Microsoft speech recognition tutorial

Enter Speech Recognition in the search box, and then tap or click Speech Recognition. You can use your voice for many tasks, such as filling out online forms or typing letters. When you speak into the microphone, Speech Recognition transforms your voice into text on the screen.

Enter speech recognition in the search box, and then tap or click Windows Speech Recognition. To correct a single word, say "correct" followed by the word that you want to correct. If the word appears more than once, all instances will be highlighted, and you can choose the one you want to correct. In the Alternates panel dialog box, say the number next to the item you want, and then say "OK.

Using the Speech Dictionary, you can add your own words, stop a specific word from being dictated, or correct or delete a word in the dictionary. To prevent a specific word from being dictated, say "Prevent a word from being dictated," and then follow the instructions.

You can use simple, short commands to control your PC. The following table shows some of the most commonly used Speech Recognition commands. Words in bold indicate that you can replace the example word or phrase with similar words and get useful results.

You can also use keyboard shortcuts as verbal commands to control your PC. To view all of the available shortcuts, see Keyboard shortcuts. Note: Any time you need to find out what commands to use, say "what can I say? Say what you want to do.

For example, change to Celsius in the Weather app. Click File ; Start ; View. Insert the literal word for the next command for example, you can insert the word "comma" instead of the punctuation mark. Select word range ; Select word through word.

Select previous 20 words; Select previous 10 words. Select next 20 words; Select next 10 words. For example, you can say "press alpha" to press "a" or "press bravo" to press "b. File ; Edit ; View ; Save. Show numbers Numbers will appear on the screen for every item in the active window. Say an item's corresponding number to select it. Close that; Close Paint ; Close Documents.

Minimize that; Minimize Paint ; Minimize Documents. Maximize that; Maximize Paint ; Maximize Documents. Restore that; Restore Paint ; Restore Documents. Scroll down 2 pages; Scroll up 10 pages. Number of the square where the item appears ; 3, 7, 9 followed by mark. Number of the square where you want to drag ; 4, 5, 6 followed by click. You can use your voice to control your computer.

You can say commands that the computer will respond to, and you can dictate text to the computer. Before you get started using Speech Recognition, you'll need to set up your computer for Windows Speech Recognition. There are three steps to setting up Speech Recognition: set up your microphone, learn how to talk to your computer, and train your computer to understand your speech.

Note: The success of speech recognition is directly related to the quality of the microphone you use. The two most common types of microphones for Speech Recognition are headset microphones and desktop microphones. Headset microphones are better suited for working with Speech Recognition because they are less prone to picking up extraneous sounds.

Windows comes with a speech training tutorial to help teach you the commands used with Speech Recognition. The tutorial takes about 30 minutes to complete. Follow the steps below to run the speech training tutorial:.

Speech Recognition uses a unique voice profile to recognize your voice and spoken commands. As you use Speech Recognition, your voice profile gets more detailed, which should improve your computer's ability to understand you. Windows 8. To set up a microphone Before you set up Speech Recognition, make sure you've plugged the microphone into your PC so the following steps work. Follow the instructions on the screen. To dictate text using Speech Recognition Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.

Say "start listening," or tap or click the microphone button to start the listening mode. Open the app you want to use, or select the text box you want to dictate text into. Say the text you want to dictate. To correct mistakes You can correct mistakes in three different ways: To correct the last thing you said, say "correct that. Say "open Speech Dictionary" and do any of the following: To add a word to the dictionary, say "Add a new word," and then follow the instructions.

To insert this Say this , Comma ; Semicolon. Exclamation mark; Exclamation point? Select a numbered item 19 OK; 5 OK Double-tap or double-click a numbered item Double-click 19 ; Double-click 5 Press and hold or right-click a numbered item Right-click 19 ; Right-click 5. To do this Say this Show the mousegrid Mousegrid Move the mouse pointer to the center of any mousegrid square Number of the square ; 1, 7, 9 Tap or click any mousegrid square Click number of the square Select an item to drag with the mousegrid Number of the square where the item appears ; 3, 7, 9 followed by mark Select an area in the mousegrid where you want to drag the item Number of the square where you want to drag ; 4, 5, 6 followed by click.

Under Microphone , select the Get started button. The Speech wizard window opens, and the setup starts automatically. If the wizard detects issues with your microphone, they will be listed in the wizard dialog box.

You can select options in the dialog box to specify an issue and help the wizard solve it. If you want to retrain your computer to recognize your voice, press the Windows logo key, type Control Panel , and select Control Panel in the list of results.

Select Next. Follow the instructions on your screen to set up speech recognition. The wizard will guide you through the setup steps. After the setup is complete, you can choose to take a tutorial to learn more about speech recognition. To take the tutorial, select Start Tutorial in the wizard window. To skip the tutorial, select Skip Tutorial. You can now start using speech recognition. Windows Speech Recognition commands. In the search box on the taskbar, type Windows Speech Recognition , and then select Windows Speech Recognition in the list of results.

If you don't see a dialog box that says "Welcome to Speech Recognition Voice Training," then in the search box on the taskbar, type Control Panel , and select Control Panel in the list of results. Windows 10 More Set up a microphone Before you set up speech recognition, make sure you have a microphone set up.

Help your PC recognize your voice You can teach Windows 11 to recognize your voice. Set up a microphone Before you set up voice recognition, make sure you have a microphone set up. Help your PC recognize your voice You can teach Windows 10 to recognize your voice. Here's how to set it up: In the search box on the taskbar, type Windows Speech Recognition , and then select Windows Speech Recognition in the list of results.

Follow the instructions to set up speech recognition.