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Setting Up Speech Recognition
Setting Up Speech Recognition
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Issue/Question
How do I enable Speech Recognition?
Environment
Windows 10
Resolution
Open
Control Panel
.
Click on
Ease of Access
.
Click on
Speech Recognition
.
Click
Start Speech Recognition
.
In the Set up Speech Recognition page, click
Next
.
Select the type of microphone you'll be using.
Note:
Desktop microphones are not ideal, and Microsoft recommends headset microphones or microphone arrays.
Click
Next
.
Click
Next
again.
Read the text aloud to ensure the feature can hear you.
Click
Next
.
Click
Next
again.
Speech Recognition can access your documents and emails to improve its accuracy based on the words you use. Select the
Enable document review
option, or select
Disable document review
if you have privacy concerns.
Click
Next
.
Select
Pick activation mode
:
Use manual activation mode —
Speech Recognition turns off the "Stop Listening" command. To turn it back on, you'll need to click the microphone button or use the
Ctrl + Windows key
shortcut.
Use voice activation mode —
Speech Recognition goes into sleep mode when not in use, and you'll need to invoke the "Start Listening" voice command to turn it back on.
Click
Next
.
Click
Next, or View Reference Sheet
to see a list of available voice commands.
Select whether you want this feature to start automatically at startup.
Click
Next
.
Click the
Start tutorial
button to access the Microsoft video tutorial about this feature, or click the
Skip tutorial
button to complete the setup.
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Article ID:
3343
Created
Wed 7/10/19 11:12 AM
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Fri 7/12/19 10:12 AM
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Check out this knowledge base article I found in the Western Kentucky University knowledge base. https://td.wku.edu/TDClient/34/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=3343 Setting Up Speech Recognition Instructions for setting up and enabling Speech Recognition on a Windows 10 computer.