Windows Vista Speech Recognition.
Windows Vista Speech recognition gives us the ability to control your computer with
voice commands as well as dictate documents. Windows Vista Speech Recognition listens
for Speech commands. What is not a Speech command is considered text.
There are 3 very important points you need to know prior to using Vista Speech Recognition.
All points are of equal importance.
You
need to train you computer to identify your voice and pronunciation.
You
need to use a very good Microphone. Cheaper microphones tend to pick up a lot of
background noise (eg: TV, others talking in the background).
Speak
clearly and pronounce your words. Not to fast and not to slow.
Speech Recognition Voice Training.
To configure Speech recognition voice training, Start Speech Recognition. Start,
Control Panel and double click Speech Recognition Options.
Click Start Speech Recognition.
The Speech Recognition interface starts.
Right
click the user interface and select configuration, Improve voice recognition.
The Welcome to Speech Recognition Voice Training dialog box appears. Read the introduction
and click Next.
On the following dialog box, read aloud the text clearly. The Text you read aloud
will train the speech recognition engine to identify your voice pitch and tone.
You will also get a background overview of Speech Recognition technology.
Once you are finished with the initial Speech training, the you will have the option
of more training (recommended).
Adding Words to the Speech Dictionary.
There are going to be times when you will need to add additional words to the Speech
Recognition Dictionary. Words like names, medical terms, other highly technical
terms etc.
To add words to the Speech Recognition Dictionary, follow these easy steps.
Start Speech Recognition.
Right
click the user interface and click open the Speech Dictionary.
The
Speech Dictionary Wizard starts. Click "Add a new word".
On
the following screen, type in the new word in the Word or Expression field.
Click Next.
On
the following screen, ensure "Record a pronunciation upon finish". Select appropriate
capitalization for the new word.
On
the following screen, click record to record for Speech Recognition.
Click Finish.
Now you can open notepad or any other text application or Office Suite and when
using Speech Recognition, the word will be recognized.
 Important
Note:
If for some reason, Speech Recognition is having trouble recognizing certain words,
just add those words with the new recording to the speech dictionary as the above.
Once you have added the words to the Speech dictionary the speech recognition will
instantly recognize those words.
Controlling Windows Vista with Speech Recognition.
You can control your Windows environment through voice recognition using a short
set of commands.
Let's do a quick example.
Start Speech Recognition. The Speech Recognition application is displayed.
With your microphone turned on, say the following.
"Start Listening".
You will notice the Speech application text changes from "Sleeping" to "Listening".
Now that the Speech Recognition engine is listening, say the following.
"Start Paint".
If Windows Vista Speech Recognition understood your command, MS Paint should have
started. If Windows Vista did not understand your command, you should see a list
of possible options as below. If you see a list similar to the one below, say the
number next to "Paint" then say "ok". In my case I would say number "1", then "ok"
Now in MS Paint, say the following.
"File".
The file menu should have dropped down.
Say "Exit".
Paint should close.
Of course you can start most programs this way. You can also start programs with
Speech Recognition via the start menu. With Speech Recognition listening say,
"Start" then say "All Programs" then say "Accessories" then say "Calculator". Windows
Vista calculator should start.
Related:
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