1. Using Speech Recognition for Input: A Powerful and Readily Available Tool
Dr. Donna Olsen
Instructional Technologist
Central Wyoming College

2. Starting with Office 2003 (Win XP)
Check that your microphone works
Headset microphones actually cut out extra sound
Open Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices
On the Volume Tab, Make sure your sound is not muted
On the Audio Tab, under Sound Recording
Click the Volume Button
Make sure there is a checkmark on External mic
Open Sound Recorder
Start, All Programs, Accessories, Entertainment, Sound Recorder
Record your voice to make sure your mic is working
Click Record, speak a sentence, hit Stop, hit Play

3. Starting with Office 2003 (Win XP)
Open Word 2003 (running Windows XP)
Do Tools, Speech
Follow the instructions to adjust your mic

4. Continue Following Instructions
Adjust your volume level:

5. Continue Following Instructions
Put mic to corner of mouth, avoid blowing:

6. Continue Following Instructions
Read the text to train it to your voice:

7. When Finished, the Language Bar Appears
Click on Microphone to turn your mic on and off
Click or say Dictation. Then begin talking.
Insert punctuation as you go
Click or say Voice Command to use the menu
Can also use the mouse or keyboard

8. Tips for Office 2003
Click on the microphone to turn listening off and on
Proofread a sentence at a time
Use Tools, Add/Delete Word to record a word to the dictionary
Use Tools, Learn From Document
Also adds words to the Dictionary
Dictate your punctuation
Makes initial caps work

9. More Tips for Office 2003 Say “New Paragraph”
Select incorrect words and right click for possibilities
Can use in all Office 2003 programs
To turn off the Language Bar
Right click on yellow or blank space on Language Bar
Click Close Language Bar

10. Office 2007 and Win XP NO Speech Recognition
Must have Vista with Office 2007

11. Office 2007 and Vista Speech Recognition resides in Vista
To start, set up your microphone
Start, Control Panel, change to Classic View
Open Sound icon, go to Recording tab
Your mic should have a check mark
Your mic should say “working”

12. Setting up Speech Recognition in Vista
In the Control Panel, open Speech Recognition Options
Click Set Up Microphone
Run the Wizard
Take the Speech Tutorial
Train your computer to better understand you

13. Tips for Office 2007 in Vista
Use short commands
Start Listening to start speech recognition
Stop Listening to stop speed recognition
New paragraph
New line
Scroll left
Scroll right

14. Making Corrections Select “word” Correct “word”
A numbered list of possibilities appears
Say the number, say OK
OR, say spell it and spell out what you want
Vista automatically adds new words to dictionary
Vista automatically learns from the document

15. More Tips for Vista & Office 2007
Print out the Speech Reference Card
Make sure you read through it to see which commands you can use.
It’s great! Try it out!
If you want Office 2007, you need Vista!

16. Click the Speech icon on the Taskbar
Open the Speech Dictionary
Add a new Word
Say, Start Spelling
Spell the Word
Next
Check Record and set capitalization
Say, Record
Say the word
Finish

17. Speech Modes Off: Don’t Listen to Anything I Say
Sleep: Listen only for “Start Listening”
On: Listen to Everything I Say

18. Try Speech
Recognition Today!