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Windows 8 : Using the Control Panel Items (part 11) - Speech Recognition

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28. RemoteApp and Desktop Connections

To find RemoteApp and Desktop Connections, type remote in the Control Panel Search box. This is a new Control Panel feature that you can use to access programs and/or desktops (remote computers or virtual systems) that have been made available by your network administrator. This feature is also connected with the new Windows Server 2008 R2 features for RemoteApp and Desktop Connections where RAD feeds provide a set of resources and these feeds are presented through this tool in Windows 8.

29. Sound

Customizing your sounds is a nice way to personalize your Windows 8 environment settings. The Sound group, found in Hardware and Sound, is where you can configure sound and recording options depending on the sound devices you have installed. The Playback, Recording, and Sounds tabs are the same as they were in Windows 7.

The Communications tab helps Windows to automatically adjust the volume of different sounds when you are using your PC to place or receive telephone calls. You can mute all other sounds, reduce the volume by 80 or 50 percent, or do nothing at all.

30. Speech Recognition

Speech Recognition has two primary functions:

• To allow you to control the computer by giving specific voice commands.

• To allow you to dictate text or have text read back to you in a Text-to-Speech (TTS) manner. The Speech Recognition tools provide you with the ability to train your computer to work with your voice or simply to train yourself to use the right commands to operate your computer.

Do you type fast? If not, pay attention to this section. For many, Speech Recognition works a whole lot faster than typing. If you’re dictating, it gives you a chance to close your eyes and just talk to the computer, concentrating on your topic as the computer types every word you say. Later, when you have the main points down on the page, you can go back and correct any mistakes by using your keystrokes.

Before you start with Speech Recognition, your microphone has to be set up properly. In Control Panel, click Ease of Access Center and then choose Set Up Microphone. Complete this wizard to set up your microphone. If you have a choice between two microphone styles, go with a headset. This works much better with speech recognition and doesn’t pick up as much background noise.

Once you have completed the setup, go straight to the Speech Tutorial. Here’s why: The tutorials let you see how speech recognition works from all angles. Even better, you need to speak the commands to make it work. Meanwhile, as you get familiar with the commands, you not only learn the program, the program learns you. Speech Recognition begins to keep a voice profile on how you speak. Your accent, tone, pace, and style are “learned” by Speech Recognition. In fact, if someone else speaks into the microphone, the accuracy of Speech Recognition drastically declines. The system literally knows your voice.

Speech Recognition is available only in English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. You can change the language setting from the Advanced Speech options in the Control Panel.

Some users might want to set up their microphones and just jump right into Speech Recognition. The following Let Me Try It shows you a few things to do to get started right off the bat.

Using Speech Recognition

The following steps show you how to use only your voice to control your computer and dictate a paragraph to it. You need a computer microphone to complete this exercise.

1. Make sure your microphone is plugged in and working correctly.

2. From the Start screen right-click on the screen.

3. Click the All Apps button that appears on the lower-right corner of the screen.

4. Select Control Panel.

5. Choose Ease of Access.

6. In the Speech Recognition group, click Start Speech Recognition.

7. Move the Speech Recognition bar to the top of your screen.

8. Clearly speak “Start Listening” into your microphone. This turns on the Speech Recognition. The Speech Recognition readout says Listening.

9. Say “Open WordPad.” WordPad opens with the cursor blinking.

10. Say “Watch the computer type when I speak.”

11. Say “Select Sentence.” This highlights your entire sentence.

12. Say “Bold.” The sentence changes to boldface.

13. Now dictate a paragraph to your computer and see how accurately it transcribes it.

In Windows 8, Speech Recognition allows users to interact with applications that are not specifically written with speech recognition in mind. If you are using a Microsoft product, such as Word, the tools work flawlessly (for a speech-to-text application, that is). If you are using other applications that are not compatible, a separate text box opens. You can speak into it and then insert the text to your application afterward.

Previous users of Speech Recognition find that the voice commands are largely—if not entirely—unchanged. And while the speech recognition was very good in Vista and Windows 7, Windows 8 seems to raise the bar a notch. For new users, print out the Speech Reference Card available in the Speech Recognition Group in Control Panel. From here you find simple commands to control your computer and commands to use during dictation.

If you still want even greater accuracy, select Train Your Computer to Better Understand You in the Speech Recognition group in Control Panel. This helps improve dictation accuracy.

During computer downtime, Speech Recognition can optionally review documents and email on your computer for commonly used words and phrases. This, too, can help improve recognition accuracy. A privacy statement is available online to help ease your Big Brother fears.

In the left pane of the Speech Recognition group, you can configure your recognition options by clicking the Advanced Speech Options link, which opens the Speech Properties dialog box. If more than one person uses Speech Recognition from the same user account, the Recognition Profiles area includes a New button you can click to add a new user’s voice profile.

 
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