![]() Use the Windows key + H key to toggle dictation off and on. When you hit Windows key + H, a bar will appear across the top of the screen and the computer will be listening. (You’ll have to memorize that keyboard shortcut – just remember it’s Windows key + H because “dictate” does not have an H in it.) If your Windows 10 computer has a microphone, hold down the Windows key and hit H. If you have a desktop computer, you’re not ready to dictate until you get a headset with a microphone. You know you need a microphone to dictate to your computer, right? If you have a laptop, it has a microphone built into it. There are no settings for it and it is used only for text entry, not for controlling programs or doing anything special. Last year Microsoft added a second speech recognition engine to Windows 10. There’s a reason you didn’t know it was there. You can still find it in Windows 10 If you do a search for “windows speech recognition.” It’s clumsy to set up and not very accurate. It has languished ever since, appearing virtually unchanged in all the versions of Windows released since then. ![]() Microsoft first built speech recognition into Windows more than 10 years ago, when Vista was released. (The previous version, Dragon 13, is still available, but it’s not as effective and seems to have some issues with Windows 10.) The current version, Dragon Professional Individual 15, is top notch. One fundamental truth has not changed: If you are serious about dictating on a computer, there is no alternative to the Dragon Naturally Speaking products. ![]() They’re still not great but you might want to give them a try if you haven’t talked to your computer in a while. It does not store any personal data.Microsoft has quietly improved the speech recognition features in Windows 10 and in the Office programs. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. By enabling these extra voices, you will be able to use them in all the other desktop applications. In the window that opens, you can choose a default voice from Voice Selection list-box and then finally click on OK button.Ĭonclusion: You can easily enable Microsoft Mark and Microsoft Eva that are hidden inside Windows 10’s Cortana files. ![]() In the Control Panel, search for “speech” and then click on the Change text to speech settings. You can press the Win+X and select Control Panel from the menu. The Eva Voice Windows 10.reg file enables the Eva voice and the Mark Voice Windows 10.reg enables the Mark voice in Windows 10.Īfter enabling these new voices, you can open Control Panel and choose the default voice. To make things easier, you can just download enable-eva-mark-voice-windows10.zip, extract the contents to a folder and double-click on the REG files inside. In order to enable these hidden TTS voices for all the applications in Windows 10, you have to add a few entries to the Windows registry. But with a little modification of the Windows Registry you can enable these voices for all the other applications as well. These voices are not available for any other application except for Cortana itself. In case of US English version of Windows 10, Cortana uses Eva and Mark voices. But Microsoft also uses two separate voices for Cortana which again vary for various language versions of Windows. These voices can be used in Microsoft apps and desktop applications. For example, the US English version of Windows 10 comes with Microsoft Zira and Microsoft David voices. Microsoft Windows 10 comes with two text-to-speech engines or voices which vary for different language versions of Windows. ![]()
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