Speech recog'n msg in Excel displays "No Signal".

[EarlyBirdie]

Excel is not recording my speech instructions, neither in Dictation Mode or
Command Mode. How can I get Excel to recognize signal from microphone? I am
able to set up and configure the mic in Windows but the speech recongition
mesage on the language tool bar displays "No Signal". The speech recognition
engine used is the default of Microsoft English (US) v6.1 Recognizer. I am
using XP and Excel 2003.

 

[Earl Kiosterud]

EarlyBirdie,

First you need to ensure that your mic is connected and enabled. You do that in the
recording (not playback) side of the soundcard's window. Post back for details.

Does the mic work for other things? Can you start up the Windows Sound Recorder and get a
signal indication when you speak? Get that working first, then tackle the speeck
recognition part.

 

[EarlyBirdie]

Thanks Earl. Yes, I'm confident that the mic is connected since I am able to
configure its volume using the microsoft Microphone Wizard (I read the test
sentence into the mic and they system plays back my voice reading the
sentence.) I also have an audio editing program which recognizes and
captures my voice from the mic.