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Set up microphone

Proper set up of your microphone will make your speech recognition interaction more effective.

Mouse actionsKeyboard actions
1

On the Start menu, select:

  • Control Panel.
  • Ease of Access.
  • Speech Recognition.

Display the Start menu by pressing the Windows logo key Windows logo key, then select.

  • Control Panel by pressing the arrow keys, then ENTER.
  • Ease of Access by pressing the arrow keys, then ENTER.
  • Speech Recognition Options by pressing the arrow keys, then ENTER.
2

In Configure your Speech Recognition experience, select:

  • Set up microphone.

In Configure your Speech Recognition experience, select:

  • Set up microphone by pressing ALT+M.
3

In the Microphone Setup Wizard:

  • Select the type of microphone you will use for Speech Recognition.
  • Select Next.
  • Read about and adjust your microphone as directed.

  • Select Next.
  • Read the text to adjust the microphone volume.

  • Select Next.
  • Select Finish to complete the wizard.

In the Microphone Setup Wizard:

  • Select the type of microphone you will use for Speech Recognition by pressing TAB.
  • Select Next by pressing ALT+N.
  • Read about and adjust your microphone as directed.

  • Select Next by pressing ALT+N.
  • Read the text to adjust the microphone volume.

  • Select Next by pressing ALT+N.
  • Select Finish by pressing TAB, then ENTER to complete the wizard.

More Speech Recognition Tutorials


Tip

To get a list of keyboard shortcuts for Speech Recognition, just right-click the Speech Recognition UI (bar with microphone button), when Speech Recognition is turned on, and select Open Speech Reference Card.



Screenshot of microphone set up for Speech Recognition
Last updated: Thursday, February 14, 2008

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