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Windows 7 speech Recognition, Language selection

Anonymous
2010-06-12T20:53:27+00:00

I have windows 7 in english, and I am wanting to use speech recognition in french

I have tried doing this: ****

  1. Open Speech Recognition by clicking theStartbutton, clickingControl Panel, clicking Ease of Access, and then clickingSpeech Recognition.
  2. In the left pane, clickadvanced speech options.

But I only have English US and English UK as possible languages. Is there any way to install other languages? Because I read that Speech Recognition is also available in French and Chinese.

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Anonymous
2010-06-13T09:18:28+00:00

I have windows 7 in english, and I am wanting to use speech recognition in french

I have tried doing this: ****

  1. Open Speech Recognition by clicking theStartbutton, clickingControl Panel, clickingEase of Access, and then clickingSpeech Recognition.
  2. In the left pane, clickadvanced speech options.

But I only have English US and English UK as possible languages. Is there any way to install other languages? Because I read that Speech Recognition is also available in French and Chinese.

Hi

You can only use Speech Recognition in a different laguage if a MUI language pack is installed for one of the supported languages. The 35 MUI language packs are only available in the Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Windows 7.

In your case, installing the French MUI language pack would change the parent language to French and allow you to easily switch between languages and use the Speech Recognition in that language.

Windows 7 language packs are available for computers that are running Windows 7 Ultimate or Windows 7 Enterprise

The Windows Speech Recognition language must be the same as the operating system language in Windows Vista

(Also applies to Windows 7)

Setting speech options

Hope this helps.

Thank You for using Windows 7

Ronnie Vernon MVP

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-09-13T09:44:59+00:00

    I am disappointed that language packs are not available for Win 7 Professional

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-12-26T21:31:00+00:00

    Hi

    That is correct, it is only available if the base language is

    US English

    UK English

    French

    Spanish

    German

    Japanese

    Traditional Chinese

    Simplified Chinese

     

    Regards

    I have Windows 7 Home Premium, but I am unable to use Chinese Speech Recognition. I have windows 7 in english, and I am wanting to use speech recognition in Chinese.

    I have tried doing this: ****

    1. Open Speech Recognition by clicking theStartbutton, clickingControl Panel, clickingEase of Access, and then clickingSpeech Recognition.
    2. In the left pane, clickadvanced speech options.

    But I only have English US and English UK as possible languages. Is there any way to install Chinese Speech recognition?

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-01-24T09:22:18+00:00

    Hi

    That is correct, it is only available if the base language is

    US English

    UK English

    French

    Spanish

    German

    Japanese

    Traditional Chinese

    Simplified Chinese

    Regards

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-01-24T04:31:35+00:00

    I take it then that Speech Recognition in Windows 7 Home Premium is useless. I would simply like to be able to use it with English Australian but that is not an option.

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