Speech icon in Control Panel - what is it?

[Angus Comber]

Hello

I am intrigued by the Speech icon in Control Panel. What can I do with
this? Can I for example get the system to 'speak' my emails?

Angus

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Open Help and Support, type: speech in the box and click the arrow.

Speech recognition requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...proddocs/en-us/input_speech_requirements.mspx

Install speech recognition
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../all/proddocs/en-us/input_speech_install.mspx

Getting started with speech recognition
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...ocs/en-us/langbar_speech_getting_started.mspx

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[Angus Comber]

I was looking at the requirements and it looks like at least Office XP
version is required. But then it mentioned Internet Explorer. Can you
confirm whether or not I need Office XP or higher to install the speech
engine?

Angus

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Angus,

I apologize. I forgot that Speech Recognition wasn't actually part of
Windows XP.

You have to have at least Word 2002 or Office XP.

Or you have to have a 3rd party program like Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

ScanSoft - Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8
http://www.scansoft.com/naturallyspeaking/


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