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