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Watch this video about how to use Speech Recognition to get around your PC. (To view captions, tap or click the Closed captioning button.)

Watch this video about how to use dictation with Speech Recognition. (To view captions, tap or click the Closed captioning button.)

Windows Speech Recognition makes using a keyboard and mouse optional. You can control your PC with your voice and dictate text instead.

Note:Speech Recognition is only available for the following languages: English (United States and United Kingdom), French, German, Japanese, Mandarin (Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional), and Spanish.

There are a few steps you need to take before you can start using Speech Recognition. First, you'll need to set up a microphone. Then, you can train your PC to recognize your voice.

To set up a microphone

Before you set up Speech Recognition, make sure you've plugged the microphone into your PC so the following steps work.

1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
   (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, and then click Search.)

   You can also open Search with a keyboard by pressing Windows logo key  + Q.

2. Enter Set up a microphone in the search box, and then tap or click Set up a microphone.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Note:If possible, use a headset microphone; it's less likely to pick up background noise.

To train your PC to recognize your speech

Speech Recognition uses a special voice profile to recognize your voice and spoken commands. The more you use Speech Recognition, the more detailed your voice profile becomes-and that should improve your PC's ability to understand you.

1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
   (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, and then click Search.)

   You can also open Search with a keyboard by pressing Windows logo key  + Q.

2. Enter Speech Recognition in the search box, and then tap or click Speech Recognition.

3. Tap or click Train your computer to better understand you.

4. Follow the instructions in the Speech Recognition Voice Training.
   

You can use your voice for many tasks, such as filling out online forms or typing letters. When you speak into the microphone, Speech Recognition transforms your voice into text on the screen.

To dictate text using Speech Recognition

1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
   (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, and then click Search.)

   You can also open Search with a keyboard by pressing Windows logo key  + Q.

2. Enter speech recognition in the search box, and then tap or click Windows Speech Recognition.

3. Say "start listening," or tap or click the microphone button to start the listening mode.

4. Open the app you want to use, or select the text box you want to dictate text into.

5. Say the text you want to dictate.

To correct mistakes

• You can correct mistakes in three different ways:

  • To correct the last thing you said, say "correct that."

  • To correct a single word, say "correct" followed by the word that you want to correct. If the word appears more than once, all instances will be highlighted, and you can choose the one you want to correct.

  • In the Alternates panel dialog box, say the number next to the item you want, and then say "OK."

To add or change words in the Speech Dictionary

Using the Speech Dictionary, you can add your own words, stop a specific word from being dictated, or correct or delete a word in the dictionary.

1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
   (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, and then click Search.)

   You can also open Search with a keyboard by pressing Windows logo key  + Q.

2. Enter speech recognition in the search box, and then tap or click Windows Speech Recognition.

3. Say "start listening," or tap or click the microphone button to start the listening mode.

4. Say "open Speech Dictionary" and do any of the following:

   • To add a word to the dictionary, say "Add a new word," and then follow the instructions.

   • To prevent a specific word from being dictated, say "Prevent a word from being dictated," and then follow the instructions.
     

You can use simple, short commands to control your PC. The following table shows some of the most commonly used Speech Recognition commands. Words in bold indicate that you can replace the example word or phrase with similar words and get useful results.

You can also use keyboard shortcuts as verbal commands to control your PC. To view all of the available shortcuts, see Keyboard shortcuts.

Note:Any time you need to find out what commands to use, say "what can I say?"

To do this	Say this
Open the Start screen	Start
Open the charms bar	Press Windows C
Open the Search charm	Press Windows Q
Show all apps	Apps
Start working with an app	Right-click; Press Windows Z
Use an app	Say what you want to do. For example, change to Celsius in the Weather app.
Select any item by its name	Click File; Start; View
Select any item or icon	Click Recycle Bin; Click Computer; Click file name
Double tap or double-click any item	Double-click Recycle Bin; Double-click Computer; Double-click file name
Switch to an open app	Switch to Paint; Switch to WordPad; Switch to program name; Switch application
Scroll in one direction	Scroll up; Scroll down; Scroll left; Scroll right
Insert a new paragraph or new line in a document	New paragraph; New line
Select a word in a document	Select word
Select a word and start to correct it	Correct word
Select and delete specific words	Delete word
Show a list of applicable commands	What can I say?
Update the list of speech commands that are currently available	Refresh speech commands
Turn on listening mode	Start listening
Turn off listening mode	Stop listening
Move the Speech Recognition microphone bar	Move speech recognition
Minimize the microphone bar	Minimize speech recognition
View Windows Help and Support content about specific tasks	How do I do something? For example, say "How do I install a printer?" and a list of Help topics is returned. Note that this command is available only if you're using the U.S. English Speech Recognizer.

