How to enable Speech Recognition on your Windows Vista PC

Speech recognition is a tool that allows the user to fully control his computer using only his voice without having to press or type or click on anything. To set up Speech recognition tool here are the steps you can follow:

Step 1: go to start menu and search “Speech recognition” then click on the result “Windows Speech Recognition”

Step 2: a window like the one showed below will appear, click on “Next”

Step 3: the next window will ask you to choose your microphone type, choose yours and press “Next” (my Microphone is built into my Laptop)

Step 4: the next window will ask you to set up your microphone providing you with tips about the proper setting, follow the instructions then click “Next”

Step 5: the set up will ask you to record your voice saying a sentence suggested by the set up window and then click on “Next”

 Step 6: make sure the set up was correct (Windows is going to confirm that, see picture below), then click “Next”

 Step 7: Microsoft is going to ask for your help to improve their services by allowing them to review documents, you can choose to Enable or Disable documents review (I have picked not Disable documents review), then click “Next”

 Step 8: you can choose to print references sheet or not, then click “Next”

 Step 9: if you want to speech recognition to run every time you start your computer check “Run Speech Recognition at startup”, if you don’t want to uncheck it, then click “Next”

 Step 10: a window will appear informing you that you have successfully set up Speech recognition and you can start controlling your computer by your voice, Windows will also suggest you learn how to use the tool by taking tutorials, if you want to take them click “Start Tutorial” and if you don’t want to choose “Cancel”

Step 11: make sure the tool is working, see if the tool window appears like the one in the picture below

Example of the tool’s benefits:

Ann lost her arms after a traffic accident, she can’t use a mouse or a keyboard anymore, Speech Recognition helped her control her computer independently and effectively.

(important: this is just a functional example and the event included is not actual)