Use Speech Recognition to work with folders and files
There are two ways to select and work with folders and files:
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If you know the name of the object you're working with, say that name. If you say the name of anything on the screen, Windows Speech Recognition will apply your command to it. For example, you might say "Click Pictures."
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If you don't know the name of the file or folder you want to work with, say "number everything" and numbers will appear next to every object on the screen. Then say the number of the object you need. For example, you might say "double-click five" to open the object with that number.
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Open Speech Recognition by clicking the Start button 
, clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, clicking Ease of Access, and then clicking Windows Speech Recognition.
Frequently used commands for working with folders and files
The following table shows Speech Recognition commands for working with files and folders. Words in italics indicate that you can say many different things in place of the example word or phrase and get useful results.
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To do this
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Say this
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Select a file or folder
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Select Vacation pictures; Click Sales report
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Open a selected file or folder
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Open; Open that; Launch that; Open Vacation pictures; Open Sales report
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Open a program by name
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Open WordPad; Start Solitaire
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Click any menu by saying its name
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File; View; Start
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Click any item
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Click Recycle Bin; Click Computer; Click File
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Minimize all windows to show your desktop
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Show Desktop
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Put numbers next to everything on the screen
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Number everything
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