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"I've started using the speech recognition features and I'm blown away!"

Quote of the day from the blogosphere ( from Carl Franklin ) that caught my eye: "I've started using the speech recognition features and I'm blown away!" Thanks Carl. Now ... Have you tried using the WSR Macros we just released? You might like that too.. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:29 PM by robch | 0 Comments

"The Vista Show" podcast talks about Vista's Windows Speech Recognition

The Vista Show is a podcast that broadcasts a weekly show in podcast format each week from thevistashow.com . This week Jack discusses Vista's Windows Speech Recognition. You can jump ahead to the 18 minute mark in the MP3 file . Jack says Windows Speech Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:27 AM by robch | 0 Comments

Extreme Tech reviews Windows Speech Recognition

Another good reivew of Windows Speech Recognition in Windows Vista: "If you have Windows Vista, even the Home Basic version, you already have one of the more powerful speech recognition systems available. Microsoft has invested many millions of dollars Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 8:26 AM by robch | 0 Comments

Telling your computer what to do -- Another post by David Pogue of the NYT

Well ... I must say that I didn't expect David Pogue to love Windows Speech Recognition as much as he does. I remember going out to meet him last August while I was in New York for SpeechTEK 2006. I was a bit nervous, as David is one of the top technology Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:24 AM by robch | 0 Comments

Transfering profiles programatically

Last week I wrote about how to transfer profiles using the Easy Transfer Wizard . That generated some email and some questions in the community about how to do this programmatically. That's a good question. But unfortunately, the answer isn't that straight Read More...
Posted Monday, February 19, 2007 9:28 PM by robch | 0 Comments

CrunchGear compared Apple's OS X Speech Recognition to Windows Speech Recognition in Vista

CrunchGear posted a comparison of Apple's OS X and Windows Vista yesterday, going over feature by feature discussing similarities and differences. For each feature CrunchGear declared a winner. It was neat to see that one of the areas they compared OS Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:21 AM by robch | 1 Comments

Word 2007 + Windows Speech Recognition

If you're using Windows Speech Recognition in Windows Vista, and you're also using Microsoft Word 2007, you might be wondering... How can I access things that are on different tabs in the new Microsoft Word UI with just one command, instead of two. This Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:34 AM by robch | 0 Comments

David Pogue says (on NPR) his favorite feature in Vista is Windows Speech Recognition

I know David Pogue really likes Windows Speech Recognition, but today he actually called it out as his favorite feature in Windows Vista this morning on NPR. Here's exactly what he had to say : Interviewer: "So, what's your favorite feature?" David Pogue: Read More...
Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 9:06 AM by robch | 0 Comments

Experiencing a "Wow" moment with Windows Speech Recognition

Reading customer comments on Windows Vista's Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) is always fun. I love to hear the positive ... and the negative (after all we have to learn what our customers want). This weekend, I saw a post by a new Vista user named Marc. Read More...
Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 7:26 AM by robch | 0 Comments

Chicago Sun-Times says: Windows Speech Recognition is one of "Vista's true superstar features"

Today, Andy Ihnatko published an article on Vista called " Vista brightens Windows " in the Chicago Sun-Times . In it, he goes over a lot of the features in Vista, and why they all combined make a compelling upgrade for users. He says: "one of Vista's Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:36 PM by robch | 1 Comments

Paul Thurrott's SuperSite Windows Vista Review of Windows Speech Recognition

As I'm sure most of you probably already know, Paul Thurrott runs a really cool website, called Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows . It's a great place to go for information on Windows. He's been working on a review of Windows Vista for quite some Read More...
Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 11:00 AM by robch | 0 Comments

WSR's in David Pogue's Top 10 list

David Pogue published his annual Top 10 list again this year in the NY Times . In it, Microsoft got 2 of the 10 nods. The first nod was for the wireless song transfer features of the Zune (something the whole music industry has pointed out was an innovative, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 10:36 AM by robch | 1 Comments

David Pogue says Windows Speech Recognition is "beautifully designed"

David Pogue had something nice to say about Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) in this morning’s NY Times… "And besides, not all of the new goodies fell from the Apple tree. [] Windows Speech Recognition isn’t as accurate as, say, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:27 AM by robch | 1 Comments

Jupiter Research says, Windows Speech Recognition "is so darn good, it feels a little bit out of science fiction."

I found this post last week from Todd Bishop , local Seattle PI writer and blogger that tracks all things Microsoft . He linked to Michael Gartenberg 's blog entry on Windows Speech Recognition (WSR). There, Michael says: I’ve been using the integrated Read More...
Posted Monday, December 11, 2006 9:14 AM by robch | 0 Comments

Windows Speech Recognition Screencast -- In French!

There have been quite a few screen casts of Windows Speech Recognition making there way around the Internet... But almost all of them have been in English. Here's one showing just how well WSR is in French. Check it out here . Read More...
Posted Monday, December 11, 2006 9:02 AM by robch | 0 Comments
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