Vox Voice Commands Cheat Sheet
Every Vox command starts with the wake word “Computer.” Here's a complete reference of what you can do — organized by category. Bookmark this page.
Activation
Say “Computer” or press Ctrl + Alt + V (Cmd + Option + V on macOS) to activate Vox. The voice overlay appears and Vox listens for your command.
Vox supports barge-in — you can start speaking before the previous response finishes. No need to wait.
“Computer, check my emails.”
“Computer, read me the latest email from Sarah.”
“Computer, reply to the last email with 'Looks good, let's proceed.'”
“Computer, send David the budget spreadsheet with a quick note.”
“Computer, forward the DevOps alert to the engineering team.”
Files & Folders
“Computer, what's in my Downloads folder?”
“Computer, create a new folder called Q4-Reports on my Desktop.”
“Computer, move all PDFs from Downloads to Documents.”
“Computer, find files related to the Anderson project.”
“Computer, delete the old installer in my Downloads.”
“Computer, how much space is my Documents folder using?”
Documents
“Computer, write a project proposal and save it as a Word document.”
“Computer, create a PDF invoice for Acme Corp.”
“Computer, make a presentation from this quarter's data.”
“Computer, add a section to the proposal about timeline risks.”
Web Research
“Computer, search the web for the latest AI regulation news.”
“Computer, look up Stripe's current pricing page.”
“Computer, research the top 5 competitors in our space and summarize.”
“Computer, what's the weather today?”
Screen & Vision
“Computer, take a screenshot and tell me what you see.”
“Computer, capture my screen and explain this error.”
“Computer, screenshot this dashboard and summarize the metrics.”
Knowledge Base
“Computer, search my knowledge base for meeting notes from last week.”
“Computer, what do my notes say about the API redesign?”
“Computer, find all documents mentioning the Q3 budget.”
Code & Terminal
“Computer, run the build script in my project folder.”
“Computer, write a Python script to convert CSV to JSON and run it.”
“Computer, check if my server is running on port 3000.”
Background Tasks
“Computer, research this topic as a background task.”
“Computer, how are my background tasks going?”
“Computer, show me the results from the research task.”
Memory & Preferences
“Computer, remember that I always CC my manager on client emails.”
“Computer, my default billing rate is $150 per hour.”
“Computer, I prefer formal tone in work emails.”
Contacts
“Computer, look up Sarah's email address.”
“Computer, who's in my marketing team?”
These are examples — Vox understands natural language, so you can phrase commands however feels natural. The AI interprets your intent and selects the right tools automatically.
Vox gets smarter the more you use it. Your phrasing style, your preferences, and your context all contribute to increasingly accurate and personalized responses.
Put Vox to work on your computer.
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