G'Day Lynn,
As far as I know, Word 2000 does not support speech recognition.
Strictly speaking, the Language Tools are a part of Windows Xp (and can
also be used with Windows 2000 SR3).
Right-Click the Taskbar, Point to Toolbars and click on Language bar. If the
option is there, the Language bar will appear at the Right hand end of the
Taskbar.
Right-click the Language bar and click Restore Language bar.
Use Start>Help and Support
to get more information if you do NOT see it ('Language Tools').
When the Language bar is restored (floating on screen) all the options (for
Handwriting, Dictation, Ink and Voice command) are available there - so that
Tools>Speech in Word becomes redundant.
The Language Tools (from the Language bar) seem to work perfectly with
Word 2007.