Just like you would ask Google Assistant or Siri to accomplish tasks on your phone, you can also talk to your Windows PC to get things done hands-free. While you can use basic commands to perform ...

Windows 11 Voice Access is a major update to Microsoft's accessibility tools, allowing users to control their desktop entirely with voice commands — no hands or Internet connection required. The ...

How many times have you looked at your computer, phone or tablet and dreamed of just not using your keyboard? When Scotty in Star Trek was trying to talk to a computer to show the design for ...

Much has been written in the past week or so regarding some security issues with Windows Speech Recognition. Rob Chambers, who works on Microsoft’s Windows Speech Recognition team, writes about how ...

Microsoft has released the first Technical Preview (think pre-beta) of Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) Macros, an extension of the Windows Speech Recognition capabilities in Windows Vista. The 2.77MB ...

If dictating to your computer sounds like an appealing idea, try Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium. is the de facto standard for Windows. When Gene Roddenberry first came up with Star Trek in 1964, ...

Windows Vista Speech Recognition software may not have rendered the keyboard obsolete, but it certainly has made it unnecessary for many people. The voice-control software translates speech into text ...

If you’ve ever asked the question that is the title of this post, then Rob Chambers has some answers for you and then some. On Rob’s Rhapsody, he’s put together links to the very long lists that the ...

At last. Ever since I first touched a personal computer 25 years ago, I’ve been wondering how long it would take before I could write an article without touching the keyboard — and without paying ...

Microsoft will use its Tellme cloud-based voice recognition software as part of a 'natural user interface' for controlling Windows Phone 7 handsets Hoping to leapfrog over Google and Apple’s successes ...