Windows 7中的语音识别软件(speech recognition software)非常复杂。微软(Microsoft)在其中内置了许多功能，这些功能一度只能在昂贵的第三方语音识别软件(speech recognition software)中使用。语音识别(Speech Recognition)易于使用，但与所有复杂的软件一样，您需要学习一些基础知识，然后才能像与朋友交谈一样流利地与计算机交谈。基础知识包括：如何启动语音识别(Speech Recognition)、常用命令、输入文本、进行更正和浏览网页。
在上一篇文章（使用语音识别(Speech Recognition)：设置和配置(Setup and Configuration)）中，我讨论了设置您的设备以成功使用语音识别(Speech Recognition)。我将从这里开始，假设您已经完成了这些步骤，包括Microsoft的内置教程，并且您现在可以开始了。
注意：(NOTE:)我不会谈论你可以用语音识别(Speech Recognition)做的所有事情——因为我必须写一本书！但我将讨论最常见的用途、写作和浏览。
开始语音识别
在我们开始之前，请关闭您在屏幕上打开的所有其他应用程序。（这只是为了学习——一旦您熟悉了语音识别(Speech Recognition)的工作原理，您可以打开任意数量的应用程序，并且您可以与您的计算机对话以指示它切换到其他应用程序。 )
您只需在“开始”菜单(Start Menu)搜索框中输入语音，选择“(speech)语音识别(Speech Recognition)”并开始说话——但在这种情况下，有一个很好的理由要花很长的路要走(way round)。转到Control Panel -> Ease of Access -> Speech Recognition，然后单击语音识别(Speech Recognition)。
如您所见，您已经处理了大部分内容。跳过(Skip)训练您的计算机以更好地理解您(Train your computer to better understand you)（我将在下一篇文章中讨论这个问题，我将在其中讨论故障排除）并单击Open the Speech Reference Card。
这为您提供了要探索的帮助主题索引。现在，单击通用语音识别命令(Common speech recognition commands)。
您将看到最常用命令的精美图表，以及激活它们所需的内容。我建议将其打印出来，以便在您学习语音识别(Speech Recognition)的工作原理时方便使用。
该列表也可以在此处找到：语音识别中的常用命令(Common commands in Speech Recognition)。
现在你准备好了！点击开始语音识别(Start speech recognition)。您会在屏幕顶部看到语音识别小工具，它会发出啁啾声告诉您它处于活动状态。(Speech Recognition)但是，默认情况下，除非您告诉它，否则它不会“倾听”您的声音。
提醒：(A reminder:)您应该有一个空白桌面，顶部有语音识别小工具。(Speech Recognition)
现在，确保您的麦克风已插入，确保背景噪音(background noise)尽可能小，然后说“开始收听”。("Start listening.")您会看到该小工具有助于提醒您这一点。
这是语音识别(Speech Recognition)在空闲时会“听到”的唯一短语。没有什么能唤醒它。如果您愿意，您可以在告诉语音识别(Speech Recognition)它想听什么之前进行试验。然后说“开始聆听”("Start listening")，您就可以开始试听了。
通过语音识别(Speech Recognition)听写文本(Text)
现在语音识别(Speech Recognition)程序已启动，您可以用它做什么？有几件事要记住。如果您没有正在运行的应用程序，那么此时您无能为力。说“开始”("Start")以打开您的开始菜单(Start Menu)。由于语音识别(Speech Recognition)是Microsoft 产品(Microsoft product)，因此它与其他Microsoft 产品(Microsoft product)配合使用最为成功。所以让我们(So let)选择记事本来(Notepad)进行实验。
您如何启动记事本(Notepad)取决于您的“开始”菜单(Start Menu)的配置方式。如果记事本(Notepad)是在您打开“开始”菜单(Start Menu)时可见的项目，只需说“记事本”即可。("Notepad.")如果它不存在，请说“所有程序”("All programs,")，然后说“附件”("Accessories,")，然后说“记事本”。记事本("Notepad." Notepad)已打开并准备就绪。
怎么办？刚开始说话。在这里，我尝试了一个熟悉的短语。我用正常的谈话语气和正常的语速说出来。
等等(Wait)，这是不对的。没有标点符号或大写字母(punctuation or capitalization)，两个单词是错误的。我该如何解决？
使用命令select选择每个有问题的单词。在这里，我说的是“选择朋友”。("Select friends." )
这个词有什么问题？它后面没有逗号，应该有。所以选择“朋友”("Friends")后，我说“朋友逗号”。("Friends comma.")弹出一个窗口，其中列出了可能的选择
我说“一个”("One")来选择第一个项目，然后我说“确定”("OK")来批准它。
完成句子后，我选择“罗马”("romans")并说“罗马逗号”。("Romans comma.")再次弹出框，我再次选择我想要的项目。
我通过选择“countrymen”和“ears”来纠正它们的拼写，更清楚地说出单词并选择正确的拼写。当我说完“耳朵”("ears")时，我会说“感叹号”。("exclamation point.")
