Set Up Vista Speech Recognition

1. Attach a desktop microphone or headset to your computer and choose Start➪Control Panel➪Ease of Access➪ Start Speech Recognition.

2. The Set Up Speech Recognition message appears; click Next to continue. (Note: If you’ve used Speech Recognition before, this message will not appear.) 3. In the resulting Welcome to Speech Recognition dialog box, select the type of microphone that you’re using and then click Next. The next screen tells you how to place and use the microphone for optimum results. Click Next.

4. In the following window, read the sample sentence aloud. When you’re done, click Next. During the Speech Recognition setup procedure you are given the option of printing out commonly used commands. It’s a good idea to do this, as speech commands aren’t always second nature!

5. In the resulting dialog box, choose whether to enable or disable document view. Document view allows Windows Vista to review your documents and e-mail to help it recognize your speech patterns. Click Next.

6. In the resulting dialog box, if you wish to view and/or print a list of speech recognition commands, click the View Reference Sheet button, and then click the Close button to close that window. Click Next to proceed.

7. In the resulting dialog box, either click Run Speech Recognition at Startup to disable this feature or leave the default setting. Click Next. The final dialog box informs you that you can now control the computer by voice, and offers you a Start Tutorial button to help you practice voice commands. Click that button, or click Cancel to skip the tutorial and leave the Speech Recognition set up.

8. The Speech Recognition control panel appears. Say, “Start listening” to activate the feature and begin using spoken commands to work with your computer.

To stop Speech Recognition, click the Close button on the Control Panel. To start the Speech Recognition feature again, choose Start➪Control Panel➪Ease of Access➪Speech Recognition and then click the Start Speech Recognition link. To learn more about Speech Recognition commands, click the Take Speech Tutorials link in the Ease of Access window. Set Up Speech Recognition