Freeware or Low Cost Speech Recognition for XP

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softandmicroey

What is the best freeware or low cost way to use speech recogntion
with xp? I just recently got a microphone and am interesting in
navagating and interacting with the desktop software via speech
recognition.

Any help appreciated,
Matt
 
Please ignore the link in my previous post.

I do apolagise, it's been a very long time since I installed the Speech
Recognition and Text-to-Speech Engines onto my system.

After doing a search of my, usually complete and up-to-date collection of
downloaded installation files, I found a file that I thought was the right
one and quoted where I obtained it.

I was wrong, the file was a 3rd-party utillity application that just uses
the MS Agent components.

But, to use Speech Regocnition and Text-to-speech, you need to follow these
steps;
(If you are using Windows XP, you can skip step no.(1))


Installing MS Agent Speech
==========================
(http://www.msagentring.org/setup.aspx)

Download the following components and then execute each in turn by
double-clicking on them and following the setup prompts as they appear...



1). Install Microsoft Agent Core Components version 2.0 (395K)*

*(Skip this step if using Windows XP, ME, 2K, Vista or Win7)

http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/agent2/MSagent.exe

----------------------------------------------------

2). Install the Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice,
Text-to-Speech Engine (English version) (1MB).

http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/agent2/tv_enua.exe

----------------------------------------------------

3). Install the Microsoft Speech Recognition Engine,
version 4.0 (6MB)

http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/agent2/actcnc.exe

----------------------------------------------------

4a). Install the Microsoft Speech Control Panel (840K)

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/e/c9ee5f5d-7631-4ee7-aee4-dbd22b2b1439/SpchCpl.exe

and also;

4b). Agent 2.0 Add-in: SAPI 4 control panel applet (928K)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=1366ee73-200f-49fb-b624-d5de6023aa23


==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
 
After following the steps (2-4b for XP) outlined in my last post, you will
then be able to configure both Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech by
going to ;

"Control Panel" > "Speech"

You may use the "Train Profile" button on the "Speech Recognition" page to
teach the computer how to recognise your unique speech patterns to improve
accuracy.

Then you will be able to use programs such as Office Word to dictate a
letter.

You can control elements such as turning on the microphone for dictation,
by right-clicking on an empty area of the TaskBar, and selecting "Toolbars"
"Language Bar".
Click to expand...

When the "Language Bar" appears on your TaskBar, click on the microphone
icon to start dictation in M$ Word.

You can also access the "Speech" Control Panel from the "Language Bar" by
clicking on the "Speech Tools" icon and selecting "Options".

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
 
I have spotted a discrepancy in the list of downloads that I hadn't
noticed...

You only need to download and install ONE of the links for number (4)
because 4a + 4b turns out they are the exact-same file (SpchCpl.exe)(928K).

Sorry.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
 
After following the steps (2-4b for XP) outlined in my last post, you will
then be able to configure both Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech by
going to ;

"Control Panel"  >  "Speech"

You may use the "Train Profile" button on the "Speech Recognition" page to
teach the computer how to recognise your unique speech patterns to improve
accuracy.

Then you will be able to use programs such as Office Word to dictate a
letter.

You can control elements such as turning on the microphone for dictation,
by right-clicking on an empty area of the TaskBar, and selecting "Toolbars"
 > "Language Bar".

When the "Language Bar" appears on your TaskBar, click on the microphone
icon to start dictation in M$ Word.

You can also access the "Speech" Control Panel from the "Language Bar" by
clicking on the "Speech Tools" icon and selecting "Options".

==

Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)
Click to expand...

Is there a way to navigate the desktop and applications using speech
recognition in XP? I have followed the steps you layed out including
doing the trainined, but don't see how you carry out this use.
 
"Speech Recognition" is already built-in as part of the Windows XP
Operating System.

Earlier versions of Windows can install the free Microsoft software
environment from :
http://www.msagentring.org/setup.aspx
(the site is 3-rd party but the software available for download *is* from
Microsoft)

The component is called Microsoft Agent and, although MSAgent is
pre-installed on XP, from the above website you may download [free] a
selection of other "voices" and Microsoft Agent Characters (animated
"avatars" that go with speech output employed by some programs - the
"clipit" character that appears with MS Office applications, is one such).

You should be able to find it on your [XP] computer by going to :

"Control Panel" > "Speech"

...from the "Speech" control panel, you can configure ; "Speech
Recognition" , "Text to Speech" , set microphone volume levels and pick &
preview the style of output voice from a selection of pre-installed male
and female choices.

