Install and Train by Doing a Custom Installation

You can install and train speech recognition by doing a custom installation as demonstrated below, or you can choose one of two other methods.

For further information, see these Accessibility Tutorials:

Step

Mouse actions

Keyboard actions

On the Microsoft Windows Start menu:

Display the Microsoft Windows Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key):

In Control Panel:

In Control Panel:

In the Add/Remove Programs dialog box:

In the Add/Remove Programs dialog box:

Change or Remove Programs is selected.
Under Currently installed programs, move to Microsoft Office XP by pressing the DOWN ARROW key.
Select Change by pressing ALT+C.

In the Microsoft XP Setup dialog box:

Select Add or Remove Features.
Select Next.
Under Features to install, next to Office Shared Features, select the plus sign.
Next to Alternative User Input, select the plus sign.
Select Speech.
Select Update.

Note: To train speech recognition see the accessibility tutorial "Train Speech Recognition the First Time You Use Speech in an Office Program."

In the Microsoft XP Setup dialog box:

Select Add or Remove Features by pressing ALT+A.
Press ENTER.
Under Features to all, move to Office Shared Features by pressing the DOWN ARROW.
Expand the menu by pressing the RIGHT ARROW key.
Move to Alternative User Input by pressing the DOWN ARROW key.
Expand the menu by pressing the RIGHT ARROW key.
Select Speech by pressing the DOWN ARROW key.
Select Update by pressing ENTER.
Select OK by pressing ENTER.
Close the dialog box by pressing ALT+O.

Note: To train speech recognition see the accessibility tutorial "Train Speech Recognition the First Time You Use Speech in an Office Program."