现在我继续说另一个句子，确保我也说出标点符号。这次语音识别(Speech Recognition)对我的理解要好得多。我需要做的就是选择“caesar”，大写它，我就完成了。
现在，我想结束那条线并转到另一条线。有两种方法可以做到这一点。如果我说“新行”("New line,")，光标会下降到屏幕下方的下一个空格。
如果我说“新段落”("New paragraph")，光标会下降两行，因此段落之间会有空格。
练习口语(Practice speaking)句子和段落，以便了解它是如何工作的。你可能不得不说比在谈话中更慢，而且你可能不得不在进行过程中纠正一些事情，但是语音识别(Speech Recognition)学得很快，在你练习几分钟后，识别准确率(recognition accuracy)将是明显改善。
假设我现在要保存此文档。如果我使用菜单（而不是快捷键），我会怎么做？我会点击File并Save As。这就是我现在所做的。我说“文件”("File")和“另存为” ，然后在“("Save As")另存(Save As)为”菜单中说出文件名。
但是，如果事实证明我不喜欢记事本(Notepad)文档中的内容并且只想清除所有内容怎么办？“全选”("Select all")突出显示所有文本，“删除”("Delete")将其删除。
完成练习后，说“关闭记事本”。("Close Notepad.")系统会询问您是否要保存所写的内容，您可以根据自己的喜好说“保存”("Save")或“不保存” 。("Don't save")
通过Internet Explorer使用语音识别(Speech Recognition)
正如我所提到的，语音识别(Speech Recognition)与其他Microsoft 软件(Microsoft software)配合使用效果最好。Microsoft的内置教程向您展示了记事本(Notepad)和写字板(WordPad)，并简要介绍了Internet Explorer。让我们(Let)进一步研究一下如何在 Internet Explorer中使用语音识别。(Speech Recognition)
说“开始”("Start")以打开开始菜单。即使没有显示 Internet Explorer，只要说“ (Internet Explorer)Internet Explorer”，它就会打开。然后说“地址”。("Address.")这会将您带到屏幕顶部的URL 栏。(URL bar)它可能会在蓝条中显示一个数字。
说出那个号码，然后说“OK”。如您所见，该小工具会提醒您它希望您在此处执行的操作。
说“www dot 七教程 dot com”。("w w w dot seven tutorials dot com.")哦哦。语音识别(Speech Recognition)无法正确显示。
说“删除那个”。("delete that.")然后说“拼写”("Spell it")并说出每个单独的字符。您需要说“句号”("period")而不是“点”。("dot.")您需要说“数字 7”("Number seven")才能得到数字 7，然后拼出网址(web address)的其余部分。
然后说“好的”。("OK.")地址被传送到URL 栏(URL bar)。（可能会要求您将单词添加到字典中。这取决于您。）地址出现在URL 栏中(URL bar)后，说“按 Enter”。("Press enter.")你去吧。
注意：(NOTE:)当您在URL 栏中(URL bar)说出网址时，您可以说“点”("dot")而不是“句号”。("period.")你需要同时说出地址。不要停顿。停顿会使语音识别(Speech Recognition)认为您想开始一个新句子。
如果您想阅读有关7 个教程(7 Tutorials)的文章怎么办？你会如何选择它？说“显示数字”。("show numbers.")页面上的每个元素都覆盖有一个蓝色框中的数字。说出您想阅读的文章的编号（这里是数字 34(number 34)）。然后说“好的”。("OK.")
