Hi,

Whenever I try to use my microphone with my computer, and I am totally sure
that the microphone is in the right jack, the computer does not recognize it,
and when I try to go to "Speech Recognition" through Speech in the control
panel, there is no tab for "speech recognition". There is only "text to
speech". Is there any way to fix this?

In news:372F9A87-005B-43B0-A746-6687EB006D99@microsoft.com,
Clincher <Clincher@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hi,
>
> Whenever I try to use my microphone with my computer, and I am
> totally sure that the microphone is in the right jack, the computer
> does not recognize it, and when I try to go to "Speech Recognition"
> through Speech in the control panel, there is no tab for "speech
> recognition". There is only "text to speech". Is there any way to fix
> this?

Add it with Office. It's not installed by default IIRC. You'll then have
speech recognition (for all that it's worth) in your Office applications.

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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:10:04 -0800, Clincher wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Whenever I try to use my microphone with my computer, and I am totally sure
> that the microphone is in the right jack, the computer does not recognize it,
> and when I try to go to "Speech Recognition" through Speech in the control
> panel, there is no tab for "speech recognition". There is only "text to
> speech". Is there any way to fix this?

Out of the box, XP only offers text-to-voice. It has the underpinnings for
voice-to-text and voice commands. Unless software is installed that
operates on those underpinnings or on its own engine, there is no voice
recognition capability.

Examples: If selected during Office setup, the Office programs will install
voice features that use the XP underpinnings. Speech software such as
Naturally Dragon Speaking provides speech features using its own engine.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User