Speech/Voice Recognition in Office 2003 (XP o/s)

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Hi there,
I have successfully installed voice recognition, verified microphone etc..
did all the 'training' a few times over but I still have a problem .... I
have the voice tool bar with all the trimings, and when i select microphone
(on) and go into command mode ... all is beautiful, my commands are
recognised. But, when trying to 'type' into the Word or Excel file nothing
happens, all I get is the message box saying 'what was that?".
Why isnt it acknowledging my text input (what I want to dictate, even when I
have selected 'Dictate')? Microsoft site wasn't much help I'm afraid. I even
tried adding documents etc to the Tools and 'Learn from Document' (whatever
that is supposed to do...???)
Any suggestions, gratefully received.

The Butt ..
 
One suggestion is to click on tools-options and check if the "disable
dictation while typing" is enabled. Its a bit of a long shot but maybe the
sound of keyboard bashing is being picked up and interfering with typing?
 
Thanks DM for responding so quickly. I have tried it with & without the
'disable dictation while typing". I am in quiet surrounding and not using the
keyboard whilst dictating.
I cant dictate or even use Speech commands in Note pad, Powerpoint, Outlook,
Info Path.
The MS engine I am using is Microsoft English (US) v6.1 Recognizer.
I read on MS Speech site http://www.microsoft.com/speech/?gssnb=1 about
Microsoft Speech Application Software Development Kit (SASDK) Version 1.0 and

Speech SDK 5.1 for Windows® applications from
http://www.microsoft.com/speech/download/sdk51/ which has successfully
confused me. Can I use these or one of these on my XP stand-alone PC? or do I
have to have the Server 2003 software installed. It confuses me with all the
'Beta' downloads etc.
What would you suggest, has anybody tried these. I mean I would dearly love
to be able to 'Voice command' Windows in general, like using the START and
select the program etc I want... which I can't do right now.

Sorry to lay it on so thick, but I wanted to make sure I had all bases
covered.

The Butt ...
 
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