Quasar 7.1 Guide for AI Assistant

This page is the master reference for the Quasar Accounting 7.1 AI Assistant and Voice Command system. It contains the full command reference the assistant understands, links to every chapter of the Quasar user guide, and pointers to the setup screens. Voice/chat AI should use this page as the authoritative source when answering questions about how to use Quasar by voice or typed commands.

Quick command summary: Press F7 and say open customer invoice, focus ship via, set comment to rush order, search Acme, nav sales, tabbar tenders, or help. Say Quasar chat for conversational help and Quasar command to return to command mode.

Quasar User Guide Contents

The following chapters explain Quasar concepts, workflows, and screens. Reference them when the user asks how Quasar works.

Part I — Getting Started

Part II — Planning & Setup

Part III — Core Operations

Part IV — Financial Routines

Part V — Advanced Topics

Appendices

Assistant Modes

Opening the AI Assistant panel — via View › AI Assistant, the dock toggle, or voice menu navigation ("Click View", then "Toggle AI Assistant") — always opens it in text mode with the input focused, even when voice is available. Typed text starting with a command keyword runs as a command (shown with a Command: prefix); anything else is answered by the AI. Voice chat starts only with Quasar chat.

All chat — typed or spoken — is answered by the Quasar server, which resolves the skill and provider, enforces the user's security permissions, and answers from the shipped help documentation and, when the user's security type has the AI Data Assistant flag, from live company data (counts, lists, and reports).

Mode	Purpose	How to start	How to exit
Voice/Chat Commands	Execute one command at a time: open screens, fill fields, navigate, search, press buttons.	Press F7, click the microphone button, or choose Voice/Chat Command.	Say/click close, press Escape, or say Quasar command.
Voice Chat	Natural-language spoken conversation, transcribed through the same speech-to-text stream as voice commands and answered by the Quasar server; answers appear as text in the panel. On request it can also open screens, open help pages, and focus fields — subject to security permissions and the skill's allowed actions. With hands-free mode on, speech is transcribed continuously and each utterance lands in the input line — click Send or say click send to send it. With hands-free off (economy, the default), no stream is open: hold Push to Talk to speak, release to send.	Say or type Quasar chat. Without a voice-capable skill, Quasar chat opens the panel in text mode instead.	Say Quasar command or close as a complete utterance ("Close." is fine), or close the panel: command-mode transcription resumes.

Endpoints by mode: voice command listening and voice chat share the provider's Voice Command URL (streaming speech-to-text, derived from the Text Chat URL when left blank); if the transcription connection drops during voice chat, Quasar reconnects automatically. Chat questions are sent as text to the Quasar server and answered there; the provider's Text Chat URL is used by the server AI for chat and by server-side skills for PDF invoice extraction. There is no per-workstation AI bridge or Python setup. Closing or floating the AI Assistant panel restores the main Quasar window to its original size, like the Field Help panel.

Starting, Stopping, and Muting

Say or type	Result
F7 (key)	Toggle listening on/off.
start listening	Begin capturing voice commands.
stop listening	Stop capturing voice but keep the assistant enabled.
mute	Stop acting on commands. Hands-free mode: the microphone keeps streaming so Quasar wake is still heard. Economy mode (default): the voice stream closes and speech-to-text billing stops — resume with F7 or the mic button.
unmute	Resume acting on commands (reopens the voice stream in economy mode).
Quasar wake	Same as unmute (hands-free mode only — in economy mode the stream is closed and the wake word cannot be heard; press F7).
Quasar sleep	Same as mute.
(5 minutes silence)	Economy mode only: the voice stream pauses automatically. Press F7 or the mic button to resume.
Quasar chat	Start voice chat. Hands-free mode: continuous transcription into the input line; click Send or say click send. Economy mode: hold Push to Talk to speak, release to send. Falls back to opening the panel in text mode if no voice-capable skill is configured.
Quasar command	End voice chat: close the panel and resume command-mode transcription. With the panel in text mode, simply closes it.

Economy vs. hands-free. The Voice/Chat Command dialog (press F7) has a Hands-free mode checkbox, stored per workstation. Leave it unchecked (economy, the default) to stop speech-to-text charges whenever you mute or go quiet for 5 minutes — resume with F7 or the mic button. Check it if you cannot reach the keyboard: the microphone keeps streaming while muted so Quasar wake is always heard, and there is no idle auto-pause.

Spoken replies. The same dialog has a Speak replies checkbox (off by default, per workstation). When checked, the assistant's final answer to each chat question is also spoken aloud through the speakers, using the provider's text-to-speech service. While a reply is playing the microphone ignores everything it hears, so the speakers cannot trigger a new question.

