1. Vista/Windows7 Speech Recognition
Nellie Chew
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2. What’s available with Vista?
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3. What’s available with Windows 7?
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4. Speech Recognition
• Allows your voice to control application software
• For best results, use your voice and mouse or
keyboard
– Train the software
– Control a program
– Dictate a document
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5. Let’s try~ Go Control Panel…
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6. Start Speech Recognition…
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7. Depending on your language settings…
Note: The following applies only to those users who have never started
speech recognition before. If you have done so, the Speech Recognition
dialog box will immediately appear.
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8. Welcome to Speech Recognition…
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9. Select microphone…
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10. Set up your mic…
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11. Say something!!!
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12. You’re all set~
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13. Enable or disable?
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14. View Reference Card…
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15. Maybe NOT run at startup… (=
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16. Voice-control activated~!
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17. Try out the tutorial~
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18. Try it out on a Word document~
• Open a new Word document
• Ensure Speech Recognition is ON~
– Control Panel> Speech Recognition Options> Start Speech
Recognition
– The Speech Recognition indicator box on top
– Say “start listening” and talk away~~~
– Say “stop listening” to end the session  sleeping…
– To close it, click on X on top right corner
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19. Common commands…
To do this Say this
Click any item by its name File; Start; View
Click Recycle Bin; Click
Click item
Computer; Click File
Double-click Recycle Bin;
Double-click item Double-click Computer;
Double-click File
Insert a new paragraph or new
New paragraph; New line
line in a document
Select and delete specific words Delete word
Show a list of applicable
What can I say?
commands
Make the computer listen to
Start listening
you
Make the computer stop
Stop listening
listening
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