![]() ![]() ![]() You’ll be using your Microsoft Word, Excel, and email hands-free in no time. Once you have it set up and have gotten familiar with the program, you will find that you can get up to 95% accuracy with speech recognition. But anyone can set up and use this feature to navigate Windows and dictate text. I have a physical disability myself and have been using Windows Speech Recognition for years. ![]() Windows Speech Recognition was primarily designed to help people with disabilities who couldn’t use a mouse or keyboard, as part of Microsoft’s accessibility features. In Windows 10 (also in Windows 7 and Windows 8) the Speech Recognition feature can be used to control the desktop, launch apps, and convert speech to text in word processing and other applications. Speech recognition focuses on the translation of audible speech to text, whereas voice recognition just seeks to identify an individual’s voice to perform various functions. But it seems that a lot of the public is unfamiliar with a very useful part of the Windows (TM) operating system called Windows Speech Recognition (WSR). Many of us today are familiar with voice recognition from our digital devices such as smartphones. AUTHOR ASA BACON, above, hands-free at the computer. With the debut of Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced Windows Speech Recognition. It would be great if my computer allowed me to dictate to it like a digital secretary. Typing slowly with many errors becomes a nuisance and time consuming. Years ago, I acquired a physical disability, that affected my fingers as well. ![]()
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