Questions on Windows™ Speech Recognition

I use WSR in the UK. UK commands like Full Stop for the period are not recognized. What can I do?
#1 Answer:

Credit for this answer goes to Itamar Even-Zohar:

"If you have English UK defined as your main computer language, you should have 'full-stop' and other UK-specific commands work. If they do not, please verify that it is the British engine that's loaded, not the US one. If you get American rather than British spelling then you have the US engine loaded, and perhaps you work under Us-English. Normally, the engine adpats itself to the computer's language.

To check this, go to Refional Languages and check which lamguage is defined. Also, go to 'Advanced speech options' (Control Panel-->Speech Recognition; on the left bar) and verify that the engine's name is 'English-UK'. If it is not, select that engine, close Speech Recognition and load it again, then try. It might not work, however, if the computer's main language is US."
I know WSR has many powerful commands. Where can I get a list of these?
#2 Answer:
1. The general premise is if you can see an item on your screen, you can just say the name of the control to activate it.
2. If you see a control, but do not know its name, you can hover over it with your mouse to see the label and learn its name.
3. The easiest way to see what commands are available is to issue the simple command, "Show numbers." Then say the number and then OK.
4. When you issue a command and two of the controls are named similarly, you choose the number of the control you wish to be activated and say, "OK."
5. Thanks to Itamar Even-Zohar CLICK HERE for a full list of available commands for WSR.
How do we create a second user profile and how do you switch between profiles?
#3 Answer:

To create a second user profile:

1. Open Control Panel
2. Open Speech Recognition Options
3. Open Advanced speech options (on left side of window)
4. Click the "New" button
5. Name the profile (no spaces are allowed)
6. Setup the microphone and perform training

To switch between profiles:

1. Open Control Panel
2. Open Speech Recognition Options
3. Place a check mark in the box of the profile you wish to use.
How do I save my user training profile? Is the user training profile transferable to other computers?
#4 Answer:

Your user training profile is automatically saved every time you use Windows™ Speech Recognition. At the time of this writing, there is no utility to save and move user profiles to other computers.

A company called Word Q says they built such a utility and they are thinking of releasing just the utility to the general public.
How does one use the vocabulary builder function, like the one in Dragon NaturallySpeaking, to add words from my documents?
#5 Answer:

Windows™ Speech Recognition does not have this feature built-in. However, the inexpensive $15.99 WSRToolkit has this along with many other useful features. CLICK HERE to read about this.
How do I delete words from the Windows™ Speech Recognition dictionary?
#6 Answer:

With the Speech Bar open:
1. Say, "Open the Speech Dictionary.
2. Say, Change existing words.
3. Delete a word
4. Highlight the word or words and click Nex
I have Dragon NaturallySpeaking on my computer and it is running just fine. Should I be concerned about trying Microsoft Speech?
#7 Answer:

Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Microsoft Speech can be loaded and run simultaneously. I just turn on the microphone for Dragon and dictate in Dragon. I can then turn off the Dragon microphone and turn on the Windows™ Speech Recognition microphone and dictate.
There does not seem to be documentation for Microsoft Speech. How do I find out how to use it efficiently?
#8 Answer:

On the MyMSSpeech.com home page is the link, "Read, "Getting Started with Window Speech Recognition"

MyMSSpeech.com has user forum dedicated to Windows™ Speech Recognition. It has sections for general questions, disabled users, creating macros, and more. In addition, a new version of, "Key Steps to High Speech Recognition Accuracy" is being written for Windows™ Speech Recognition. This will be available the middle of August at:
http://www.mymsspeech.com
and the new forum at:
http://www.msspeech-forum.com

Yahoo Groups hosts an excellent User Group dedicated to Microsoft Speech. The group is managed by Itamar Even-Zohar. This is an independent user group. It is not sponsored by Microsoft. However, at least one person from Microsoft's Speech Development Group monitors the messages.
Click Here to visit the Yahoo Group for Microsoft Speech
E-mail Addresses for the Group:
To subscribe: ms-speech-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Unsubscribe: ms-speech-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
List owner: ms-speech-owner@yahoogroups.com
Is Windows™ Speech Recognition as good as Dragon NaturallySpeaking?
#9 Answer:

Accuracy is equal in both after a short training process. The correction process and user interface in WSR is not as good as Dragon NaturallySpeaking's. However, Windows™ Speech Recognition works almost flawlessly in almost every application.

Microsoft left out many of the features taken for granted in Dragon NaturallySpeaking. However, eMicrophones, Inc. recently released a Windows™ Speech Recognition Toolkit that adds the ability to create text and command macros, add words and phrases, scan your documents, and transcribe from a wave file. Even with the outrageous cost of about $15 for the toolkit, you will be saving hundreds of dollars off of Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
I'm trying to use WSR to dictate text into a Powerpoint "text box" but cannot get it to work.
#10 Answer:

Rob Chambers [MSFT] responded:
"That's a limitation of PowerPoint. CLICK HERE for more."