Create and use speech recognition user profiles

This feature is available in the Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English (U.S.), and Japanese language versions of Microsoft Office.

Speech recognition user profiles store information about how to recognize your voice. You can create profiles for multiple users on the same computer. You can also create additional profiles for yourself when working in environments with different levels of noise or using different microphones.

Show Create a new profile

In the Microsoft Windows XP Control Panel, click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, and then click Speech. In the Windows 2000 Control Panel, double-click the Speech icon.
Click the Speech Recognition tab.
Under Recognition Profiles, click New, and follow the instructions in the Profile Wizard.

Show Select a profile for the current user

On the Language bar, click Tools .
Point to Current User, and then click a profile.