AGrab the active window
In the family menu: press AltQ, then press or click a letter
LexVoca
HOpen LexVoca
PPause or resume listening
IDictation history
ClaraVoca
MAll ClaraVoca actions
ROpen the Reader
OColour overlay
UReading ruler
TCopy screen text
YScreenshot tray
ITSpecta
KOpen ITSpecta
WNew path monitor
NIncident notebook note
ⓘKeys different on your PC? These are the new defaults. If you set your own keys or used an older version, you keep them until you switch. Each app's Shortcuts page shows your actual keys. The menu only lists apps that are running. Opening the Reader (R) is not the same as reading your selection: use Read this or Alt⇧C for that. NVIDIA graphics? Its overlay may also use Alt+Z.
Try it yourself
Seven short checks. Mark each one and add a note. Results stay in this browser until you export them. Nothing is recorded or sent anywhere.
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