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Macro of the Day: Disable Cap [textInDocument]

A reader recently wrote to us here at Microsoft, and asked us if there was a way to disable the built in command for "Cap [textInDocument]". Sometimes, for some people, this command can be recognized a little too easily if you're actually trying Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:20 PM by robch | 1 Comments

Macro of the Day: Microphone Control

I've got two microphones that I use most of the time. An Andrea SoundMAX SuperBeam 2 element array-microphone from Andrea Electronics An xTag wireless microphone from RevoLabs I really love both of them, and I use them interchangeably throughout the day. Read More...
Posted Friday, November 07, 2008 1:36 PM by robch | 1 Comments

Macro of the Day: Math Test!

One of the joys of being a parent is helping them learn. I'm very lucky, in that regard, because my kids love learning. In fact, my son Zac really loves Math. He gets that from both his Mom and his Dad. So, when he was a little guy, I made a Word Macro Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:33 AM by robch | 0 Comments

Macro of the Day: Search Tivo for That!

Every year in the Fall it's time for me to check out what's new on TV , and decide what, if anything, I'm going to start watching. This year's no different... Ah... Well ... It was actually different. This year, just a couple weeks ago, my Tivo completely Read More...
Posted Monday, September 01, 2008 9:35 PM by robch | 2 Comments

WSRMacros - A new MSDN Code Gallery for Speech Macros

I've always wanted a good place to upload all my speech macros that I talk about on my Macro of the Day posts. And now ... Finally. I have a home for them. Check it out here . Neat... Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 24, 2008 11:07 PM by robch | 0 Comments

Speech Macro of the Day: Speech Dictionary

I get feedback from people, from time to time, that they'd like a more efficient way to add items to their speech dictionary. Although, there is a facility in Windows Speech Recognition already to do this, it's one word at a time, and it only allows you Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 02, 2008 3:06 PM by robch | 0 Comments

Macro of the Day: Windows Media Player

Have you ever wanted to control your media player with your voice? Well now you can! With today’s Macro of the Day, you can say things like “Play Hotel California”, or “Play The Eagles”, or, “Play Genre Rock”, and even “Play something by The Eagles”. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:24 AM by robch | 2 Comments

Making a Speech macro Application Specific

A common question I get is, "Hey, Rob, How do I make a speech macro application specific?" I've posted a couple examples of that embedded in other more complex macros, but here's the simple version. To make a macro application specific, you'll Read More...
Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 6:45 AM by robch | 0 Comments

Macro of the Day: Say what you want and get it! (inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

Today's macro of the day is a cool trick involving another free tool from Microsoft called Search Commands. Search Commands helps you find commands, options, wizards and other cool stuff in Office 2007 applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). It's Read More...
Posted Friday, June 20, 2008 7:42 AM by robch | 4 Comments

Disney's "Innovention Dream Home": A look inside

I love Disneyland, and I love technology, so it's a no-brainer for me to absolutely love Disney's new " Innovention Dream Home ". Basically, it's a home of the future, as envisioned by Microsoft , HP , Life/ware , and Disneyland situated right Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:44 AM by robch | 3 Comments

Macro of the Day: Send Email to [OutlookContact]

Today's macro let's you say things like "Send email to Rob", or "Send email to Rob Chambers", and as long as I'm a contact in your Outlook Contacts, you can send me mail! It also allows you to say "Send email to Rob Chambers about Read More...
Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 7:32 AM by robch | 1 Comments

Macro of the day: Next Slide

Have you ever found yourself giving a presentation about speech recognition and wished you could simply advance from slide to slide using speech recognition? Well ... I have. I've been using this really cool microphone I got from eMicrophones, called Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 8:00 AM by robch | 3 Comments

Macro of the Day: Read that

Following up the macro of the day from last week , here's "Read That". Instead of inserting quotes, double quotes, and parentheses and/or formatting text, today's macro allows you to say "Read That", or "Read the next 3 paragraphs"... Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:31 AM by robch | 1 Comments

Microsoft Speech Powered Azentek Wins International Telematics Award for Best Aftermarket Device

Did you know you could experience Microsoft's Speech Recognition technology in cars? No, I'm not talking about Ford Sync. I'm talking about an after market system designed to run Windows Vista in an in-dash PC made by Azentek. And ... They just won the Read More...
Posted Friday, May 23, 2008 8:53 AM by robch | 0 Comments
 
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