Microphone for voice recording

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HOW TO: Install and Configure Speech Recognition in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306537

Some of the more popular voice recognition products available include:

Dragon Systems (Point and Speak and Naturally Speaking) - www.dragonsys.com
IBM (ViaVoice) - www.ibm.com/software/speech/
Lernout and Hauspie (Voice XpressAdvanced) - www.lhs.com
Phillips (Free Speech 2000) - www.copia.com.au/free_speech_2000.html

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"Ted Hill" <thill AT tomotherapy DOT com> wrote in message:
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| Do I need any special software for doing voice recording on XP?
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| Thanks,
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| Ted

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Ted Hill said in news:uVRbLf3XEHA.212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:
> I'm not interested in voice "recognition", I just want to do simple
> voice "recording". Like a tape recorder.
> Do I need any software beyond XP Home Edition for that?


Don't use the "Home" version of Windows XP. I have the Professional
version. There isn't a Recorder application under the Start ->
Programs -> Accessories -> Entertainment menu (which is a shortcut to
%SystemRoot%\System32\sndrec32.exe)?
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827778 says sndrec32.exe exists for
both the Home and Pro versions. Presumably you already have a
microphone and plugged it into the correct jack.

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Tom, thank you very much. This is the info I needed.

I see that the default is to create wav files.

Do you know if there is a way to convert these to MP3, or some other format
that would play in a 'standard' audio CD player, e.g. a CD player in a car.

Thanks again,

Ted


"Tom" <no-way@not-here.com> wrote in message
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> "Ted Hill" <thill AT tomotherapy DOT com> wrote in message
> news:uVRbLf3XEHA.212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I'm not interested in voice "recognition", I just want to do simple
voice
> > "recording". Like a tape recorder.
> > Do I need any software beyond XP Home Edition for that?
>
> Go here "Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Entertainment\Sound Recorder
>
> And if you have a microphone, and your sound card properties setup to use
> the mic, you can record with it.
>
> Anyway, Carey is a numbnut, he posts reactively to keywords, then his
> botched instincts causes him to reply non sequitur. The MVP gene pool has
> hit a new low with his admittance at the low end of that hierarchy. As you
> can easily tell, he only saw the word "voice" (while his 700cc cranium
> couldn't latch on to the rest) in the subject line. It is a nasty habit he
> has, and he never admits fault, which is indicative of a severely
regressed
> thought process!
>
>

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"Ted Hill" <thill AT tomotherapy DOT com> wrote:
>I'm not interested in voice "recognition", I just want to do simple voice
>"recording". Like a tape recorder.
>Do I need any software beyond XP Home Edition for that?
>Thanks, >Ted

Just use a regular inexpensive microphone plugged into your sound card
microphone input jack, or like in my case a USB webcam with a microphone built
into it.

To record, just use Windows XP's "sound recorder". In:

start\ all-programs\ accessories\ entertainment

It will make a .WAV file, a standard sound file format. You just press a
button to start the recording & press to stop the recording.

You have several recording levels and configurations to choose from. By
default it is mono & a low recording rate. But that's all you really need for
just your plain voice, & the lower the rate the smaller the file it makes.

....D.