Useful Voice Commands For Google Now

Google Now  is a voice commands personal assistance that work like magic just say "Okay Google".
It will open to you Google Now. Now you just say the magical voice commands to google now, microphone icon starts pulsing that mean Google Now is listening, Now you can give a command and it does the required actions to complete the given task.

Here some collection of magical voice commands...........

• “Search for [WEB HOSTING]?

• “Say [where is the movie theater] in [BENGALI]?”

• “How do you say [hello] in [Spanish]?”

• “What is [Android 4.0]?”

• “Who invented [the airplane ]?”

• “Define [hosting]”

• “What is the meaning of [lan]?”

• “Who is married to [Barack Obama]?”

• “Stock price of [sbi]”

• “What is [Twitter] trading at?”

• “Author of [the moon]”

• “How old is [Johnny Depp]?”

• “Where was [King George] born?”

• “Show me pictures of [Leh]”

• “Post to Google+ [I’m Busy]”

• “Post to Twitter [Google Now is awesome!]”

• “Open [Calculator]”

• “Launch [whatsap]”

• “Take a [photo]”

• “Record a video”

• “Remind me to [buy ball] at [5 PM]”

• “Remind me [when I get / next time I’m at] [home / work / other location] [to call kabir]”

• “Note to self: [My password for facebook.com is 123456]”

• “Set an alarm for [7.30 AM]”

• “Set a timer for [15 minutes]”

• “Wake me up in [3 hours]”

• “Create a calendar event: [Party with Friends] [Sunday at 8 PM]”

• “When’s my [next meeting]?”

• “What is my schedule for [today]?”

• “What time is it in [Japan]?”

• “When is the sunset [in usa]”

• “What is the timezone of [Japan]”

• “Time at [home / work]”

• “Call [Riya]”

• “Call [mom / dad / wife / uncle / aunt …]” (Relationship must be added for your contacts)

• “Send [email] to [John], [Subject: Meeting], [Message: Postpone  to 6PM]”

• “Send [SMS] to [Joy], [don’t forget to buy Cake]

• “Find [Shara's] [phone number / email / address]”

• “Listen to voicemail”

• “When is [Raj’s] birthday?”

• “Weather”

• “What’s the weather like?”

• “Do I need an umbrella today?”

• “Is it going to rain [tomorrow / Friday]”

• “What’s the weather in [India]?”

• “How’s the weather in [kolkata] on [Monday] going to be?”

• “Map of [London]”

• “Where’s my hotel?”

• “Find the [Eiffel Tower]”

• “Where is [the Louvre]”

• “Show me the nearby [shopping mall] on map”

• “Navigate to [London] on car”

• “How far is [Washington] from [California]?”

• “Directions to [address / business name / other destination]”

• “What are some attractions in [New York City]?”

• “[arithmetic expression] equals”

• “How much is [18] times [5]?”

• “What is [45] percent of [1800]?”

• “Square root of [420]”

• “What is the tip for [50] euros?”

• “Convert [currency / length …] to [another currency / length …]”

• “How are [Chicago Cubs] doing?”

• “When is the next [MotoGp] game?”

• “Show me the [Premier League] table”

• “Flight [DD 229]?”

• “Flight status of [KK 135]”

• “Has [lH 10] landed?”

• “When will [AA 160] land / depart?”

• “Show me my flights”

• “Go to [digitechind?”

• “Open [digitechind.in]”

• “Show me [android.com]”

• “Browse to [aks.com]”

• “Listen to / play [Gangnam Style] by [PSY]?”

• “YouTube [how to cook grilled chicken]?”

• “Who acted in [300]?”

• “Who is the producer of [2012]?”

• “When was [The Last Airbender] released?”

• “Runtime of [shivaya]”

• “Listen to TV”

• “What’s this song?”

• “What songs does [Rehana] sing?”

• “Play some music”

• “Watch [Toy Story 2]”

• “Read [the Aesop’s Fables]”

• “What movies are playing [tonight]?”

• “Where is [Thor] playing?”

• “Help me”

• “Where’s my package?” (tracking confirmation must be in Gmail)

• “Show me the menu for [Novotel]”

• “When am I?”

• “Do a barrel roll”

• “What’s the loneliest number?”

• “Make me a sandwich!”

• “Sudo, make me a sandwich!”

