Speech Recognition feature, included in MS Office programs including MS Word, lets users to dictate text. In MS Word, user can also speak commands like switching the input mode to voice command and hence control and format Word documents without clicking the menus. Also, menu, dialog box, and task pane selection is possible using user’s voice. The feature is available in Tools menu of any Word document.
However, if the feature stops functioning properly in any of the documents then one of the reasons can be document corruption, which needs Word Repair. Other reasons may include faulty registry settings, faulty Office or Word installation, hardware issues, third party conflicts and problematic language and keyboard settings.
• If the specific document is corrupt, then the tool will perfectly work in new documents. So, if document comes out to be corrupt as in text or formatting or not opening at all, we need to correct it through Word Recovery tools.
• However, if problem still remains the same in other documents as well, we need to reset Word to the default settings. A corrupt normal.dot template, options registry key, data registry key and COM add-ins can create Speech recognition issues. So, we can try start Word with /a switch to bypass the components to recognize if these components are causing problems. We can then use a troubleshooting utility after installing Support.dot and correct the specific problem.
• The registry setting of speech may have gone bad, thus we need to delete it after backing it up and rename the Speech Folders. Then, we need to repair Office installation. However, if problem still remains the same, we need to restore the speech recognition registry settings.
• Any third-party program may conflict with the speech recognition utility of MS Word, so this is required to resolve it by removing such programs from startup.
• Corrupt Office or Word installation may cause speech recognition issues. So we can correct it by repairing Office installation.
• Microphone or any other hardware issues may make the speech recognition tool to fail. Thus, we need to diagnose the issue and as last resort, replace it.
• We can also check for the correct keyboard and language settings.
A corrupt document needs word repair, which is feasible using specific utilities called Word Recovery applications. These software apply powerful scanning algorithms which examine corrupt documents and repair them, maintaining the data integrity. Word Repair software come with graphically rich user interface and potential Word Recovery features.
Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is the best Word Repair application which is compatible with Word 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. The interface of this word recovery software is user friendly and the application can recover all the document objects including embedded images, charts, drawings and tables.