iPhone Voice Commands Cheat Sheet

By Ricky Buchanan • October 18, 2009

The iPhone doesn’t have a lot of voice control commands, but like most computer programs it’s very picky about you getting the wording just right. I’ve compiled all the English voice control commands into a printable document that will fold neatly in half and fit in your iPhone pouch so it’s handy while you’re still learning the commands.

I have a complete list of all the iPhone Voice Commands and their functions. This list is briefer and doesn’t have explanations for those commands where the function is obvious - it just lists the command name to jog your memory.

I’m making a PDF available for easy printing, and a version in Pages ‘08 format for those who might want to edit it for themselves. I’ve also created versions in both A4 and US Letter page sizes, which should cover everybody’s standard page sizes.

Oh, and because it has to be small to fold in half and fit in your iPhone case I put two on the same page. You can give the other one to a friend!

You can find more free downloadable cheat sheets and more on the Free Downloads page - go take a look.

- Ricky

Categories: Information, Speech to Text, Users, iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch
Tags: features, free download, iphone accessibility, iphone speech commands, iphone spoken commands, iphone voice activation, iphone voice control

About the Author

Ricky Buchanan

Ricky Buchanan is 34 years old and the founder and main writer for ATMac. She's bedridden with severe CFS/ME or perhaps a primary mitochondrial disorder - the doctors are not sure. When she's not working on ATMac or her other websites she composes music, listens to audio books, does other disability advocacy, watches TV with her flatmate, and enjoys her cat.

20 Comments For “iPhone Voice Commands Cheat Sheet”

Ricky Buchanan Oct 18th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

Sorry for the slight glitch, folks. The files should download correctly now!
Joni Oct 18th, 2009 at 3:23 pm

Thanks for this! I wasn’t absolutely sure about some of the commands. Now if only there was a command for “mark 5 (4,3, etc.) stars” as I base my iPhone playlists on just my faves and it’s too hard to tell which little star to touch.
Ricky Buchanan Oct 18th, 2009 at 7:14 pm

@Joni: I do the same with my playlists, but I do the starring back on my Mac with iTunes - much easier that way! Hope you find the cheat sheet helpful
Charlie Oct 19th, 2009 at 6:58 am

Hi there Ricky! Just wanted to let you know that I blogged about your cheat sheet - thanks for posting it. Link to blog post if you are interested ishttp://blindsocialwork.com/?p=26 keep up the great work
Ricky Buchanan Oct 19th, 2009 at 9:35 am

@Charlie: Thanks, your new blog looks great by the way!
paul Dec 21st, 2009 at 10:29 pm

Thanks for the link of voice commands. It will be useful for me.
rickybuchanan Oct 18th, 2009 at 2:25 pm

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atmacjournal Oct 18th, 2009 at 2:42 pm

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iPhone Voice Command Cheat Sheet- http://snipurl.com/sktlu [atmac_org]

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marrathon Oct 23rd, 2009 at 9:31 pm

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