• “Tilt / Askew”

• “Up up down down left right left right”

• “Tea, Earl Grey, hot” (That’s a hard one)

• “Go go gadget [app name]”

• “When does the narwhal bacon?”

• “What is the Bacon number of [random actor]?”

• “What does the fox say?”

• “What is the nature of the universe?”

• “Who’s on first?”

• “Lions, and Tigers, and Bears…”

• “Who are you?”

• “What is the answer to life, the universe and everything?”

CONVERT YOUR TEXT INTO AUDIO IN NOTEPAD

Now days audio books more popular then text book, you can listen your text book as a audio book by following this steps.

HOW TO CONVERT TEXT INTO AUDIO USING NOTEPAD.

STEP 1:

Open notepad. you can open using run to open press Win+R type Notepad and enter.

STEP 2:

Copy the code and paste in notepad

CODE

Dim message, sapi
 message = InputBox("A Best Text to Audio converter"+vbcrlf+"From - www.allusefulinfo.com","Text to Audio converter")
 Set sapi = CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
 sapi.Speak message

STEP 3:

Now save the code as name.vbs (select save type : all file)

STEP 4:

Now open the save file and enter the text in to the text box now hit ok. You can here the text as audio.

Some Tips & Tricks for Skype Users

Since 2003 Skype become a regular form of online communication in Earth. Millions of people use it for voice calls, video calls & text messaging for data cost only. You can also call mobile & landline numbers for small little fee.

Here some Tips & Tricks related to Skype that make easy to use.

1. BACKUP & TRANSFER YOUR SKYPE CONTACT

For do this click on "contacts" menu then go Advanced option and click "backup contacts to file".
Its generate contact.vcf file which you can save on your computer drive.

You can send the .vcf file to other computer and restore it.

For restore sing into Skype account click "contacts" menu then go to "advanced" option and click "restore contacts from file" now you select the .vcf file form your computer drive.

2.  EDIT YOUR LAST MESSAGE

You can re-edit your last send message. Simply press Up Arrow  key from keyboard your last message will appear just edit and hit enter to end again.

3.  MAKE DIRECT CALL FROM CONTACT LIST.

You can make call by double clicking any Skype contact.
For do this Go to "Tools" - "Options" - "General Settings" then tick the check box "When I Double-click on a contact start a call"

4. HIDE THE TYPING INDICATOR. 

You can see moving pencil when the other end person typing If you want to keep this off  you have to go "Tools" - "Options" - "IM & SMS" - "IM Settings" - "Show Advanced Options" - and finally tick the check box "Show when I am Typing".

5.  CLEAR YOUR CHAT HISTORY.

You can clear all of your chat history on Skype . To do this go to "Tools" - "Options" - "IM & SMS" - "IM Settings" - "Show Advanced Options" - "Clear History". You can also clean by time frame its shows in "Show Advanced Option" now select the time frame.

6.  KEYWORD NOTIFICATIONS

You can choose notification for particular words in personal IM window. To get this features go to IM click on "Conversation" menu  then "Notification Settings" click on "Notify me only if these word are mentioned".

Input the all words that you want to be notified of in the IM.

N.B This settings will disable all other notifications apart from specified keywords.

7.  HIDDEN EMOTIONS & SMILEYS

There are more emotions hide in Skype. You can see some of them in emotions set, but you can use others emotions by using short codes.

Here take a look.  

Some short codes 

(poolparty)

(talk)

(headbang)

(drunk)

(toivo)

(bug)

(u)

(e) (m)

(skype)

(smoking)

8. STOP ANIMATION IN EMOTION

You can pause animated emotions by going "Tools", - "Options", - "IM & SMS", - "IM appearance" unchecked "Show animated emotions" checkbox.

9.  ENABLE HOTKEYS

You can make your frequently used functions as hotkey shortcuts. There are also default shortcuts for few functions.

To enable go to "Tools" - "Options" - "Advanced" - "hotkeys" click on "Enable Keyboard Shortcuts" checkbox.

10.  SET YOUR CALLER ID

By set your caller Id other side of caller can see your original number.

To set click on "Skype" - "Account" It will open a webpage click on "Caller ID" - select "Country/Region" - "Phone number" - :Verify Number", That is all. 

