How to set up Windows Speech Recognition?

Windows Speech Recognition is a great facility provided by Microsoft for Windows having version 7 or later. With Windows Speech Recognition, you can make your computer execute actions just by speaking. Meaning, you will speak and the computer will follow.

 Fortunately, this feature can be used to give almost every command to the computer and if you master it well, you can avoid the use of keyboard and mouse.
Let me say it again, this thing requires practice to work, and if you don't have time to configure the things and train your desktop or laptop to understand your voice, better close this tab right now!

Setting up Windows Speech Recognition

Go to Control Panel>All Control Panel Items>Speech Recognition

You will be greeted with a welcome message which looks something like under:

 

Press the next button!

Now you will be asked your microphone type. Simple choose the one you have. If you have an inbuilt mic (like I have), choose the 'Other' option.

 

 

Press next again!

Now you will be given some instructions before your PC starts taking your voice. Press next here too!

 

 

You will now be asked to speak a sentence. Read it as clearly and slowly as possible.

 

 

Congratulations! Your microphone is ready! You will see something like below:

 

 

Next, you will receive a message screen like below, asking whether you will allow the service to sneak into your documents and e-mail. The choice is yours in this step!

 

 

You will again be given two options. Speech Recognition stops listening when you say "Stop listening!" command. If you want to turn it on by pressing Ctrl+Windows key, go for manual activation, or, if you prefer giving the voice command "Start listening!", choose voice activation method!

 

Another optional step! Choose whether or not you want to print the commands list.

 

 

If you want the Speech Recognition service to start at your system's start up, tick this box!

 

 

Almost done! If you want to take the tutorial, you can choose to do so! However, it isn't mandatory.

 

Well, I would strongly recommend taking the tutorial!

How to get started?

Once you have completed the process, you can start using speech recognition. Remember, whenever you forget any command, just say "What can I say?" or and Windows Speech Recognition will open up a window that will show you all the commands. If the command is not listed say "Show Numbers" and numbers will be shown on every option. Then say the number and then OK.

Turn Your Computer Into JARVIS From Iron Man

Its awesome! JARVIS Software (theme you can say) is awesome!

The awesome JARVIS look, the responsive home screen, the voice response, I am loving it!

 JARVIS is the personal assistant of Iron Man, and you know it, of course!

You might want to do the same for your desktop too! Almost everyone is tired of the old Windows look.

You probably have seen someone doing it and this has increased your curiosity further.

You might think its complicated but its not! Its one of the simplest things you can do!

Sure, you won't be able to get all the JARVIS features like Iron Man had, but still, we are going to enhance your computer experience!

Imagine how it would feel to shock your friends by shutting down your computer by just saying it!

Or how it would feel like when the computer would greet you at start up?

At the end of this tutorial, you will feel like saying: "I love JARVIS software!"

I want to clarify this thing. Before you take imagination to an extreme, let me tell you that no software invented yet is so smart to behave like JARVIS in true terms. However, this tutorial is just an attempt to match the looks and some basic voice commands to give you a JARVIS like feel.

Interested?

Let us move on then!

Your PC's Health Kit

So you've gone out and bought that brand new computer with an HD webcam to Skype chat, and even that 2.1 speaker set for rumbling sound. But how do you protect this investment? Here's some essential gear and accessories you'll require to make sure your PC keeps running in speak condition and with minimum hiccups....

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