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Speech Preferences

The Speech pane allows you to use spoken commands for managing the virtual machine behavior. The following spoken commands are available:

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 speech commands, select Enable spoken commands :

Speech Tab - Ticking Checkbox

To successfully operate your virtual machine by using the speech commands, please make sure that:

  • the virtual machine window is active, and
  • the speech settings are properly tuned on the corresponding tab of the Mac OS X System Preferences

If the speech settings are not tuned, you will see the 'To enable this option, you should turn on speakable items in System Preferences' warning message.

To tune the speech settings, click Open System Preferences .

To submit the changes, click OK , otherwise, click Cancel .

Locking Parallels Desktop Preferences

If you want to prevent Parallels Desktop Preferences from further unauthorized changes, click the Lock icon The Lock icon at the bottom of the window. The next time anybody wants to change the settings in any pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, an administrator's password will be required.