Are you getting ready to be lazily smart, I guess that why you would have a peek into it. Enabling Speech recognition system in windows is one such way. It is the smartest tools that you could find in your Windows tools. Probably, many of the users don’t even know that Speech Recognition System in Windows 8 ever existed in their operating system. Well, if that is the case with you then you are at right place. Here is all about Speech Recognition System in Windows 8 that you would like to know about and how to use and configure the same.
Enabling Speech Recognition System in Windows 8:
This feature has been in the existence in windows operating system since the launch of Windows Vista. This implies that this feature will also be available on all the later versions of the windows including Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Main reason for such ignorance is the partial knowledge about the OS and also lack of using the built functions provided by the OS. Well, for using it you will need to go through the following steps:
- Head to Control Panel -> Ease of Access -> Speech Recognition.
- Ensure that your external microphone is connected to the computer. It is recommended to use the external microphone rather than inbuilt one for better result. (You can use inbuilt also, if you don’t have an external one).
- Simply click on the Start Speech Recognition and new windows will pop up to walk you through the entire set up process.
After setting all things up, you have to choose the activation mode. There are totally two modes by which you can call for Windows 8 speech recognition service, the manual activation mode and voice activation mode. In manual activation mode, you need to define one hotkey, which you’ll be pressing every time you want to start the windows speech recognition service. While in the case of voice activation you can quickly start the speech recognition service by saying “Start listening”.
A speech recognition bar will appear on the top of your screen when the service is called to serve. In simple words, this bar will be acting as the communicating medium between you and the speech recognition service.
How to Use Speech Recognition System in Windows 8:
For the best use, users will have to train the windows 8 speech recognition service for getting optimum results every time. To do this, just hit the option “Train Your Computer to Better Understand You” option given in the speech recognition section. With the time, this service will improve as it learns more about the user’s voice.
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