说“OK”，文章就会打开。（您也应该充分利用这个优惠。）
还有更多
如您所见，语音识别(Speech Recognition)从一开始就非常易于使用。习惯它只是一个练习的问题。尝试从“开始”菜单(Start Menu)中选择您最喜欢的程序，看看您能用它们做什么。并非所有这些都会起作用。（例如，Adobe的程序似乎并不真正兼容。）找出兼容和不兼容的唯一方法是尝试。如果您一直使用的某些程序与此内置语音识别(Speech Recognition)不兼容，并且您发现自己更喜欢对着计算机说话，那么您将需要探索其他公司提供的更复杂的选项。比如Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 11.5。
在下一篇文章中，我将讨论语音识别(Speech Recognition)故障排除和解决一些最常见的问题。与此同时，继续练习和尝试。我想你会对它的运作方式感到惊喜。
Working with Speech Recognition: Commands, Dictating Text & Browsing the Web
The speech recognition sоftware in Windows 7 is surprisingly sophisticated. Microsоft built into іt a lot of fеatures that, at one time, were only available in expensive third-рarty speech rеcognition software. Speech Recognition is easy to use, but as with all sophisticated software, you'll need to learn a few basics before you can talk with your computer as fluently as you talk with your friends. The basics include: how to start Speech Recognition, common commands, inputting text, making corrections and browsing the web.
In the previous article (Working with Speech Recognition: Setup and Configuration), I discussed setting up your equipment for success with Speech Recognition. I'll begin here by assuming you went through the steps, including Microsoft's built-in tutorial, and you're now ready to go.
NOTE: I am not going to talk about everything you can do with Speech Recognition—for that I would have to write a book! But I'll discuss the most common uses, writing and browsing.
Starting Speech Recognition
Before we begin, close all the other applications you have open on your screen. (This is just for the purpose of learning—you can have as many applications open as you want, once you're up to speed on how Speech Recognition works, and you can speak to your computer to direct it to switch to other applications.)
You can simply type speech into the Start Menu search box, choose Speech Recognition and start talking—but there is a very good reason to take the long way round in this case. Go to Control Panel -> Ease of Access -> Speech Recognition and click on Speech Recognition.
As you can see, you've taken care of most of this already. Skip over Train your computer to better understand you (I'll deal with this in the next article, where I will discuss troubleshooting) and click on Open the Speech Reference Card.
This gives you an index of help topics to explore. For now, click on Common speech recognition commands.
You'll see a nice chart of the most commonly used commands, and what you need to say to activate them. I'd advise printing this out, to keep handy while you are learning how Speech Recognition works.
The list can be found also here: Common commands in Speech Recognition.
Now you're ready! Click on Start speech recognition. You'll see the Speech Recognition gadget at the top of your screen, and it will chirp to tell you that it's active. By default, though, it is not "listening" to you until you tell it to.
A reminder: You should have a blank desktop with the Speech Recognition gadget at the top.
Now, make sure your microphone is plugged in, make sure there is as little background noise as possible, and say "Start listening." You'll see that the gadget helpfully reminds you about this.
This is the only phrase that Speech Recognition will "hear" when it is idling. Nothing else will wake it up. You can experiment with this, if you like, before you tell Speech Recognition what it wants to hear. Then say "Start listening" and you'll be ready to try it out.
Dictating Text with Speech Recognition
Now that the Speech Recognition program is active, what can you do with it? There are a few things to keep in mind. If you have no applications actively running, there is not much you can do at this point. Say "Start" to open up your Start Menu. Since Speech Recognition is a Microsoft product, it works most successfully with other Microsoft products. So let's pick Notepad to experiment with.
How you start Notepad depends on how your Start Menu is configured. If Notepad is an item that's visible when you open your Start Menu, just say "Notepad." If it's not there, say "All programs," and then "Accessories," and then "Notepad." Notepad is open and ready to go.
