A method and apparatus for generating keyboard commands in response to voice commands is described. An association between command strings and a set of keyboard combinations is established. Each command string is associated with a keyboard combination. Command strings are generated by a sound engine in response to voice commands. A keyboard combination is selected based on the association between keyboard combinations and command strings. The keyboard combination is sent to a computer system as mimicked signals from a keyboard. The keyboard combinations are mimicked as signals from the keyboard by sending the keyboard combination to a keyboard controller and then sending a message to the keyboard controller to send the key combination as signals generated from the keyboard. Alternatively, a keyboard message may be sent to the operating system running on the computer system, causing the computer system to respond to the keyboard combination as signals generated from a keyboard. The sound engine receives a voice command while the sound engine is generating sound. The command string associated with the command string is found and then transmitted. The command strings are associated with keyboard combinations that control the play of a computer game.