To do this	Say this
Insert a new line in the document	New line
Insert a new paragraph in the document	New paragraph
Insert a tab	Tab
Insert the literal word for the next command (for example, you can insert the word "comma" instead of the punctuation mark)	Literal word
Insert the numeral form of a number	Numeral number
Put the cursor before a specific word	Go to word
Put the cursor after a specific word	Go after word
Don't insert a space before the next word	No space
Go to the start of the sentence that the cursor is in	Go to start of sentence
Go to the start of the paragraph that the cursor is in	Go to start of paragraph
Go to the start of the document	Go to start of document
Go to the end of the sentence that the cursor is in	Go to end of sentence
Go to the end of the paragraph that the cursor is in	Go to end of paragraph
Go to the end of the current document	Go to end of document
Select the word in the current document	Select word
Select the word range in the current document	Select word range; Select word through word
Select all text in the current document	Select all
Select a number of words before the location of the cursor	Select previous 20 words; Select previous 10 words
Select a number of words after the location of the cursor	Select next 20 words; Select next 10 words
Select the last text you dictated	Select that
Clear the selection on the screen	Clear selection
Capitalize the first letter of the word	Caps word
Capitalize all the letters of the word	All caps word
Make all the letters in the word lowercase	No caps word
Change the next number of words to uppercase	Change next 10 words to uppercase
Change the next number of words to lowercase	Change next 10 words to lowercase
Delete the previous sentence	Delete previous sentence
Delete the next sentence	Delete next sentence
Delete the previous paragraph	Delete previous paragraph
Delete the next paragraph	Delete next paragraph
Delete the selected or last dictated text	Delete that

To do this	Say this
Press any key on the keyboard	Press keyboard key; Press a; Press capital b; Press Shift plus a; Press Ctrl plus a
Press certain keyboard keys without saying "press" first	Delete; Backspace; Enter; Page Up; Page Down; Home; End; Tab

Note:You can also use the ICAO\NATO phonetic alphabet to say the keyboard keys to press. For example, you can say "press alpha" to press "a" or "press bravo" to press "b."

Using Speech Recognition to press keyboard keys works only with languages that use Latin alphabets.

To insert this	Say this
,	Comma
;	Semicolon
.	Period; Dot; Decimal point
:	Colon
"	Open double quote; Open quote
"	Close double quote; Close quote; Close inverted commas
'	Apostrophe
'	Open single quote
'	Close single quote
>	Greater than sign
<	Less than sign
/	Forward slash
\	Backslash
~	Tilde
@	At sign
!	Exclamation mark; Exclamation point
?	Question mark
#	Number sign; Pound sign
$	Dollar sign
%	Percent sign
^	Caret
(	Open parenthesis; Open paren
)	Close parenthesis; Close paren
_	Underscore
-	Hyphen; Minus sign; Dash
–	En dash
—	Em dash
=	Equal sign
+	Plus sign
{	Open brace; Open curly bracket
}	Close brace; Close curly bracket
[	Open bracket; Open square bracket
]	Close bracket; Close square bracket
|	Vertical bar
:-)	Smiley face
:-(	Frowny face
;-)	Winky face
™	Trademark sign
¾	Three quarter sign
¼	One quarter sign
½	One half sign
£	Pound sterling sign
&	Ampersand; And sign
*	Asterisk
//	Double slash
`	Back quote
<	Open angle bracket
>	Close angle bracket
±	Plus or minus sign
«	Open angle quote
»	Close angle quote
×	Multiplication sign
÷	Division sign
¢	Cent sign
¥	Yen sign
§	Section sign
©	Copyright sign
®	Registered sign, Registered trademark sign
°	Degree sign
¶	Paragraph sign
…	Ellipsis; Dot dot dot
ƒ	Function sign