From there, you can also educate [train] the "Speech Recognition Engine" to
more effectively understand your particular voice.

You will need to enable "Advanced Text Services" if it not been already.

To do this, first open the "Text Services and Input Languages" control (see
below for that) and under the "Advanced" tab, make sure the check-box named
"Turn off advanced text services" is *not* checked - if it is - uncheck
it...

Above this option, you have the opportunity to "Extend support of advanced
text services to all programs" by checkmarking the box of that name. This
will enable functions like dictation and the reading of text to many other
word processing applications you have.

You should also activate the "The Language Bar" (a taskbar toolbar) so you
can control "Speech Tools" such as Microphone and other settings more
easily. To turn on the "The Language Bar" either choose it from the list
of existing available taskbar toolbars by right-clicking on an empty area
of the taskbar, then choose "Toolbars" > "Language Bar".

Or you may have to open the "Regional and Language Options" control panel,
click on the "Languages" tab (across the top), click on the "Details"
button to open "Text Services and Input Languages" - finally, press the
"Language Bar" button and select the "Show the Language Bar on the desktop"
check-box.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




After following the steps (2-4b for XP) outlined in my last post, you
will
then be able to configure both Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech by
going to ;

"Control Panel" > "Speech"

You may use the "Train Profile" button on the "Speech Recognition" page
to
teach the computer how to recognise your unique speech patterns to
improve
accuracy.

Then you will be able to use programs such as Office Word to dictate a
letter.

You can control elements such as turning on the microphone for dictation,
by right-clicking on an empty area of the TaskBar, and selecting
"Toolbars"

When the "Language Bar" appears on your TaskBar, click on the microphone
icon to start dictation in M$ Word.

You can also access the "Speech" Control Panel from the "Language Bar" by
clicking on the "Speech Tools" icon and selecting "Options".

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
Click to expand...

Is there a way to navigate the desktop and applications using speech
recognition in XP? I have followed the steps you layed out including
doing the trainined, but don't see how you carry out this use.
 
"Speech Recognition" is already built-in as part of the Windows XP
Operating System.

Earlier versions of Windows can install the free Microsoft software
environment from :http://www.msagentring.org/setup.aspx
(the site is 3-rd party but the software available for download *is* from
Microsoft)

The component is called Microsoft Agent and, although MSAgent is
pre-installed on XP, from the above website you may download [free] a
selection of other "voices" and Microsoft Agent Characters (animated
"avatars" that go with speech output employed by some programs - the
"clipit" character that appears with MS Office applications, is one such)..

You should be able to find it on your [XP] computer by going to :

"Control Panel" > "Speech"

..from the "Speech" control panel, you can configure ;  "Speech
Recognition" ,  "Text to Speech" , set microphone volume levels and pick &
preview the style of output voice from a selection of pre-installed male
and female choices.

From there, you can also educate [train] the "Speech Recognition Engine" to
more effectively understand your particular voice.

You will need to enable "Advanced Text Services" if it not been already.

To do this, first open the "Text Services and Input Languages" control (see
below for that) and under the "Advanced" tab, make sure the check-box named
"Turn off advanced text services" is *not* checked - if it is - uncheck
it...

Above this option, you have the opportunity to "Extend support of advanced
text services to all programs" by checkmarking the box of that name.   This
will enable functions like dictation and the reading of text to many other
word processing applications you have.

You should also activate the "The Language Bar" (a taskbar toolbar) so you
can control "Speech Tools" such as Microphone and other settings more
easily.  To turn on the "The Language Bar" either choose it from the list
of existing available taskbar toolbars by right-clicking on an empty area
of the taskbar, then choose "Toolbars" > "Language Bar".

Or you may have to open the "Regional and Language Options" control panel,
click on the "Languages" tab (across the top), click on the "Details"
button to open "Text Services and Input Languages" - finally, press the
"Language Bar" button and select the "Show the Language Bar on the desktop"
check-box.

==

Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)


After following the steps (2-4b for XP) outlined in my last post, you
will
then be able to configure both Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech by
going to ;
Click to expand...
"Control Panel" > "Speech"
Click to expand...
You may use the "Train Profile" button on the "Speech Recognition" page
to
teach the computer how to recognise your unique speech patterns to
improve
accuracy.
Click to expand...
Then you will be able to use programs such as Office Word to dictate a
letter.
Click to expand...
You can control elements such as turning on the microphone for dictation,
by right-clicking on an empty area of the TaskBar, and selecting
"Toolbars"
Click to expand...
When the "Language Bar" appears on your TaskBar, click on the microphone
icon to start dictation in M$ Word.
Click to expand...
You can also access the "Speech" Control Panel from the "Language Bar" by
clicking on the "Speech Tools" icon and selecting "Options".