Now what? Just start talking. Here, I try a familiar phrase. I speak it in a normal conversational tone and at normal speed.
Wait, that's not right. There's no punctuation or capitalization and two words are wrong. How can I fix it?
Use the command select to select each word that has a problem. Here, I've said "Select friends."
What's wrong with that word? There is no comma after it, as there should be. So after "Friends" is selected, I say "Friends comma." Up pops a window with a list of possible choices
I say "One" to select the first item, and then I say "OK" to approve it.
Working my way through the sentence, I then select "romans" and say "Romans comma." Up pops the box again, and once again I choose the item that I want.
I correct the spelling of "countrymen" and "ears" by selecting them, speaking the word more clearly and selecting the correct spelling. When I'm done with "ears" I say "exclamation point."
Now I continue with another sentence, making sure I speak the punctuation, too. Speech Recognition understands me much better this time. All I need to do is select "caesar," capitalize it and I'm done.
Now, I want to end that line and go to another line. There are two ways to do this. If I say "New line," the cursor drops down to the next space below what's on the screen.
If I say "New paragraph" the cursor drops down two lines, so there will be space between the paragraphs.
Practice speaking sentences and paragraphs so you can see how it works. You will probably have to speak more slowly than you would in a conversation, and you will probably have to correct things as you go along, but Speech Recognition learns quickly, and after you've practiced for a few minutes, the recognition accuracy will be noticeably improved.
Let's say I now want to save this document. How would I go about it if I were using the menus (rather than a shortcut key)? I'd click File and Save As. And that's what I do now. I say "File" and "Save As" and speak a filename into the Save As menu.
But what if it turns out that I don't like what I've got in my Notepad document and just want to clear everything out? "Select all" highlights all the text, and "Delete" gets rid of it.
When you're done practicing, say "Close Notepad." You'll be asked if you want to save what you've written, and you can say "Save" or "Don't save" as you prefer.
Using Speech Recognition With Internet Explorer
As I mentioned, Speech Recognition works best with other Microsoft software. Microsoft's built-in tutorial showed you Notepad and WordPad and took a brief look at Internet Explorer. Let's investigate using Speech Recognition with Internet Explorer a bit more.
Say "Start" to open the start menu. Even if Internet Explorer is not displayed, say "Internet Explorer" and it will open up. Then say "Address." This will take you to the URL bar at the top of the screen. It may display a number in a blue bar.
Speak that number and then say "OK." As you can see, the gadget will remind you what it expects you to do here.
Say "w w w dot seven tutorials dot com." Uh oh. Speech Recognition doesn't display it properly.
Say "delete that." Then say "Spell it" and speak each individual character. You will need to say "period" instead of "dot." You will need to say "Number seven" to get the numeral 7, and then spell out the rest of the web address.
Then say "OK." The address is transferred to the URL bar. (You may be asked to add the word to the dictionary. This is up to you.) Once the address is in the URL bar, say "Press enter." And there you go.
NOTE: When you are speaking a web address into the URL bar, you can say "dot" instead of "period." And you need to speak the address all at once. Don't pause. A pause makes Speech Recognition think you want to start a new sentence.
What if you want to read an article on 7 Tutorials? How would you select it? Say "show numbers." Each element on the page is overlaid with a number in a blue box. Speak the number of the article you want to read (here, it's the number 34). Then say "OK."
Say "OK" and the article will open. (You should totally take advantage of this great offer, too.)
And there's more
As you can see, Speech Recognition is surprisingly easy to use, right from the beginning. Getting used to it is just a matter of practice. Try selecting your favorite programs from the Start Menu and see what you can do with them. Not all of them will work. (It appears programs from Adobe are not really compatible, for example.) The only way to find out what is compatible and what is not is to try. If there are programs that you use all the time, that are not compatible with this built-in Speech Recognition, and you find you prefer to speak to your computer, you will want to explore more sophisticated options from other companies. such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 11.5.
In the next article, I will talk about troubleshooting Speech Recognition and solving some of the most common problems. In the meantime, keep practicing and experimenting. I think you will be pleasantly surprised at how well it works.
