And if I close the first one, they pop up many very fast one after the other...until a message comes up saying that speech recognition is not working and must be closed.

The Speech Recognition Taskbar JUMPS from:

Sleep: Listen only for "start listening"

to

On: Listen to everything I say

& when it is at:  "On: Listen to everything I say"

    "it does not understand the dictation"

etc etc etc

I click on it and select:

Off: Do not listen to anything I say

and

control the voice with the "CNTRL + Windows" key

  which gives th th th th th th th 

U'r not quick on the draw with the

      "CNTRL + Windows" key

Can U tell me what to do to fix this stuff.

Marty:  What am I doing wrong.  

U asked to come into my computer at one time...BUT we were never able to get together to straighten these small things out.  As I read the forums I see other people having some of the same problems

But what I understand & use is not fixing these issues.  

Oh, By the Way...I am not going to let this turn me around though.  I would, therefore, VM appreciate U & the form helping me to resolve these things (issues) so that I don't the stop and starting etc. but smooth work flow getting the job done with some stopping & starting BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!

Thank U VM for your time!!!

God Bless U & Yours,

Barbie