Before you run out to buy Dragon Speech or a similar software
program, use the Speech Recognition software that has been built into all Windows
Operating Systems, since Windows XP. Voice/Speech Recognition is becoming common today in so many devices including iPhone,
iPad, iPods, Android tablets and smartphones, computers, automobiles and other
devices... So the more comfortable you get with it, the more you will use it
with all of your devices...
If you haven't played with "Speech Recognition"
yet, and are now using Windows 7, give it a try. The program in
Windows 7 is quite powerful and allows you to tell your computer what to do and
you can also use it to dictate text into a document.
Speech Recognition uses a special voice profile to recognize your
voice and spoken commands, so the more you use Speech Recognition, the more detailed your voice profile becomes,
which will improve your PC (and other mobile devices) abilities to understand
you
As with so many things we do with the computer, using the speech
recognition to give commands is just another way, in addition to using the
mouse and/or the keyboard and/or
keypad..
Before you set up your Speech Recognition, make sure you've plugged a microphone into your PC so these
steps will work.. Personally I think using a headset microphone; which is less
likely to pick up background noise, is best when I'm using any speech
recognition program to give commands or dictate into documents, doing voice
recordings for slide shows and movies and using other programs such as Skype..
In Windows 7, click the Start Button
- Type Speech in the search box of the start menu
- Choose Windows Speech Recognition from the menu
- Note-if this is the first time you've used it, the Set-Up Speech Recognition Wizard will open and walk you thru setting up the system &
settings.
- When you are in settings, it gives you the option
to "Train your computer to better understand you" that
helps it to recognize your voice..
- In the Set-up, Windows also offers a tutorial
that will help familiarize you with how to give commands and use the
software - Take the tutorial - it really helps...
- As with any new program or piece of hardware you are
learning, remember to also use www.yotube.com, to find additional
tutorials that will help you master just about anything..
Be patient and practice - like so many other things, the more you do it,
the easier it will become and the more comfortable you will be...