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
Click to expand...

Is there a way to navigate the desktop and applications using speech
recognition in XP? I have followed the steps you layed out including
doing the trainined, but don't see how you carry out this use.
Click to expand...

I see I'll have to forgo the use of Word with SR of XP because mine is
outdated (word 2007), but are there other applications that can use SR
in XP?
 
I have Office 2003 installed on my own XP system, and speech recognition
works quite well on it.

After making sure applications can use "Advanced Text Services" - as
outlined in my previous post - you should be able to dictate into an
attached microphone and see your words appear in the "Word" Office
application.

If you have any problems setting this up, please re-post and I will try and
take you through it step-by-step...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Speech Recognition" is already built-in as part of the Windows XP
Operating System.

Earlier versions of Windows can install the free Microsoft software
environment from :http://www.msagentring.org/setup.aspx
(the site is 3-rd party but the software available for download *is* from
Microsoft)

The component is called Microsoft Agent and, although MSAgent is
pre-installed on XP, from the above website you may download [free] a
selection of other "voices" and Microsoft Agent Characters (animated
"avatars" that go with speech output employed by some programs - the
"clipit" character that appears with MS Office applications, is one
such).

You should be able to find it on your [XP] computer by going to :

"Control Panel" > "Speech"

..from the "Speech" control panel, you can configure ; "Speech
Recognition" , "Text to Speech" , set microphone volume levels and pick &
preview the style of output voice from a selection of pre-installed male
and female choices.

From there, you can also educate [train] the "Speech Recognition Engine"
to
more effectively understand your particular voice.

You will need to enable "Advanced Text Services" if it not been already.

To do this, first open the "Text Services and Input Languages" control
(see
below for that) and under the "Advanced" tab, make sure the check-box
named
"Turn off advanced text services" is *not* checked - if it is - uncheck
it...

Above this option, you have the opportunity to "Extend support of
advanced
text services to all programs" by checkmarking the box of that name. This
will enable functions like dictation and the reading of text to many
other
word processing applications you have.

You should also activate the "The Language Bar" (a taskbar toolbar) so
you
can control "Speech Tools" such as Microphone and other settings more
easily. To turn on the "The Language Bar" either choose it from the list
of existing available taskbar toolbars by right-clicking on an empty area
of the taskbar, then choose "Toolbars" > "Language Bar".

Or you may have to open the "Regional and Language Options" control
panel,
click on the "Languages" tab (across the top), click on the "Details"
button to open "Text Services and Input Languages" - finally, press the
"Language Bar" button and select the "Show the Language Bar on the
desktop"
check-box.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)


After following the steps (2-4b for XP) outlined in my last post, you
will
then be able to configure both Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech by
going to ;
Click to expand...
"Control Panel" > "Speech"
Click to expand...
You may use the "Train Profile" button on the "Speech Recognition" page
to
teach the computer how to recognise your unique speech patterns to
improve
accuracy.
Click to expand...
Then you will be able to use programs such as Office Word to dictate a
letter.
Click to expand...
You can control elements such as turning on the microphone for
dictation,
by right-clicking on an empty area of the TaskBar, and selecting
"Toolbars"
Click to expand...
When the "Language Bar" appears on your TaskBar, click on the
microphone
icon to start dictation in M$ Word.
Click to expand...
You can also access the "Speech" Control Panel from the "Language Bar"
by
clicking on the "Speech Tools" icon and selecting "Options".

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
Click to expand...

Is there a way to navigate the desktop and applications using speech
recognition in XP? I have followed the steps you layed out including
doing the trainined, but don't see how you carry out this use.
Click to expand...

I see I'll have to forgo the use of Word with SR of XP because mine is
outdated (word 2007), but are there other applications that can use SR
in XP?
 
I have Office 2003 installed on my own XP system, and speech recognition
works quite well on it.

After making sure applications can use "Advanced Text Services" - as
outlined in my previous post - you should be able to dictate into an
attached microphone and see your words appear in the "Word" Office
application.

If you have any problems setting this up, please re-post and I will try and
take you through it step-by-step...

