By If you’re using Windows 7 as your computer operating system, then you might be interested in the speech recognition feature. By using speech recognition, you will save time and increase efficiency. You can enjoy this feature not only on your smartphones but also on your computer and thus use you voice to launch programs, dictate text, scroll webpages and so on. So, here’s what you have to do in order to use speech recognition in Windows 7:
1. The first thing to do is to go to Start and then to Control Panel. Then go to Ease of Access and then to Speech Recognition. Once you get here, just click on Start Speech Recognition.
2. You will now have to choose the type of the microphone by using the Speech Recognition Wizard. You will have to read a sample line aloud as well.
3. Make sure you complete the Wizard and after that take the entire tutorial. Even if it may seem long, the tutorial is necessary if you want to learn how to use voice recognition properly. You will be taught the basics, commanding, dictation and working with Windows.
4. When you are done with the tutorial, a speech recognition status window will appear at the top of your screen. This status window will display helpful information during the session. If you want to enable or disable the voice recognition, you will only have to click on the microphone icon.
5. Now, the next thing to do is to click on “Train your computer to better understand you” and thus help and train your PC to learn your voice. You will now have to read a few more sentences.
6. You ca use the Speech Reference card for help in case you forget certain steps.
Using the Speech recognition will surely help you a lot. You will thus control your computer and also dictate documents by using your voice.