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Enable Spoken Commands

You can work with Windows or other guest OSs using the following spoken commands:

Commands

Description

Start

Starts a virtual machine.

Suspend

Suspends a virtual machine.

Shut Down

Shuts down a virtual machine.

Pause

Pauses a virtual machine.

Stop

Stops a virtual machine.

Reset

Resets a virtual machine.

Snapshot

Opens the Snapshot Manager window.

Make Screenshot

Makes a screenshot of the Guest OS window and stores it on the Mac OS X Desktop.

Make Clip

Makes a clip.

Switch to Coherence

Switches to the Coherence view mode.

Switch to Full Screen

Switches to the Full Screen view mode.

Switch to Window

Switches to the Window view mode.

Edit Configuration

Opens the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog.

New

Creates a new virtual machine.

Open

Opens a virtual machine.

Download

Allows you to download a virtual machine appliance available at http://www.parallels.com/en/ptn/dir .

About Parallels Desktop

Opens the About Parallels Desktop menu.

Install Parallels Tools

Launches the installation of Parallels Tools in the running virtual machine.

Report a Problem

Opens the Parallels Problem Report window.

Open

Opens an existing virtual machine and registers it in Parallels Desktop.

Open Directory

Opens the Parallels Virtual Machines window.

To enable the spoken commands, choose Parallels Desktop > Preferences > Advanced and select Enable spoken commands . If necessary, tune the speech settings on the corresponding tab of Mac OS X System Preferences.