Button modes
With your SpeechMike Ambient, you can control various applications on your computer or in your browser. You have different button modes available for this purpose:
You can change the button assignment for each mode in SpeechControl software. Download the software for free at www.dictation.philips.com/speechcontrol.
Switch between button modes
Connect the SpeechMike Ambient to your computer via the docking station. Alternatively, you can connect the SpeechMike Ambient to your computer via a USB-C cable, as long as the wireless adapter and the SpeechMike Ambient are both paired to the same computer.
Download and install the latest version of SpeechControl (Philips Device Control Center) from https://www.dictation.philips.com/speechcontrol.
Start Philips Device Control Center:
If the option to start the Philips Device Control Center automatically was selected during installation, open the program by clicking the
icon in the notification area of the Windows task bar.
To manually start the program, open the Windows start menu in Windows and select Philips Speech Control > Philips Device Control Center.
The current settings are automatically downloaded from the connected SpeechMike Ambient.
Open the Device tab and choose Button configuration on the left. Select the desired button mode from the drop down menu, then click on the Upload
button to upload the new settings to your SpeechMike Ambient.
Event mode
The Event mode is the default mode of your SpeechMike Ambient. In this mode, each button on your SpeechMike Ambient is assigned to a command. In SpeechControl software, you can define which commands should be executed by pressing or releasing a desired button on your SpeechMike Ambient in order to control various computer applications.
Command | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Record |
| |
2 | Fast forward | ||
3 | Fast rewind | ||
4 | Play | ||
5 | Command | ||
6 | Insert/overwrite/append | ||
7 | End-of-letter/priority |
Keyboard mode
Assign a button on your SpeechMike Ambient to a shortcut you are using on your computer in order to control various computer applications. In SpeechControl software, you can define which commands should be executed by pressing a desired button on your SpeechMike Ambient.
In this mode, you can also operate Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software on a Windows computer by using the pre-configured Dragon shortcuts.
Command | Shortcut in SpeechControl | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SpeechMike microphone on/ off | Microphone ON/OFF |
| |
2 | Next field (Dragon) | Ctrl+Shift+N | ||
3 | Mark previous word(s) | Ctrl+Shift+Left | ||
4 | Play | Return | ||
5 | ||||
6 | Tab forward | Tab | ||
7 | Tab backward | Shift+Tab |
Browser mode
Assign a SpeechMike Ambient button to a shortcut or a command in your browser in order to control various browser based dictation applications. In SpeechControl software, you can define which commands should be executed by pressing a desired button on your SpeechMike Ambient.
Command | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Record |
| |
2 | Fast forward | ||
3 | Fast rewind | ||
4 | Play | ||
5 | Command | ||
6 | Insert/overwrite/append | ||
7 | End-of-letter/priority |
Windows speech recognition mode
In this mode, you can operate the pre-installed Windows speech recognition software on a Windows computer by using the pre-configured Windows shortcuts.
Command | Shortcut in SpeechControl | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Windows microphone on/off | Ctrl+Win |
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2 | Mark next word(s) | Ctrl+Shift+Right | ||
3 | Mark previous word(s) | Ctrl+Shift+Left | ||
4 | Return | |||
5 | ||||
6 | Next field (Dragon) | Tab | ||
7 | Tab backward | Shift+Tab |
Dragon for Mac mode
In this mode, you can operate Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software on a Mac computer by using the pre-configured Dragon shortcuts.
Command | Shortcut in SpeechControl | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dragon microphone on/off | ⌘+F11 |
| |
2 | Mark next word(s) | Alt+Shift+Right | ||
3 | Mark previous word(s) | Alt+Shift+Left | ||
4 | Play | |||
5 | ||||
6 | Tab forward | Tab | ||
7 | Tab backward | Shift+Tab |
Dragon for Windows mode
In this mode, you can operate Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software on a Windows computer by using the pre-configured Dragon shortcuts.
Command | Shortcut in SpeechControl | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dragon microphone on/off | NumKey+ |
| |
2 | Next field (Dragon) | Ctrl+Shift+N | ||
3 | Tab backward | Ctrl+Shift+Left | ||
4 | Play | F7 | ||
5 | ||||
6 | Tab forward | Tab | ||
7 | Mark previous word(s) | Shift+Tab |