Navigation and Screens

Command	Example	Result
help	help	Open the help page for the current screen.
open <screen>	open customer invoice, open vendor list, open item master	Open the requested screen. Names are matched loosely.
open (in a tree)	open	Expand/collapse the selected node or activate a leaf.
nav / navigate	nav	Show and focus the navigation sidebar.
nav <node>	nav sales, navigate inventory	Find and highlight a navigation node.
nav search <query>	nav search customer	Put the query into the navigation search box.
focus <window>	focus customer invoice, focus main window	Switch to an already-open tab or window.
goto <field>	goto customer, go to ship via	Move focus to a field.
goto tabbar <tab>	goto tabbar tenders	Switch to a tab inside the current screen.
goto table	goto table items	Focus the first or named table.
goto list	goto list	Focus the first list view.
goto menu	goto menu file	Focus or open a menu.
tabbar <tab>	tabbar taxes	Switch tabs.
tab / next	tab	Next field.
back tab / previous	back tab	Previous field.
enter / return	enter	Press Enter or activate selected item.
select	select	Choose highlighted list item.
select <query>	select customer 123	Search a lookup and pick the first result.

Data Entry

Command	Example	Result
set <field> to <value>	set comment to rush order, set quantity to 12	Fill a named field.
fill <field> <value>	fill customer Acme	Alternate form of set.
type <value>	type 123 Main Street, type 49.95	Enter value into focused field.
text <value>	text approved	Alias for type.
clear	clear	Clear focused field.
clear <field>	clear comment	Clear named field.
check	check	Check focused checkbox.
uncheck	uncheck	Uncheck focused checkbox.
toggle	toggle	Flip focused checkbox.
check <field>	check active	Check named checkbox or column.
uncheck <field>	uncheck taxable	Uncheck named checkbox or column.
toggle <field>	toggle view	Toggle named checkbox or column.
filter <text>	filter green	Set the first filter field and refresh a list.
search	search	Search focused lookup using its current text.
search <query>	search Acme	Search focused lookup for the query.

List and Table Navigation

Command	Result
up	Move up one row/item.
down	Move down one row/item.
left / back	Move left, collapse node, or go to parent.
right / expand	Move right or expand node.
collapse	Collapse selected tree node.
page up	Scroll up one page.
page down	Scroll down one page.
enter table	Move into the first or named Quasar table.
move up/down/left/right	Move the active MDI window 50 pixels.

Buttons, Keys, and Dialogs

Command	Result
ok / okay	Click OK.
cancel	Click Cancel.
yes	Click Yes.
no	Click No.
save	Click Save.
close	Click Close. As a complete utterance in voice chat, ends the chat and closes the panel.
button <name>, press <name>, click <name>	Click a button, toolbar button, or menu action.
spacebar / space	Press Space.
backspace	Press Backspace.
delete	Press Delete.
escape	Press Escape.
refresh	Refresh the current list screen.

Window Management

Command	Example	Result
maximize	maximize	Maximize active window.
minimize	minimize	Minimize active window.
restore	restore	Restore active window.
restore <name>	restore customer invoice	Restore a specific window/tab.
full screen	full screen	Toggle full-screen.
snap <direction>	snap left, snap top right	Snap window to half or quarter screen.
wider <N>	wider 50	Increase width.
narrower <N>	narrower 50	Decrease width.
taller <N>	taller 30	Increase height.
shorter <N>	shorter 30	Decrease height.
width +/- <N>	width plus fifty	Resize width.
height +/- <N>	height minus twenty	Resize height.
move left/right/up/down <N>	move left 100	Move window.

Spelling and Numbers

Command	Example	Result
spell <letters>	spell A C M E	Type "acme".
spell upper <letters>	spell upper G S T	Type uppercase.
spell lower <letters>	spell lower abc	Type lowercase.
written <number>	written 101	Type "one hundred and one".
digit <number>	digit twenty five	Type digits.
number <number>	number one hundred	Same as digit.

AI-Parsed Actions

When a typed or spoken command is not a built-in command, it may be sent to the server AI, which returns one of these structured actions for the workstation to execute. Allowed actions are configured in AI Skill Master.

Action	Example command	Result
open_screen	open customer invoice	Open the requested screen.
focus	focus customer	Move focus to a field.
fill	set customer to Acme	Fill a field.
fill_range	set date range from 2024-06-01 to 2024-12-31	Fill a date range.
clear	clear customer	Clear a field.
search	search Acme	Open a lookup search.
help	help	Open help or answer a question.

Calculator Commands

When the Calculator is open, speak numbers and operators: plus, minus, times, divide, equals, percent, dot, clear.

Say	Result
one hundred plus twenty five equals	Calculates 100 + 25.
two dot five times four equals	Calculates 2.5 x 4.
clear	Clears the calculator when focused.

Assistant Tips

• Exact wording is not required. Quasar matches names loosely.
• Security permissions still apply.
• Use spell for codes and abbreviations.
• Use digit or number to force numeric entry.
• Quasar auto-corrects common speech-to-text misspellings of "Quasar".
• American "check" is normalized to Canadian/British "cheque".
• mute / Quasar sleep keeps the mic live but ignores commands except Quasar wake.
• Chat is answered by the Quasar server: questions are answered from the shipped help docs and, with the AI Data Assistant flag on the user's security type, from live company data; the assistant can open screens, help pages, and focus fields on request (subject to permissions and allowed actions).
• Opening the AI Assistant panel always starts in text mode; voice chat starts only with Quasar chat, ends with Quasar command or close, and answers appear as text in the panel (no spoken replies).

Setup Screens

• AI Skill Master — create Voice Command, Voice Chat, and Text Chat skills.
• AI Provider Master — configure provider, API key, and URLs.
• AI Skill List — manage skills.

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