==

Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)


"Speech Recognition" is already built-in as part of the Windows XP
Operating System.
Click to expand...
Earlier versions of Windows can install the free Microsoft software
environment from :http://www.msagentring.org/setup.aspx
(the site is 3-rd party but the software available for download *is* from
Microsoft)
Click to expand...
The component is called Microsoft Agent and, although MSAgent is
pre-installed on XP, from the above website you may download [free] a
selection of other "voices" and Microsoft Agent Characters (animated
"avatars" that go with speech output employed by some programs - the
"clipit" character that appears with MS Office applications, is one
such).
Click to expand...
You should be able to find it on your [XP] computer by going to :
Click to expand...
"Control Panel" > "Speech"
Click to expand...
..from the "Speech" control panel, you can configure ; "Speech
Recognition" , "Text to Speech" , set microphone volume levels and pick&
preview the style of output voice from a selection of pre-installed male
and female choices.
Click to expand...
From there, you can also educate [train] the "Speech Recognition Engine"
to
more effectively understand your particular voice.
Click to expand...
You will need to enable "Advanced Text Services" if it not been already..
Click to expand...
To do this, first open the "Text Services and Input Languages" control
(see
below for that) and under the "Advanced" tab, make sure the check-box
named
"Turn off advanced text services" is *not* checked - if it is - uncheck
it...
Click to expand...
Above this option, you have the opportunity to "Extend support of
advanced
text services to all programs" by checkmarking the box of that name. This
will enable functions like dictation and the reading of text to many
other
word processing applications you have.
Click to expand...
You should also activate the "The Language Bar" (a taskbar toolbar) so
you
can control "Speech Tools" such as Microphone and other settings more
easily. To turn on the "The Language Bar" either choose it from the list
of existing available taskbar toolbars by right-clicking on an empty area
of the taskbar, then choose "Toolbars" > "Language Bar".
Click to expand...
Or you may have to open the "Regional and Language Options" control
panel,
click on the "Languages" tab (across the top), click on the "Details"
button to open "Text Services and Input Languages" - finally, press the
"Language Bar" button and select the "Show the Language Bar on the
desktop"
check-box.

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
Click to expand...
"softandmicroey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
Click to expand...
Is there a way to navigate the desktop and applications using speech
recognition in XP? I have followed the steps you layed out including
doing the trainined, but don't see how you carry out this use.
Click to expand...

I see I'll have to forgo the use of Word with SR of XP because mine is
outdated (word 2007), but are there other applications that can use SR
in XP?
Click to expand...

sorry still puzzled about getting SR to work with Word 2007. I speak
and nothing appears. I don't know how to activate it.
 
So you followed the instructions to both make sure "Advanced Text Services"
are enabled on your system, and to activate the "Language Bar" on to your
TaskBar have you?

I did suggest (in my first post that I referred you to) that you :

1). Make sure "Advanced Text Services" is enabled, if it has not been
already.

To do this, first open the "Text Services and Input Languages" control (see
below for that) and under the "Advanced" tab, make sure the check-box named
"Turn off advanced text services" is *not* checked - if it is - uncheck
it.

Above this option you will also find the feature - "Extend support of
advanced
text services to all programs" - enable it by checkmarking the box of that
name.
(You may have to restart your computer at this point) This
will enable functions like dictation and the reading of text to many other
word processing applications you have.

2). Activate "The Language Bar" (a taskbar toolbar) so you
can control "Speech Tools" such as Microphone and other settings more
easily.

To do this, open the "Regional and Language Options" control panel,
click on the "Languages" tab (across the top), click on the "Details"
button to open "Text Services and Input Languages" - finally, press the
"Language Bar" button and select the "Show the Language Bar on the desktop"
check-box.

3). Having done both of the above, you should now be ready to begin. But
first, you should click on the "Speech Tools" icon on the Language Bar, and
select "Training" and go through the Train Profile wizard to familiarize
the system to your voice and make your peculiar speech patterns more
recognizable to the computer.

(If the "Speech Tools" icon is not visible on the Language Bar - click on
the Language Bar > Speech Tools to make the Speech Tools icon appear)

Finally, open Word - press on the microphone icon on the Language Bar to
activate it, and start speaking into the mike to dictate text into the Word
program.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




I have Office 2003 installed on my own XP system, and speech recognition
works quite well on it.

After making sure applications can use "Advanced Text Services" - as
outlined in my previous post - you should be able to dictate into an
attached microphone and see your words appear in the "Word" Office
application.

