Start on your Cephable Dashboard with any profile in your user account. Remember - global controls can be used across any current profile and are separate from your profile controls.

To see the complete list of global controls available and to customize, scroll down and click "Edit Global Controls" on your dashboard

Here, on the "Global & Device Controls" page you can scroll to see all the possible global controls such as stop listening to pause voice controls or start/stop dictation. If you could like to change these phrases click "Edit" next to the global control you want to update.

You can delete any global control phrases by clicking the trash icon.

Or, you can click "Add another input" to add a new phraseA

Type "stop voice" or any other phrase you choose.

Screenshot of Global Controls page to show the list of global controls to modify camera settings. (examples, Stop Camera - Pause Camera - Update Baseline)

You can do the same sequence for voice controls to pause or stop your camera controls too by clicking "Edit".

To return to the dashboard to try out these global controls, click the back arrow in the top left corner of the Cephable app.

Click "Start Microphone" on the dashboard to open the voice control overlay & begin using global controls.

Now that your voice control overlay is open, you can say any of the voice global controls you would like. Try saying "Start Dictation"

Screenshot of Cephable dashboard with voice control overlay open with text "Dictating" indicating a change in voice control state

Now, the voice control overlay went from 'Listening' mode to 'Dictating'. You can try saying other phrases too like "Stop Dictation" or "Stop Listening"

Now, try global voice controls to manage your camera settings. Click "Start Camera" to open the camera overlay and the voice overlay at the same time.

Screenshot of desktop with the Cephable dashboard open alongside the voice control overlay with text, "Update Baseline" and the Camera Control overlay with a woman's face with an alert "baseline updated" on the overlay.

Now, say "Start Listening" to make sure your voice controls are not paused. You can now try saying "Update Baseline" to make sure your camera controls are mapped correctly to your face.

Screenshot of desktop with the Cephable dashboard open alongside the voice control overlay with text, "stop camera" and the Camera Control overlay with a woman's face with an alert "paused camera controls" on the overlay.

Screenshot of Cephable app with a yellow box with text, "Warning - Input configurations conflicts detected."

[[If you have any voice control conflicts in either global or profile controls you'll see indications for those a yellow warning boxes.  You can click the down arrow in the box to read the details of the conflicts.]]

Global controls allow you to control different things within Cephable using just your voice. This includes things like starting voice controls, pausing, switching to dictation mode, changing your baseline for camera controls, and so much more. These are separate from your control profiles, and so you can use voice controls from your profile and global controls at the same time.

Understanding Global Controls