Windows Vista only: Microsoft has released a free "Technical Preview" of new macro features for Vista's Speech Recognition features, offering the kind of text substitution and macro-keystroke-firing ...

Microsoft has released the first Technical Preview (think pre-beta) of Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) Macros, an extension of the Windows Speech Recognition capabilities in Windows Vista. The 2.77MB ...

Did you know you can talk to Windows to issue commands, open applications, dictate text, and perform other tasks? Yes, of course, you can do that in Windows 10 through Cortana. But you can also talk ...

Speech recognition could be the most underused feature in Windows 7. Maybe that's because speech products have fallen so short of expectations for so long. Speech recognition could be the most ...

Much has been written in the past week or so regarding some security issues with Windows Speech Recognition. Rob Chambers, who works on Microsoft’s Windows Speech Recognition team, writes about how ...

The Windows Phone 8 SDK added a speech recognition API that's easy to use and flexible. Learn how to put it to work in your application. I think it's safe to say that a majority of mobile developers ...

Windows 11 Voice Access is a major update to Microsoft's accessibility tools, allowing users to control their desktop entirely with voice commands — no hands or Internet connection required. The ...

Talking to your Windows PC instead of typing can substantially boost your productivity — if you know the right way to do it. It’s already built into your Windows PC. All you have to do is acquire one ...

Did you know you can talk to Windows to issue commands, open applications, dictate text, and perform other tasks? Yes, of course, you can do that in Windows 10 through Cortana. But you can also talk ...

Voice commands aren't just for smartphone users; they're for PC users, too. We'll show you how to use speech recognition so you can launch programs, dictate text, scroll Web pages, and more, all by ...