If you have any problems setting this up, please re-post and I will try
and
take you through it step-by-step...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)


"Speech Recognition" is already built-in as part of the Windows XP
Operating System.
Click to expand...
Earlier versions of Windows can install the free Microsoft software
environment from :http://www.msagentring.org/setup.aspx
(the site is 3-rd party but the software available for download *is*
from
Microsoft)
Click to expand...
The component is called Microsoft Agent and, although MSAgent is
pre-installed on XP, from the above website you may download [free] a
selection of other "voices" and Microsoft Agent Characters (animated
"avatars" that go with speech output employed by some programs - the
"clipit" character that appears with MS Office applications, is one
such).
Click to expand...
You should be able to find it on your [XP] computer by going to :
Click to expand...
"Control Panel" > "Speech"
Click to expand...
..from the "Speech" control panel, you can configure ; "Speech
Recognition" , "Text to Speech" , set microphone volume levels and pick
&
preview the style of output voice from a selection of pre-installed
male
and female choices.
Click to expand...
From there, you can also educate [train] the "Speech Recognition
Engine"
to
more effectively understand your particular voice.
Click to expand...
You will need to enable "Advanced Text Services" if it not been
already.
Click to expand...
To do this, first open the "Text Services and Input Languages" control
(see
below for that) and under the "Advanced" tab, make sure the check-box
named
"Turn off advanced text services" is *not* checked - if it is - uncheck
it...
Click to expand...
Above this option, you have the opportunity to "Extend support of
advanced
text services to all programs" by checkmarking the box of that name.
This
will enable functions like dictation and the reading of text to many
other
word processing applications you have.
Click to expand...
You should also activate the "The Language Bar" (a taskbar toolbar) so
you
can control "Speech Tools" such as Microphone and other settings more
easily. To turn on the "The Language Bar" either choose it from the
list
of existing available taskbar toolbars by right-clicking on an empty
area
of the taskbar, then choose "Toolbars" > "Language Bar".
Click to expand...
Or you may have to open the "Regional and Language Options" control
panel,
click on the "Languages" tab (across the top), click on the "Details"
button to open "Text Services and Input Languages" - finally, press the
"Language Bar" button and select the "Show the Language Bar on the
desktop"
check-box.

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
Click to expand...
"softandmicroey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
Click to expand...
Is there a way to navigate the desktop and applications using speech
recognition in XP? I have followed the steps you layed out including
doing the trainined, but don't see how you carry out this use.
Click to expand...

I see I'll have to forgo the use of Word with SR of XP because mine is
outdated (word 2007), but are there other applications that can use SR
in XP?
Click to expand...

sorry still puzzled about getting SR to work with Word 2007. I speak
and nothing appears. I don't know how to activate it.
 
Sorry, it may not have been clear in my latest post, how to make sure that
the "Advanced Text Services" function is activated (enabled).

To turn on Advanced Text Services" if it not been turned on already.

Open the "Regional and Language Options" control panel, click on the
"Languages" tab (across the top), click on the "Details" button to open
"Text Services and Input Languages" and under the Advanced" tab, make sure
the check-box named "Turn off advanced text services" is *not* checked -
if it is checked - uncheck it...

Above this option you will also find the feature - "Extend support of
advanced text services to all programs" - enable it by checkmarking the box
of that name.
(You may have to restart your computer at this point) This will enable
functions like dictation and the reading of text to many other word
processing applications you may have.

Then make sure you can see the Language Bar is present on your TaskBar (it
should appear at the left of the "System Tray" which is, in turn, next to
the TaskBar clock in the corner).

*NB You can open the "Text Services and Input Languages" dialogue box
directly by copying / pasting the following line into the "Run" box on the
Start Menu :

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL input.dll

From there you can both make sure "Advanced Text Services" function is
enabled ("Advanced" tab), and also show the "Language Bar" on the desktop
(press the "Language Bar" button).

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
 
Sorry, it may not have been clear in my latest post, how to make sure that
the "Advanced Text Services" function is activated (enabled).

To turn on Advanced Text Services" if it not been turned on already.

Open the "Regional and Language Options" control panel, click on the
"Languages" tab (across the top), click on the "Details" button to open
"Text Services and Input Languages" and under the Advanced" tab, make sure
the check-box named  "Turn off advanced text services" is *not* checked-
if it is checked - uncheck it...

