Can I use voice commands to control the Blade?

Yes, to enable this feature, navigate to Settings > Device > Speech Recognition - Select "Turn On".

The commands available to control the device are as follows:

• "Hello Vuzix" - Blade speech engine starts listening

• "Go Left" / "Move Left" - Basic directional navigation

• "Go Right" / "Move Right" - Basic directional navigation

• "Go Up" / "Move Up" - Basic directional navigation

• "Go Down" / "Move Down" - Basic directional navigation

• "Pick This" / "Select This" / "Confirm" / "Okay" / "Open" - Activates the item that currently has focus

• "Scroll Left" - Scrolls left until you say "stop"

• "Scroll Right" - Scrolls right until you say "stop"

• "Scroll Up" - Scrolls up until you say "stop"

• "Scroll Down" - Scrolls down until you say "stop"

• "Go to Sleep" - Puts blade to sleep

• "Cancel" / "Close" / "Go Back" / "Done" - Navigates backward in the history stack

• "Go Home" / "Quit" / "Exit" - Sends you to Home Screen

• "Stop" - Stop while scrolling

• "Show Menu" - Brings up context menu for current UI screen

• "Next" - Takes you the next page (app-dependent)

• "Previous" - Takes you the previous page (app-dependent)

• "Go Forward" - Takes you forward (app-dependent)

• "Page Up" - Takes you one page up

• "Page Down" - Takes you one page down

• "Volume Up" - Turns volume up by 5

• "Volume Down" - Turns volume down by 5

• "Speech Settings" - Sends you to speech settings menu

• "Speech Commands" / "Command List" - Shows you the list of speech commands available

• "Hey Google" - Opens Google Assistant (if installed)

• "Hey Alexa" - Opens Alexa Assistant (if installed)

• "Get Assistant" - Opens preferred installed assistant

• "Start Recording" - Opens the Camera app from any interface on Blade. Use the command 'Select This' or 'Pick This' to start recording.

• "Take a Picture" - Opens the Camera app from any interface on Blade. Use the command 'Select This' or 'Pick This' to take a picture.

• "View Notifications" / "Open Notifications" - Sends you the list of notifications

• "Clear Notifications" - Delete all the notifications

• "Voice Off" - Blade stops listening

To disable this feature, navigate to Settings > Device > Speech Recognition - Select "Turn Off".