Advanced speech options
There are a number of options in Windows Speech Recognition that you can adjust to make speech recognition more efficient.
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| 1 | On the Start menu, select: - Control Panel.
- Ease of Access.
- Speech Recognition.
| Display the Start menu by pressing the 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.
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| 2 | To the left of Configure your Speech Recognition experience, select: | To the left of Configure your Speech Recognition experience, select: - Advanced Speech Options by pressing ALT+A.
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| 3 | On the Speech Recognition tab: - Under Language, select the language you want Speech Recognition to use (if you have more than one installed).
- Under Recognition Profiles select your profile from the list of computer users (or default if you are the only user).
Note: You can add a profile by selecting the New button and following the prompts to create a new profile and train the computer on your voice. | On the Speech Recognition tab: - Under Language, select the language you want Speech Recognition to use (if you have more than one installed), by pressing ALT+L and the arrow keys.
- Under Recognition Profiles select your profile from the list of computer users (or default if you are the only user), by pressing ALT+P and the arrow keys.
Note: You can add a profile by selecting the New button, by pressing ALT+N, and then following the prompts to create a new profile and train the computer on your voice (use ALT+the underlined key to select a command). |
| 4 | Under User Settings select from these options: - Run Speech Recognition at startup if you want Speech Recognition to turn on for your user profile when you log in.
- Allow computer to review your documents and mail to improve speech recognition accuracy.
- 1 or 2 spaces to insert after punctuation when you're dictating.
- Configure Microphone if you have not yet configured the microphone you will be using for Speech Recognition. Then, follow the wizard prompts to complete the configuration.
- Select OK.
| Under User Settings select from these options: - Run Speech Recognition at startup if you want Speech Recognition to turn on for your user profile when you log in, by pressing ALT+R.
- Allow computer to review your documents and mail to improve speech recognition accuracy, by pressing ALT+O.
- 1 or 2 spaces to insert after punctuation when you're dictating, by pressing ALT+P and the arrow keys.
- Configure Microphone if you have not yet configured the microphone you will be using for Speech Recognition, by pressing ALT+C. Then, follow the wizard prompts to complete the configuration (use ALT+the underlined key to select a command).
- Select OK by pressing TAB, then ENTER.
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