Troubleshoot Speech Recognition

Overview

This feature of Troubleshoot speech recognition is available in the Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English (U.S.), and Japanese language versions of Microsoft Office. Speech recognition is on when the microphone is turned on, and one can see Dictation and Voice Command on the Language bar. One can also tell if speech recognition is on by looking at Speech on the Tools menu. If there is a check mark by Speech, speech recognition is turned on. (In Microsoft Excel, point to Speech on the Tools menu, and then look at Speech Recognition.) To turn speech on or off, click Microphone on the Language bar, or click Speech on the Tools menu (Speech Recognition in Excel). One can also turn the microphone off by saying "Microphone."