Windows 10: Add Start Speech Recognition Context Menu in Windows 10

How to: Add Start Speech Recognition Context Menu in Windows 10

How to Add Start Speech Recognition Context Menu in Windows 10


When you set up Speech Recognition in Windows 10, it lets you control your PC with your voice alone, without needing a keyboard or mouse.

Using only your voice, you can open menus, click buttons and other objects on the screen, dictate text into documents, and write and send emails. Just about anything you do with your keyboard and mouse can be done with only your voice.

Speech Recognition is only available for the following languages: English (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, and Australia), French, German, Japanese, Mandarin (Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional), and Spanish.

See also:

• Use speech recognition | Windows Support
• Windows Speech Recognition voice commands | Windows Support

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Start Speech Recognition to the desktop context menu for all users in Windows 10.

*Warning While you must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the Start Speech Recognition context menu, all users will be able to use the context menu by right clicking on the desktop.

*note If you click on the Start Speech Recognition context menu and have never set up Speech Recognition before, then the Set up Speech Recognition wizard will open for you to do so.


EXAMPLE: "Start Speech Recognition" context menu










Here's How:

1. Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Add "Start Speech Recognition" to Desktop Context Menu
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Start_Speech_Recognition_to_desktop_context_menu.reg

Download

3. To Remove "Start Speech Recognition" from Desktop Context Menu
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Start_Speech_Recognition_from_desktop_context_menu.reg

Download

4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Set Up Speech Recognition in Windows 10
• How to Start Speech Recognition in Windows 10
• How to Create a Start Speech Recognition Shortcut in Windows 10
• How to Add, Delete, and Change Speech Recognition Profiles in Windows 10
• How to Change Speech Recognition Language in Windows 10
• How to Turn On or Off Use Speech Recognition in Windows Mixed Reality in Windows 10
• How to Enable or Disable Run Speech Recognition at Startup in Windows 10
• How to Enable or Disable Document Review for Speech Recognition in Windows 10
• How to Enable or Disable Voice Activation for Speech Recognition in Windows 10
• How to Add, Delete, Prevent, and Edit Speech Recognition Dictionary Words in Windows 10

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Windows Speech Recognition

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I would require more information to help you better.

Are facing any issue with speech recognition?

I would suggest you to follow the steps to see Advance speech options.

• Press Windows+X key on the keyboard
• Click on control panel
• Select speech recognition
• On the left hand pane you will see Advance speech option
  

I would also suggest you to refer to the below link:

How to use Speech Recognition

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/using-speech-recognition

(Step applies to Windows 10 as well)

Hope this information helps and let us know if you have any further queries related to Windows we will be glad to help you.

 

Speech Recognition Tutorial Missing


No problem setting up Speech Recognition, or setting up microphone.
But every time I select Start Speech Tutorial, I am directed to a web page:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...ch-recognition
This happens whether I use the context menu associated with the actual Speech Recognition application, or through the Control Panel configure option.

 

Win 10 Speech Recognition

I was going to try the settings one more time as you suggested. However I ran into deadlock even at the first step:



“…Select the
Speech Recognition > Set up Speech Recognition page…”



No such choice as “Set up Speech Recognition”. How can I send you the screen shot?

 

No speech recognition at all


Hi, this may be of interest:
Installing additional language packs for Windows 10 speech recognition random ranting

This has downloads, + a complete list of languages availablefor Win 10:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=27224
(but note the date)

fwiw I just tried it- my locale, speech, display language etc are set to UK English. (Which took some doing this time, or something was slightly messed up).

If I type speech in Cortana's search box, say, I get Windows Speech Recognition as top search.

I use Classic Shell, with the Control Panel expanded, so in a second or less I can see 'Speech Recognition' listed there.

Similarly, if I type 'Speech' in Settings I can easily see Speech Recognition.
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With the speech recognition bar displayed, task manager shows:
SpeechRuntime.exe in C:\Windows\System32\Speech_OneCore\Common ..........

sapisvr.exe in C:\Windows\Speech\Common

running.

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Some (older) search results:

I came across this for Win 7
Speech Recognition - Language Configuration is Not Supported Error Fix - Windows 7 Help Forums
- maybe there's an updated one here (see Tutorials).

There are a couple of helpful links at the end of this (but Win 7 again)
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...c-cb0ae84c939d

 

How to turn off Speech recognition in Windows 10?

Hi Peter,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

Follow the steps to turn off speech recognition in Windows 10

• Click Start then type: Change text to speech options in search bar.
• Hit enter.
• Select the Speech Recognition tab
• Under 'User Settings' uncheck 'Run speech recognition at startup'
• Click Apply and OK

Hope this helps, let us know if you need further assistance.