Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking: how to switch between different accounts with the chrome

Sometimes, I had to switch between different personalities within chrome primarily because I have to email on behalf of my parents and signing out from one account and again signing back in from another account is very difficult using voice recognition.

It took a while for me to completely figure out a hands-free way to achieve switching between the different personalities .This is what I do:

Say Ctrl+Shift+M. This will drop down the menu which will include an item called "Switch person"
Now to switch the person you can just say "Switch Person". This will bring up a window with all the personalities with one of them selected.
Now you can say just go left or go right and once the personality that you want is selected you can just say press enter and it will bring up a chrome window for that personality

Update December 2016: The updated version of the chrome browser now shows the list of personalities in the drop-down menu itself thus making it simpler to switch.

Here is a YouTube video that shows how to switch accounts in the updated chrome browser

About Dragon NaturallySpeaking:

Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the most popular speech recognition software on PC. Dragon Dictate / Dragon For Mac is the counterpart of Dragon NaturallySpeaking on Apple Macintosh computers.

Windows:

At the time of writing this blog post, Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional Individual 15 is the recommended version for most users. However, I continue to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking premium 13) (approximately $100) because of version 15 incompatibility with Natlink. If your needs are limited to email and web surfing, then you may just want to purchase Dragon naturally speaking home 13 (about $ 50) .

Mac:
Dragon professional for Mac is the recommended version (costs around $ 300) .

You can download the appropriate version directly from the company's web store from the links below. (They usually run discounts once every month so you can be on the lookout for the deals from the online store and purchase accordingly)

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