There is no real alternative for training the recognition engine to
recognize your speech. The pick page is how you do that.

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"andy t" <andyt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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
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>> > 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??
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>> > andy t
>> >
>> >
>> > "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Open Word, and click the 'Tools' menu, then 'Speech'.
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >> "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
>> >>