To do this	Say this
Select any item by saying its name	File; Edit; View; Save
Select any item	Click File; Click Bold; Click Save; Click Close
Double-tap or double-click any item	Double-click Computer; Double-click Recycle Bin; Double-click folder name
Press and hold or right-click any item	Right-click Computer; Right-click Recycle Bin; Right-click folder name
Minimize all windows to show your desktop	Show desktop
Select something if you don't know what it's called	Show numbers (Numbers will appear on the screen for every item in the active window. Say an item's corresponding number to select it.)
Select a numbered item	19 OK; 5 OK
Double-tap or double-click a numbered item	Double-click 19; Double-click 5
Press and hold or right-click a numbered item	Right-click 19; Right-click 5

To do this	Say this
Open an app	Open Paint; Open WordPad; Open app name
Switch to an open app	Switch to Paint; Switch to WordPad; Switch to app name; Switch application
Close an app	Close that; Close Paint; Close Documents
Minimize	Minimize that; Minimize Paint; Minimize Documents
Maximize	Maximize that; Maximize Paint; Maximize Documents
Restore	Restore that; Restore Paint; Restore Documents
Cut	Cut that; Cut
Copy	Copy that; Copy
Paste	Paste
Delete	Delete that; Delete
Undo	Undo that; Scratch that; Undo
Scroll in one direction	Scroll up; Scroll down; Scroll right; Scroll left
Scroll an exact distance in pages	Scroll down 2 pages; Scroll up 10 pages
Scroll an exact distance in other units	Scroll up 5; Scroll down 7
Go to a field in a form or an app	Go to field name; Go to Subject; Go to Address; Go to cc

To do this	Say this
Show the mousegrid	Mousegrid
Move the mouse pointer to the center of any mousegrid square	Number of the square; 1, 7, 9
Tap or click any mousegrid square	Click number of the square
Select an item to drag with the mousegrid	Number of the square where the item appears; 3, 7, 9 (followed by) mark
Select an area in the mousegrid where you want to drag the item	Number of the square where you want to drag; 4, 5, 6 (followed by) click

You can use your voice to control your computer. You can say commands that the computer will respond to, and you can dictate text to the computer.

Before you get started using Speech Recognition, you'll need to set up your computer for Windows Speech Recognition. There are three steps to setting up Speech Recognition: set up your microphone, learn how to talk to your computer, and train your computer to understand your speech.

Before you get started, make sure that your microphone is connected to your computer.

1. Open Speech Recognition by clicking theStartbutton , clickingControl Panel, clickingEase of Access, and then clickingSpeech Recognition.

2. ClickSet up microphone.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Note:The success of speech recognition is directly related to the quality of the microphone you use. The two most common types of microphones for Speech Recognition are headset microphones and desktop microphones. Headset microphones are better suited for working with Speech Recognition because they are less prone to picking up extraneous sounds.

Windows comes with a speech training tutorial to help teach you the commands used with Speech Recognition. The tutorial takes about 30 minutes to complete. Follow the steps below to run the speech training tutorial:

1. Open Speech Recognition by clicking theStartbutton , clickingControl Panel, clickingEase of Access, and then clickingSpeech Recognition.

2. ClickTake Speech Tutorial.

3. Follow the instructions in the Speech Recognition tutorial.

Speech Recognition uses a unique voice profile to recognize your voice and spoken commands. As you use Speech Recognition, your voice profile gets more detailed, which should improve your computer's ability to understand you.

1. Open Speech Recognition by clicking theStartbutton , clickingControl Panel, clickingEase of Access, and then clickingSpeech Recognition.

2. ClickTrain your computer to better understand you.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Note:Speech Recognition is available only in English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

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Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how-to-use-speech-recognition-in-windows-d7ab205a-1f83-eba1-d199-086e4a69a49a

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