[jdizzle]

Just thought I would let you know that I wrote this using speech recognition. It is rather hard to move around the browser but entering text is a lot easier. It also will slows down the computer quite a bit. Sometimes it gets hung up for so long I think the computer has froze. Anyway, just thought I would let you know that it works on the many nine, kinda. :roll:

[nollie]

What software are you using for it?

Or are you just using MS' built in speech recogniser?

[jdizzle]

Windows speech recognition - It's in 'ease of access' or search it( I really love the search' very useful)

I've been testing it out all weekend. My conclusions:

1. The built-in mic sucks with this unless you talk LOUD or rest your chin on the touch pad. I did have it working nicely with my Bluetooth from my cell for about 5 minutes until I got another nwifi.sys BSOD after that I could not get the headset to connect as windows wants a passkey/phrase which it don't have(i think BSOD related to my cordless phone in bedroom- everytime we use it kicks me from network and about every 3rd time I get a BSOD)
2. Works great with wordpad - enters text directly to document, very accurate and fast. Strangely, it does not enter the text until you stop talking- anytime you are entering text, not just wordpad
Does not work with open office no way, no how.(couldn't even get an *enter text* box to appear)
3. Works for browsing the web although IE works better than Firefox(I imagine all the MS apps work well with it), and it is rather tedious to navigate around a page. better to stick with non-vocal browsing unless hands tied behind back or paraplegic.
4. Would work best where a lot of text needs to be entered(except Open office) such as dictation. I used it to compose lengthy letters to all my friends this weekend and rarely had to touch the keyboard in fact I'm using it right now.

In closing, I'd have to say it's a bit of a novelty for me right now but since I compose and edit a gang of documents each week(in wordperfect-dont have on win7 machine- and Open office of course) it might come in handy for that. Otherwise it seems to bog the computer down quite a bit when it's in *listening* mode and almost impossible to use with background talking/noise as it's always checking to see if what it is hearing is a command.