Microsoft has released the first Technical Preview (think pre-beta) of Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) Macros, an extension of the Windows Speech Recognition capabilities in Windows Vista. The 2.77MB ...

It looks like Microsoft might be trying to pump up the volume a bit on Vista’s speech recognition, even though news of this seems to be under the radar so far. They’ve recently released a technical ...

The main causes of Speech Recognition not working are hardware related issues, software/system permissions, missing or corrupt system files, issues with drivers, etc. If you encounter this problem on ...

This story was originally published Oct. 7, 2016, and updated May 10, 2017 with new information. Windows has a feature it doesn’t like to talk about. While the OS lets you scrawl notes with a stylus, ...

Are you ready to start dictating your documents and text using just your voice? Instead of offering separated dictation or speech-to-text capabilities, Windows 10 conveniently groups its voice ...

How to turn on speech recognition and dictation in Windows 10 Your email has been sent As the quality of speech-to-text technology improves, the overall usefulness of speech recognition features and ...

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