Step 2: Now, choose whether you are using a headset mic or a desktop mic and select Next. When the window opens, select Set Up Microphone to begin.

Step 1: In the Windows search box, type “speech.” Doing so will bring up an option to go to Speech Recognition in the Control Panel. Should you decide to buy a mic, follow these steps to make sure Windows knows that you want it to be your primary microphone, even over previous mics: Once you train the speech features, it can be difficult to switch devices. If you’re going to invest in hardware, you should do it as soon as possible. If you really want to use speech recognition on Windows 10, you should get a quality headset that works well with your computer. In the past, Microsoft has warned that its speech-recognition features are best suited for headset microphones that interpret sounds with greater clarity and are less susceptible to ambient noise. Built-in mics can work well for simple tasks, like Skype conversations or voice commands, but they can also cause distortion, especially with speech-to-text options. It’s easy to overlook this step as we assume that all devices come with built-in mics these days. Finding a micīefore you start, you must be sure that you have the correct hardware for speech-to-text options. Note: Speech recognition is only currently available in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Translator support the following languages:Īfrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belorussian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chichewa (Nyanja), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hill Mari, Hmong Daw, Hungarian, Hausa, Hawaiian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Klingon, Kiswahili, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mari, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nepali, Norwegian, Papiamento, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Queretaro Otomi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Scottish, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Sesotho, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sundanese, Swedish, Tahitian, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Tonga, Turksh, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Yucatec Maya, Zulu * Download language packs and work with no internet connection. * Select and translate text in any app or web page. * Synchronise translations with mobile app. * Share your translated text with friends. * Translate big blocks of text in one click. The application can work with no internet connection. Translate text, voice, images, PDF files and websites in more than 100 languages.

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