Above this option you will also find the feature - "Extend support of
advanced text services to all programs" - enable it by checkmarking the box
of that name.
(You may have to restart your computer at this point)   This will enable
functions like dictation and the reading of text to many other word
processing applications you may have.

Then make sure you can see the Language Bar is present on your TaskBar (it
should appear at the left of the "System Tray" which is, in turn, next to
the TaskBar clock in the corner).

*NB You can open the "Text Services and Input Languages" dialogue box
directly by copying / pasting the following line into the "Run" box on the
Start Menu :

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL input.dll

From there you can both make sure "Advanced Text Services" function is
enabled ("Advanced" tab), and also show the "Language Bar" on the desktop
(press the "Language Bar" button).

==

Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)
Click to expand...

ty for your patience. I have tried to fully follow your instructions,
however after I rebooted as prompted the only thing I recognize as
language bar related that appeared on the desktop was a "?" symbol on
the taskbar which when clicked on identified itself as 'language bar
help' I have since opened M$ Word only to find it would not show any
other language bar symbols on the task bar. I have rebooted again an
additional time just to be on the safe side, and now find that the "?"
symbol is gone. Additionally when I right click on the task bar there
is no language bar option among the tool bars to chose from, either
checked or unchecked. This change further puzzles me.
 
It could be my fault for the way I explain things.

But for speech recognition, you need to install *no* further software as it
really is built-in to WinXP.

All I can advise is for you to open the Windows Xp Help Center ("Help and
Support" on your Start Menu), type in to the Help Search Box the words :
"Text Services" and press on the green arrow next to it to start the
search.

In the returned results in the results pane below, you need to look at the
following two items :

"Show the Language Bar"

"Turn Text Services on or off"


....I hope this helps.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




Sorry, it may not have been clear in my latest post, how to make sure
that
the "Advanced Text Services" function is activated (enabled).

To turn on Advanced Text Services" if it not been turned on already.

Open the "Regional and Language Options" control panel, click on the
"Languages" tab (across the top), click on the "Details" button to open
"Text Services and Input Languages" and under the Advanced" tab, make
sure
the check-box named "Turn off advanced text services" is *not* checked -
if it is checked - uncheck it...

Above this option you will also find the feature - "Extend support of
advanced text services to all programs" - enable it by checkmarking the
box
of that name.
(You may have to restart your computer at this point) This will enable
functions like dictation and the reading of text to many other word
processing applications you may have.

Then make sure you can see the Language Bar is present on your TaskBar
(it
should appear at the left of the "System Tray" which is, in turn, next to
the TaskBar clock in the corner).

*NB You can open the "Text Services and Input Languages" dialogue box
directly by copying / pasting the following line into the "Run" box on
the
Start Menu :

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL input.dll

From there you can both make sure "Advanced Text Services" function is
enabled ("Advanced" tab), and also show the "Language Bar" on the desktop
(press the "Language Bar" button).

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
Click to expand...

ty for your patience. I have tried to fully follow your instructions,
however after I rebooted as prompted the only thing I recognize as
language bar related that appeared on the desktop was a "?" symbol on
the taskbar which when clicked on identified itself as 'language bar
help' I have since opened M$ Word only to find it would not show any
other language bar symbols on the task bar. I have rebooted again an
additional time just to be on the safe side, and now find that the "?"
symbol is gone. Additionally when I right click on the task bar there
is no language bar option among the tool bars to chose from, either
checked or unchecked. This change further puzzles me.
 
Sorry, it may not have been clear in my latest post, how to make sure that
the "Advanced Text Services" function is activated (enabled).

To turn on Advanced Text Services" if it not been turned on already.

Open the "Regional and Language Options" control panel, click on the
"Languages" tab (across the top), click on the "Details" button to open
"Text Services and Input Languages" and under the Advanced" tab, make sure
the check-box named  "Turn off advanced text services" is *not* checked-
if it is checked - uncheck it...

Above this option you will also find the feature - "Extend support of
advanced text services to all programs" - enable it by checkmarking the box
of that name.
(You may have to restart your computer at this point)   This will enable
functions like dictation and the reading of text to many other word
processing applications you may have.

Then make sure you can see the Language Bar is present on your TaskBar (it
should appear at the left of the "System Tray" which is, in turn, next to
the TaskBar clock in the corner).

*NB You can open the "Text Services and Input Languages" dialogue box
directly by copying / pasting the following line into the "Run" box on the
Start Menu :

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL input.dll

From there you can both make sure "Advanced Text Services" function is
enabled ("Advanced" tab), and also show the "Language Bar" on the desktop
(press the "Language Bar" button).

