If upgrading to a newer version of Microsoft Office/Word is not an option, below is a macro for dictating into Word Pad (say, "Open dictation box") and when finished, say "post dictation." This should put the text into Word if the cursor was in Word when you initiated the macro.

 

Marty Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc.

 

<speechMacros>
<!-- dictation box -->
<command>

<listenFor>open dictation box</listenFor>
<run command="wordpad.exe" params=""/>

</command>
 
<!-- post dictation -->
<command>

<listenFor>post dictation</listenFor>

<sendKeys>{{CTRL}}a</sendKeys>
<waitFor seconds=".25"/>
<sendKeys>{{CTRL}}c</sendKeys>
<waitFor seconds=".25"/>

<!-- switch to non-SR app -->
<sendKeys>{{ALT}}{TAB}</sendKeys>
<waitFor seconds=".5"/>
<sendKeys>{{CTRL}}v</sendKeys>
<waitFor seconds=".25"/>

<!-- switch back and clear -->
<sendKeys>{{ALT}}{TAB}</sendKeys>
<waitFor seconds=".5"/>
<sendKeys>{{CTRL}}a{250 WAIT}{DELETE}</sendKeys>
<sendKeys>{{ALT}}f</sendKeys>
<sendKeys>x</sendKeys>
<sendKeys>n</sendKeys>

</command>

</speechMacros>

 

How do I get that lot into my system??

The way to accomplish simple tasks is to use the http://www.emicrophones.com/p-3033-wsrtoolkit-v2.aspx - WSRToolkit  version 2. Among many other things, you can easily create macros. Macros are shortcuts. These can be blocks of text, navigation macros to other screens and programs, or a series of commands like:

select all (Ctrl + A)

copy (Ctrl + C)

switch windows (like to Word which is Winword.exe)

paste text you copied (Ctrl + V)

 

Marty Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc.

See us at: http://www.emicrophones.com - www.emicrophones.com

Microsoft MVP

 

PS. the previous 3 lines were inserted when I used the text macro, "Sign off."

Marty