Speech recognition requirements
To use speech recognition, you need the following hardware and software components:
| • | A high-quality close-talk (headset) microphone connected to a sound card or USB port |
| • | A 400 megahertz (MHz) or faster computer with 128 megabytes (MB) of memory. |
| • | Internet Explorer 5.0 or later |
| • | The speech recognition engine must be installed. If you recently purchased a new computer, the manufacturer might have installed it. It is also available with Microsoft Office XP, but might not have been installed. For information about installing the speech recognition engine, 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. |
