How to Use Voice Recognition in Word 2007

Set Up Your Microphone
1. Connect your microphone to your computer. If your microphone requires you to install a software driver, do so.
2. Open the Speech Recognition by clicking the Start button, then 'Control Panel', then 'Ease of Access Center', then 'Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard', then 'Use Speech Recognition'.
3. Click 'Set Up Microphone' and follow the instructions.
Take The Tutorial And Train Your Computer
4. Open Speech Recognition, as above.
5. Click 'Take Speech Tutorial' and follow the instructions.
6. During the Tutorial, your computer will learn to recognize your voice and manner of speaking. You can improve its accuracy by further training it. To do so, open Speech Recognition, click 'Train your computer to better understand you', and follow the instructions.
Using With Microsoft Word
7. With Speech Recognition running, say 'Open Word' to start Microsoft Word.
8. Use the methods you learned during the Tutorial to operate Word.
9. Save your document and close Word.