Win8 Encyclopedia 30: Easy to use voice control computer

Set up Windows speech recognition

Perhaps we are used to using voice control on smartphones and tablets instead of manual operation, but in fact we also It is perfectly possible to use voice on the desktop to control our system. This issue of "Win8 Encyclopedia" will introduce how to use the voice control that comes with Win8 to make the job simple.

Setting up Windows Speech Recognition

First of all, we need to find "Windows Speech Recognition" in Windows 8, you can choose to search by, or in "All Apps" “ Find it easily in Windows ". Once found, we can click to enter.
Find “Windows Speech Recognition&<<>

Here we need to make a series of settings, but it doesn't seem to be very troublesome, just keep on "Next” just fine. Note here that you choose the right option based on the type of microphone you actually use.
Welcome interface

Select microphone type

We will see a text prompting you to use the microphone to say this, this is the test Whether your microphone is working properly, if there is no problem, we can go to the next step. Otherwise, the "Next" button is grayed out.
Adjusting the test microphone

Then there is a need to go all the way to the next step. The middle options are available according to your preferences. Here we recommend enabling &ldquo ;Document Review ; As for whether to use voice activation or manual activation, it is entirely based on personal interest.
Recommended to enable document review

Select activation mode

Finally, you can choose whether to automatically run speech recognition when the computer starts up, the entire Windows speech recognition The setup is complete and the following is free to use.

using Windows Speech Recognition

Use Windows Speech Recognition

We can use it after turning on this feature instead of manual After the operation is completed, what we will face is how to use this powerful helper. In fact, as we set it up, we will see the tutorials and control commands provided by the system itself, but we still have to talk about some basic usage.
System comes with tutorials

After voice recognition is activated, there are three states, namely “On ", “sleep” and "close" Switch between the icons on the taskbar. We can switch between “on"""""""""""""""""""""""""
Speech recognition that has been activated

Let's try it out and it is not practical. We know that there are several ways to retrieve the command prompt in Windows 8, but each requires at least 2 steps, and speech recognition is a one-word thing. First of all, we say "Start listening" to turn the voice recognition into "Open", and then directly say "Open the command prompt", the command prompt window is opened directly, very convenient.