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title: "Base Vocabulary"
slug: "base-vocabulary-3"
updated: 2024-06-11T19:17:57Z
published: 2024-06-11T19:17:57Z
canonical: "support.vuzix.com/base-vocabulary-3"
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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
- hello blade - 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
- hey google - Opens Google Assistant*
- hey alexa - Opens Alexa Assistant**
- get assistant - Opens user selectable assistant***
- 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 - Stops the listener

*Requires Google Assistant BETA installed on the Blade

** Requires Amazon Alexa installed on the Blade

*** Requires an assistant to be installed on the Blade, user will need to choose preferred assistant on first attempt to use this command