WD2002: You Are Prompted to Train Speech Profile Although You Already Trained It (286862)

SYMPTOMS

When you click Speech on the Tools menu in Word 2002, the Welcome to Office Speech Recognition dialog box appears, with the following instructions:

To increase the accuracy and reliability of speech recognition, you must first:

1. Adjust your microphone.
2. Train Office for speech recognition.

This will take about 15 minutes. Please make sure you are in a quiet
environment. Click Next to begin the training process.

The Welcome to Office Speech Recognition dialog box appears, even though you already used the Speech tool in Control Panel to train your speech profile. You do not expect to be prompted to train your speech profile after you completed the speech recognition training.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use one of the following methods, as appropriate.

Method 1: Train Your Speech Profile

Start Microsoft Word.
On the Tools menu, click Speech.
In the Welcome to Office Speech Recognition dialog box, click Next.
Follow the prompts in the Microphone Wizard to configure your microphone.
Follow the prompts in the Voice Training - User Speech Profile dialog box to train your speech profile.

Method 2: Remove Speech Recognition

If you do not want to use the speech recognition feature, follow these steps to remove it.

NOTE: Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

Quit all Microsoft Office programs.
Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
In Control Panel, click Add/Remove Programs.
In the list of installed programs, select Microsoft Office XP, and then click Change.
In the Microsoft Office XP Setup, select Add or remove features, and then click Next.
Expand Office Shared Features.
Expand Alternative User Input.
Click the Speech icon, and then click Not Available on the menu that appears.
Click Update to complete the removal of the speech recognition feature.

MORE INFORMATION

If you cancel the Welcome to Office Speech Recognition dialog box, you receive the following message:

Before you can use speech recognition your microphone must be configured. To configure your microphone, choose Speech from the Tools menu.

When you click OK, the Language bar appears, but the Dictation and the Voice Command buttons are unavailable.

New speech profiles may be created, or existing speech profiles may be selected from within the Speech Properties dialog box. To view the Speech Properties dialog box, double-click Speech in Control Panel.

To create a new speech profile, follow these steps:

Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
In Control Panel, double-click Speech.
In the Speech Properties dialog box that appears, on the Speech Recognition tab, click New.
In the Profile Wizard dialog box, in the Profile box, type the name that you want to call this profile, and then click Finish.

Notice that the new profile check box is selected in the Recognition Profiles list.
Click OK.
Start Microsoft Word 2002, and then on the Tools menu, click Speech.
Follow the prompts in the Welcome to Office Speech Recognition dialog box to configure the microphone and to train the new speech profile.

For more information about speech recognition, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type speech in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.