How To Down Using Keyboard Shortcut

Using keyboard shortcuts can make your computing life much more easy and comfortable, It also save your time. Here you know how to shut down your computer using keyboard shortcut.

1.    Go to desktop or press Windows Key + D.

2.    Press Alt + F4.

3.    Select Shut Down from menu using arrow keys.

4.    Press Enter.

TIPS
For lock your computer press Windows + L.

How to move the mouse cursor with the keyboard in Windows

HOW TO USE KEYBOARD AS MOUSE

Some times mouse breaks down or runs out of power. You can use keyboard's arrow keys on the numeric keypad as mouse cursor.

Make sure the Num lock feature is on. Toggled pressing the key until you see indicator light.

SHORTCUT FOR ALL VERSIONS OF WINDOWS

For this you have to follow 3 spates.

1.   Press & hold Left Alt + Left Shift + Num Lock at same time.

2.  A new window appears, press OK or Enter.

3.  Repeat the same to turn Mouse Keys off.

If the shortcut key did not work go to 

1.  Start

2.  Ease of access mouse settings and enter

3.  Toggle the switch under mouse keys to on.

4.  Alt + F4 to exit this menu.

HOW TO USE MOUSE KEYS

Move up and to the left                            Press 7

Move up                                                   Press 8

Move up and to the right                          Press 9

Move left                                                  Press 4

Move right                                                Press 6

Move down and to the left                       Press 1

Move Down                                             Press 3

Select the left mouse button                     Press /

Select both of the mouse buttons             Press *

Select the right mouse button                  Press -

Click                                                        With the left button selected, press 5

Right-click                                              With the right button selected, press 5

Double-click                                           With the left button selected, press +

Drag an item                                            Point to the item, and then press 0

Drop the item you are dragging              Press .

Basic PC shortcut keys

Keyboard Shortcut Keys For Windows Computer.

Shortcuts help you to work faster and make it easy. Shortcut keys are mostly accessed by  ALT, CTRL, & SHIFT. NOTE :- In "Ctrl+s" press and hold the Ctrl key and then press S key too.

Here we listed some most commonly use shortcuts that work with almost windows computers.

KEYS          DESCRIPTION

Alt + F -                 File menu options.

Alt + E -          Edit options.

Alt + Tab -       Switch between open programs.

F1 -                 Help.

F2 -                 Rename.

F5 -                 Refresh.

Ctrl + N -         Create a new.

Ctrl + O -         Open New.

Ctrl + A -         Select all text.

Ctrl + B -         Bold selected text.

Ctrl + I -          Italics selected text.

Ctrl + U -         Underlined selected text.

Ctrl + F -         Find.

Ctrl + S -         Save.

Ctrl + X -         Cut.

Shift + Del -     Delete Permanently. 

Ctrl + C -         Copy.

Ctrl + V -         Paste.

Shift + Ins -     Paste.

Ctrl + K -         Insert hyperlink.

Ctrl + P -         Print.

Home -            Goes to beginning of the line.

End -               Goes to end of the line.

Ctrl + End -      Goes to end of the document.

Shift + Home -  Highlights from current position to beginning of line.

Shift + End -     Highlights from current position to end of line.

Ctrl + Left -       Moves one word to the left at a time.
arrow

Ctrl + Right -     Moves one word to the right at a time.
arrow

Ctrl + Esc -       Opens the START menu.

Ctrl + Shift + -  Opens windows task manager.
Esc

Alt + F4 -          Close the current active program.

Alt + Enter -      Open the properties for the selection item.

SHORTCUT KEYS FOR SPECIAL CHARACTERS.

Alt + 0224 -      à

Alt + 0232 -      è

Alt + 0236 -      ì

Alt + 0242 -     ò

Alt + 0241 -     ñ

Alt + 0228 -     ä

Alt + 0246 -     ö

Alt + 0252 -     ü

Alt + 0248 -     ø

Alt + 0223 -     ß

Alt + 0198 -    Æ

Alt + 0231 -     ç

Alt + 0191 -     ¿

Alt + 0176 -     ° 

Alt + 0177 -     ± 

Alt + 0153 -     ™

Alt + 0169 -      ©

Alt + 0174 -      ®

Alt + 0128 -       €

Alt + 0162 -       ¢ 

Alt + 0163 -       £

Alt + 0165 -       ¥

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