==

Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)
Click to expand...

I returned to your ealier posts and now have the language bar
appearing for the taskbar and other part of the desktop, however
within M$ Word no bottons appear on the language bar to allow
dictation. I do not know if it matters, but I have not yet registered
the program with M$.

Any added helpful feedback appeciated
Matt
 
All I can do is show you how it's supposed to look ;

http://twitpic.com/5ab309


.....with the Microphone icon first, followed by the Speech Tools icon in
the middle, finally the Options icon last of all.

When you are ready to dictate, just click on the Microphone icon and you
should be able to speak into the Mike and see text appear in Word.

You don't have to register anything with M$ but, as I have stressed many
times though, you do have to make sure that both the options in the "Text
Services and Input Languages" control have been set correctly.

I have previously gone through how to start the "Text Services and Input
Languages" control through the "Regional and Language Options" control
panel, but here is how to quick start this control .... Simply type (copy
/ paste) the following into the "Run" box :


rundll32 shell32,Control_RunDLL input.dll


Then, under the Advanced tab, make sure that ;

Extend support of advanced text services to all programs = CHECKED

Turn off advanced text services = UNCHECKED

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




Sorry, it may not have been clear in my latest post, how to make sure
that
the "Advanced Text Services" function is activated (enabled).

To turn on Advanced Text Services" if it not been turned on already.

Open the "Regional and Language Options" control panel, click on the
"Languages" tab (across the top), click on the "Details" button to open
"Text Services and Input Languages" and under the Advanced" tab, make
sure
the check-box named "Turn off advanced text services" is *not* checked -
if it is checked - uncheck it...

Above this option you will also find the feature - "Extend support of
advanced text services to all programs" - enable it by checkmarking the
box
of that name.
(You may have to restart your computer at this point) This will enable
functions like dictation and the reading of text to many other word
processing applications you may have.

Then make sure you can see the Language Bar is present on your TaskBar
(it
should appear at the left of the "System Tray" which is, in turn, next to
the TaskBar clock in the corner).

*NB You can open the "Text Services and Input Languages" dialogue box
directly by copying / pasting the following line into the "Run" box on
the
Start Menu :

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL input.dll

From there you can both make sure "Advanced Text Services" function is
enabled ("Advanced" tab), and also show the "Language Bar" on the desktop
(press the "Language Bar" button).

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
Click to expand...

I returned to your ealier posts and now have the language bar
appearing for the taskbar and other part of the desktop, however
within M$ Word no bottons appear on the language bar to allow
dictation. I do not know if it matters, but I have not yet registered
the program with M$.

Any added helpful feedback appeciated
Matt
 
All I can do is show you how it's supposed to look ;

http://twitpic.com/5ab309

....with the Microphone icon first, followed by the Speech Tools icon in
the middle, finally the Options icon last of all.

When you are ready to dictate, just click on the Microphone icon and you
should be able to speak into the Mike and see text appear in Word.

You don't have to register anything with M$ but, as I have stressed many
times though, you do have to make sure that both the options in the "Text
Services and Input Languages" control have been set correctly.

I have previously gone through how to start the "Text Services and Input
Languages" control through the "Regional and Language Options" control
panel, but here is how to quick start this control ....  Simply type (copy
/ paste) the following into the "Run" box :

rundll32 shell32,Control_RunDLL input.dll

Then, under the Advanced tab,  make sure that ;

Extend support of advanced text services to all programs = CHECKED

Turn off advanced text services = UNCHECKED

==

Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)











I returned to your ealier posts and now have the language bar
appearing for the taskbar and other part of the desktop, however
within M$ Word no bottons appear on the language bar to allow
dictation.  I do not know if it matters, but I have not yet registered
the program with M$.

Any added helpful feedback appeciated
Matt
Click to expand...

I double checked the settings you just refered to thru the run
shortcut i copied and pasted, only to find that both are set as you
describe. The symbols you describe and refer me the the pic file of
show up nowhere on the taskbar or otherwise.
 
The picture I posted is of the way the Language Bar *should* look - you had
said, in a previous post, that you had managed to get the Language Bar to
appear on your desktop. If that was so, then what the hell did *your*
Language Bar look like?

The more important icon to appear on it being the Microphone icon - and in
pressing on it - will automatically enable the Microphone (from it's
normally disabled status - you don't want it on all the time) and thereby
activate dictation when you do so while working in a compatible word
processing application (such as M$ Word).

