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title: "Base Vocabulary"
slug: "base-vocabulary-1-1"
updated: 2025-08-06T14:35:54Z
published: 2025-08-06T14:35:54Z
canonical: "support.vuzix.com/base-vocabulary-1-1"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.vuzix.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Base Vocabulary

The custom vocabulary is created when the VuzixSpeechClient class is instantiated. The newly instantiated custom vocabulary inherits the platform base vocabulary, which is currently:

- Hello vuzix - Activates the listener
- Go left - Basic directional navigation
- Move left - Basic directional navigation
- Go right - Basic directional navigation
- Move right - Basic directional navigation
- Go up - Basic directional navigation
- Move up - Basic directional navigation
- Go down - Basic directional navigation
- Move down - Basic directional navigation
- Pick this - Activates the item that currently has focus
- Select this - Activates the item that currently has focus
- Confirm - Activates the item that currently has focus
- Okay - Activates the item that currently has focus
- Open - Activates the item that currently has focus
- Scroll down - Basic directional navigation
- Scroll left - Basic directional navigation
- Scroll right - Basic directional navigation
- Scroll up - Basic directional navigation
- Cancel - Navigates backward in the history stack
- Close - Navigates backward in the history stack
- Go back - Navigates backward in the history stack
- Done - Navigates backward in the history stack
- Go home - Triggers the Home action
- Quit - Triggers the Home action
- Exit - Triggers the Home action
- Stop - Stops the scrolling action
- Show menu - Brings up context menu for current UI screen
- Next - Advances to the next item in an ordered collection of items
- Previous - Goes backward by one item in an ordered collection of items
- Go forward - Navigates forward in the history stack
- Page up - Navigates up one page
- Page down - Navigates down one page
- Volume up - Increases volume by 5
- Volume down - Decreases volume by 5
- Speech settings - Opens Speech Settings menu
- Speech commands - Opens the current Speech Command list
- Command list - Opens the current Speech Command list
- Start recording - Opens Camera app to the record function (to begin recording, use the 'Select This' or 'Pick This' command)
- Take a picture - Opens Camera app to the picture function (to take a picture, use the 'Select This' or 'Pick This' command)
- View notifications - Opens the Notification Manager
- Open notifications - Opens the Notification Manager
- Clear notifications - Clears all Notifications
- Voice off - Sets the speech recognition to idle, listening only for the wake word: “Hello Vuzix”

All of these phrases can be removed or replaced if required. This is described in the “Editing the Base Vocabulary” section.

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The base vocabulary is different in all supported languages. For an export of the current translations of the base vocabulary, please contact [tech support](https://vuzixcorp.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1). You may easily view the base vocabulary in the current language from Settings > System > Speech commands > Speech command list.