Windows Speech Recognition

For many of us with physical disabilities, voice-recognition products have enabled us to do so much . I found myself wondering, the other day, whether I knew that when I upgraded to Vista it would have a built in voice recognition product. Honestly, I don't remember. However, I was quite delighted to find that it did even though I was an experienced user of Dragon 9. I was especially impressed by the ability to control the Windows environment by voice which Windows speech recognition provides. Have you had similar experiences? Do you wonder why Microsoft hasn't done more to advertise this potential?

ramble wrote: Jerry, I cannot believe that there has not been more info from Microsoft on this.  I will be setting this up for a family member shortly.  He has not been able to use his computer for a couple of months now, and it has been a year since he has been able to use it regularly.  He has M.S. which has gradually taken away the use of his hands.  His voice is getting weaker but should be strong enough for this.  Had we known about this earlier, we would have gotten him going sooner.  We'll look at this positively, though.  It is an exciting development for him.

Hello Ramble,

Thank you for sharing this experience. You are the 2nd person in as many days who has shared surprise at the fact that this potential exists within Vista. That person also has a severe neuromuscular disability and was quite delighted when I pointed out this feature to her. She wrote back to me utilizing voice dictation for the 1st time and was thrilled. I hope it works out for your brother-in-law. Keep us posted!

ramble wrote: Posted on "Whats on your computer" as well.  I brought Craig's computer back to him yesterday.  Installed Vista on it, added memory and reconfigured his email.  We went thru the SR tutorial and replied to an email.  It worked beautifully.  He is in awe of it and is well on his way.  I was concerned that he might get into areas where he would get stuck but he tried the mouse grid and worked his way thru a couple of problems.

eotday wrote: My son is just beginning to use WSR.  Does WSR allow multiple users?  I'd like to use it myself in order to learn the features and commands more quickly so I can help him learn and use them.  I'd also find the program useful for myself from time to time.

Edited by mmarkoe - 03/Jul/2009 at 5:58pm

eotday wrote: Thank you for your prompt reply Marty.   I've now set up my own speech profile!