If the microphone is not present - or not working - the icon won't show up
in the first place.

Can you tell me what happens when you open the "Speech" Control Panel, and
press on the "Configure Microphone" button?

Also, on the same page, you will need to use the "Train Profile" utility
(middle section) in order to make your peculiar voice characteristics
recognisable to the computer.

Can you tell me if you actually can use either the "Configure Microphone"
or the "Train Profile" buttons in the "Speech" Control Panel?

If you cannot, but the items exist in the "Speech" Control Panel, I suspect
your microphone is either not present or not working....

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
 
The picture I posted is of the way the Language Bar *should* look - you had
said, in a previous post, that you had managed to get the Language Bar to
appear on your desktop.  If that was so, then what the hell did *your*
Language Bar look like?
Click to expand...


My language bar that did but randomly stopped appearing said "EN
English (U.S.) on it and was a small long horzontal bar.
The more important icon to appear on it being the Microphone icon - and in
pressing on it - will automatically enable the Microphone (from it's
normally disabled status - you don't want it on all the time) and thereby
activate dictation when you do so while working in a compatible word
processing application (such as M$ Word).
Click to expand...


This icon has yet to appear in any form anywhere taskbar or otherwise
for me.
If the microphone is not present - or not working - the icon won't show up
in the first place.

Can you tell me what happens when you open the "Speech" Control Panel, and
press on the "Configure Microphone" button?

Also, on the same page, you will need to use the "Train Profile" utility
(middle section) in order to make your peculiar voice characteristics
recognisable to the computer.

Can you tell me if you actually can use either the "Configure Microphone"
or the "Train Profile" buttons in the "Speech" Control Panel?

If you cannot, but the items exist in the "Speech" Control Panel, I suspect
your microphone is either not present or not working....

==
Click to expand...

These items are not present anywhere as far as I can find. I know the
microphone is both present and working because I have recorded on it
and read the samples of the text the training program includes that it
followed as I spoke to the mircophone.
 
So you are saying that you cannot locate :

Windows Explorer > "Control Panel" > "Speech"

or...

"Start" > "Settings" > "Control Panel" > "Speech"
(When "Expand Control Panel" is set in Start Menu Properties )

???

....and nothing happens if you type "Speech.cpl" into the "Run" box?

Can you confirm you are using Windows XP as your OS ?


If you are, there's a small chance that Speech Recognition is not installed
on your computer.

Open the XP "Help and Support Center" (On the Start Menu) and type in the
search box the following :

"Text Services"

....and press on the green arrow to the right of the search box.

In the results that appear in the right-hand pane, double-click on "Add
Speech Recognition" and carefully follow the instructions.

But as it says; "ony use this procedure if it is removed as a text service
and want to add it" if it really *is* installed already - it should appear
under the name "Speech Recognition" in the "Installed Services" box on the
"Text Services and Input Languages" control.

For the "Text Services and Input Languages" control, type ;

rundll32 shell32,Control_RunDLL input.dll

....into the "Run" box.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




The picture I posted is of the way the Language Bar *should* look - you
had
said, in a previous post, that you had managed to get the Language Bar to
appear on your desktop. If that was so, then what the hell did *your*
Language Bar look like?
Click to expand...


My language bar that did but randomly stopped appearing said "EN
English (U.S.) on it and was a small long horzontal bar.
The more important icon to appear on it being the Microphone icon - and
in
pressing on it - will automatically enable the Microphone (from it's
normally disabled status - you don't want it on all the time) and thereby
activate dictation when you do so while working in a compatible word
processing application (such as M$ Word).
Click to expand...


This icon has yet to appear in any form anywhere taskbar or otherwise
for me.
If the microphone is not present - or not working - the icon won't show
up
in the first place.

Can you tell me what happens when you open the "Speech" Control Panel,
and
press on the "Configure Microphone" button?

Also, on the same page, you will need to use the "Train Profile" utility
(middle section) in order to make your peculiar voice characteristics
recognisable to the computer.

Can you tell me if you actually can use either the "Configure Microphone"
or the "Train Profile" buttons in the "Speech" Control Panel?

If you cannot, but the items exist in the "Speech" Control Panel, I
suspect
your microphone is either not present or not working....

==
Click to expand...

These items are not present anywhere as far as I can find. I know the
microphone is both present and working because I have recorded on it
and read the samples of the text the training program includes that it
followed as I spoke to the mircophone.
 
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