Microphone works in Sound Recorder, but not in Speech Recognition

I have installed my mic, and it registers on the device selection screen, and
in Sound Recorder, and in Ventrilo, but when I try to configure my Speech
Recognition, it gets to the page where I am supposed to read the sentence
aloud, and the bar doesn't move at all when I talk. Is this a problem with
the speech recognition software, or what?

Depends what microphone you are using. I have the same problem. If i use my
webcam microphone i get the message, as you do, 'speech recgonition cannot
hear anything' A desktop mic does the same, but a headset mic works - well
at least for me.

having said that, make sure the coirrect mictophone is elected as default in
the sound options (recording) you might also try putting a check mark in the
'alternate microphone' option on the custom tab just to see if that helps.

I did bug this problem during the beta test of Vista, with particular
reference to my logitech webcam microphone. The bug report reply from
Microsoft was 'won't fix' so i don't bother with speech recognition now.
It's another useless addition to Vista!

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"ZRustin" <ZRustin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have installed my mic, and it registers on the device selection screen,
>and
> in Sound Recorder, and in Ventrilo, but when I try to configure my Speech
> Recognition, it gets to the page where I am supposed to read the sentence
> aloud, and the bar doesn't move at all when I talk. Is this a problem with
> the speech recognition software, or what?

Disappointing to hear

John Barnett MVP wrote:

> I did bug this problem during the beta test of Vista, with particular
> reference to my logitech webcam microphone. The bug report reply from
> Microsoft was 'won't fix' so i don't bother with speech recognition now.
> It's another useless addition to Vista!
>

Yes i agree it is disappointing to hear but then a lot of problems that
occurred in the Vista beta have been labelled 'will not fix'. One particular
one, in my case, is re-connecting to the internet after sleep or
hibernation. I use a speedtouch 330 DSL modem and no way will it connect to
the internet after i sleep the computer or hibernate it. Instead i have to
forget sleep and hibernation mode and simply close down and reboot. Once
again, half a dozen bug reports through every later build of the beta
version of Vista bought back the same reply 'won't fix' and true to their
word, they haven't fixed it. On that basis, sleep and hibernation are an
untter waste of time and effort on my pc. The only sane option is to close
down completely!

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Windows - Shell/User

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"Daze N. Knights" <Daze@Microdot.dot> wrote in message
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> Disappointing to hear
>
> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>
>> I did bug this problem during the beta test of Vista, with particular
>> reference to my logitech webcam microphone. The bug report reply from
>> Microsoft was 'won't fix' so i don't bother with speech recognition now.
>> It's another useless addition to Vista!
>>

Sounds almost like "criminal neglect" might be a more apt description

Daze
--------

John Barnett MVP wrote:
> Yes i agree it is disappointing to hear but then a lot of problems that
> occurred in the Vista beta have been labelled 'will not fix'. One
> particular one, in my case, is re-connecting to the internet after sleep
> or hibernation. I use a speedtouch 330 DSL modem and no way will it
> connect to the internet after i sleep the computer or hibernate it.
> Instead i have to forget sleep and hibernation mode and simply close
> down and reboot. Once again, half a dozen bug reports through every
> later build of the beta version of Vista bought back the same reply
> 'won't fix' and true to their word, they haven't fixed it. On that
> basis, sleep and hibernation are an untter waste of time and effort on
> my pc. The only sane option is to close down completely!
>

I don't think Microsoft will agree with that assumption, Daze

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"Daze N. Knights" <Daze@Microdot.dot> wrote in message
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> Sounds almost like "criminal neglect" might be a more apt description
>
> Daze
> --------
>
> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>> Yes i agree it is disappointing to hear but then a lot of problems that
>> occurred in the Vista beta have been labelled 'will not fix'. One
>> particular one, in my case, is re-connecting to the internet after sleep
>> or hibernation. I use a speedtouch 330 DSL modem and no way will it
>> connect to the internet after i sleep the computer or hibernate it.
>> Instead i have to forget sleep and hibernation mode and simply close down
>> and reboot. Once again, half a dozen bug reports through every later
>> build of the beta version of Vista bought back the same reply 'won't fix'
>> and true to their word, they haven't fixed it. On that basis, sleep and
>> hibernation are an untter waste of time and effort on my pc. The only
>> sane option is to close down completely!
>>

No, probably not

John Barnett MVP wrote:
> I don't think Microsoft will agree with that assumption, Daze
>

[WhatsAChickacha]

Okay,so. I haven't had my laptop long, and all's been fine so far. It's Vista Home Premium, 64-bit operating system. I've done the speech recognition tutorial, read all the text to the laptop, and it's worked fine. In the microphone options panel, it says the built-in one is working fine. And it does, because I've tried it in the sound recorder and it worked. but when i try to set up speech recognition, and use 'other devices' or whatever it is, i read the sentence and the bar moves, but it says that the computer hasn't picked up anything. It's really confusing because nothing's on mute, the volume's how it's always been, I've never changed it, I haven't played around with anything, because, knowing me, that'd make it worse.... i looked on the windows help site and that did jack for me. I have no idea what could be wrong with it, help??

"WhatsAChickacha" wrote:

> Okay,so. I haven't had my laptop long, and all's been fine so far. It's
> Vista Home Premium, 64-bit operating system. I've done the speech
> recognition tutorial, read all the text to the laptop, and it's worked
> fine. In the microphone options panel, it says the built-in one is
> working fine. And it does, because I've tried it in the sound recorder
> and it worked. but when i try to set up speech recognition, and use
> 'other devices' or whatever it is, i read the sentence and the bar
> moves, but it says that the computer hasn't picked up anything. It's
> really confusing because nothing's on mute, the volume's how it's always
> been, I've never changed it, I haven't played around with anything,
> because, knowing me, that'd make it worse.... i looked on the windows
> help site and that did jack for me. I have no idea what could be wrong
> with it, help??

Yes, the built-in microphone on a notebook will be able to make a recording
just fine. However, it will also likely be passing some electronic noise
from within the computer enclosure and definitely picking up any kind of
background noise (some of it just plain environmental) in your dictating
environment. In the tutorial for WSR (Windows Speech Recognition) it
specifically says you will need a good microphone.

If you would like to successfully use Windows Speech Recognition, I suggest
you begin by reading a short article on our web site titled, "Getting Started
With Windows Speech Recognition." Find this at:
http://www.mymsspeech.com/download/WSRGetStarted.pdf

Also, go to:
http://www.mymsspeech.com/articles/index.asp
Listen to the three sound files on How To Sound And Not To Sound. You'll see
you cannot talk conversationally to speech recognition software but must
enunciate every word as clearly as possible and try to speak in phrases as
the system is not only listening for the sound of each word but also
comparing each word to the words around it for context clues. For example,
the word two, to, too sounds exactly alike. However, when I say "Two boys
went to see a Dr. because they ate too much food," the correct words are
recognized.

Although some notebook sound cards do not introduce electronic noise, you
can always assure yourself of the best audio input for speech recognition
when you use a USB microphone specifically designed for speech recognition.
These use USB soundcard chips that have been designed for the frequency range
of the human voice and not music. Here is a page on our web site with
examples of USB microphones for speech recognition. Make sure to go to the
web pages for each by clicking on the picture or links. Many of them have
movies you can watch.
http://www.mymsspeech.com/microphone...asp?subcatID=4

Marty Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc.
See us at: http://www.mymsspeech.com