Thanks Mark,

I will try the website, I must point out though, I am from the UK but I
assume That they will have outlets here as well ? I will try the pasting
method, If that works, does that mean that I will have full function of works
word processing functions such as the spelling check and punctuation etc?
Also I now have another problem, All of a sudden, my dictation does not
dictate straight to the page, instead it brings up an "Alternate's page"
Where you select the text you want . Can you tell me how to change this? I
think I might have Done something that I shouldn't have, I can explain what I
have done in another post Because it is taking ages doing it this way. in the
meantime, can you help me with these questions? Thank you.
--
andy t


"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> Works word processor does not function with Vista Speech Recognition text
> input. There are a number of other products that can handle it.
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> Another work around might be to paste the wordpad text into Works after
> dictation.
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>
> "andy t" <andyt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2DE715A6-BCAF-487B-8647-2CA7D5CDCD7B@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for the reply Mark,
> >
> > I have the new Windows Vista Home Premium and I don't seem to have MS
> > word,
> > instead I have MS "Works word processor" which seems to have taken it's
> > place. I went to this, clicked on the " tools menu" like you said, but
> > there
> > was no "speech" on this menu. As I said, Dictation works Great on wordpad
> > and
> > notepad, but not on Windows works word processor. It seems like MS has
> > Favoured "Wordpad" for dictating but Wordpad has'nt Got things like "spell
> > check" ," grammar and punctuation" or "Thesaurus" . there must be a way
> > to
> > do this, have you any other ideas??
> > --
> > andy t
> >
> >
> > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
> >
> >> Open Word, and click the 'Tools' menu, then 'Speech'.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm
> >> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
> >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson
> >>
> >> "andy t" <andyt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:5E1029FD-77E4-4F75-A741-C735A264AF23@microsoft.com...
> >> > Please can a MVP help me, I have just got the new Windows Vista,
> >> > complete
> >> > with the speech recognition program. I should explain that I am
> >> > disabled
> >> > and
> >> > cannot use my hands. I am so pleased at the progress made on speech
> >> > recognition.
> >> >
> >> > However, I have found that dictation or text to speech, works really
> >> > well
> >> > in
> >> > wordpad and notepad, but I can't seem to get it to work with other text
> >> > input
> >> > programmes such as Windows word, Windows works word processor or other
> >> > non
> >> > Windows Programmes such as Google Earth. When I try to dictate in these
> >> > programmes, all speech recognition can do is bring up commands, and my
> >> > use
> >> > of
> >> > dictation or text to speech is no more.
> >> >
> >> > I am sure that it is a configuration problem and an easy solution for
> >> > you
> >> > experts out there, I sure would like an answer to this, it would be
> >> > much
> >> > appreciated if any MVP's could help me??. For a person like me, it
> >> > would
> >> > be
> >> > like a dream come true.
> >> >
> >> > Thanking you in advance
> >> > --
> >> > andy t
> >>