Tip of the Week: How To Get Your PC To Listen to You
By J.D. BIERSDORFERIf you find typing on a computer keyboard difficult or painful, the built-in speech recognition functions of Windows 7 or Mac OS X may make things easier by allowing you to speak simple commands to control and navigate the system by voice. You do need a working microphone included with most machines these days and a bit of patience to learn and say the specific commands the computer expects to hear.
To get started with speech recognition in Windows 7, visit Microsoft’s page. Apple has a similar page on getting started with its “Speakable Items” feature in Mac OS X 10.6.
via Electronics and Gadgets – Gadgetwise Blog – NYTimes.com.