Speech recognition requirements
To use speech recognition, you need the following hardware and software components:
| • | A high-quality close-talk (headset) microphone. A Universal Serial Bus (USB) microphone is recommended. |
| • | A 400 megahertz (MHz) or faster computer with 128 megabytes (MB) of memory. |
| • | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later. |
| • | The speech recognition engine must be installed. It is available with Microsoft Office XP, but might not have been installed. For more information, click Related Topics. |
Important
| • | Speech recognition engines are language-specific. The first three Microsoft speech engines that are available are Simplified Chinese, U.S. English, and Japanese. Engines for other languages will become available. |
Using the Microsoft speech recognition engine
