Windows 10: "Microphone Setup" in Windows 10 search or settings search goes to Speech settings

This doesn't make sense. Microphone setup is not the same as speech.I may need to set up the microphone to make Speech work, but I don't want to set up Speech to make the microphone work.Regardless, I need to get to Mic settings to fix that. I don't care about Speech.

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setting up microphone for speech recognition

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand your concern as you are trying to setup speech recognition on the PC.
In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below.

• What is the Windows 10 version and Build installed? (Type
  winver in Windows search/Run command)
  
• When you say that “the box is grey and unresponsive”, where you are seeing this option?
  
• Are you able to connect the microphone to the PC? (Does it show in Device Manager)

Meanwhile we would suggest you to perform these steps and check if you are able to setup the microphone.

Steps to set up a microphone: Before you set up Speech Recognition, make sure you've plugged the microphone into your PC so the following steps work.

1. Press Windows + Q or click on the Windows Search.
   
2. Enter Set up a microphone in the search box, and then tap or click
   Set up a microphone.
   
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
   
4. Once you are able to setup the microphone and then check if it’s working.

You may also refer this article for additional help: Use voice recognition
in Windows 10



If you are facing issues configuring microphone on your computer, I would suggest you to refer:

Fix microphone problems



Let us know how it goes.



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Microphone problem Windows (8/10)

Hi,

To resolve your microphone issue, we suggest that you follow the steps below:

• Click Windows + S then type Speech Recognition on the search bar.
• Click Set up microphone and follow the Microphone setup wizard.
• When you reach Adjust the microphone volume, please note if the volume bar moves from yellow to red.
• Once the Setup wizard is complete, we can check if the microphone works properly. We can eliminate hardware problem from the possible causes of the issue. Please check to if the issue persists in the Third-party software.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Microphone Speech settings reset needed.

Hi,

Are you getting this message when using Windows Speech Recognition?

"Sorry about that, I didn't hear anything."

If so, let's disable and re-enable Cortana and see if that will make a difference. Click the
Cortana search box > notebook icon > Settings > Turn off
Cortana can give you suggestions, ideas, reminders, alerts and more option. To re-enable Cortana, click the search box > Cortana icon >
Use Cortana. Go to Settings again and make sure to turn on the
Let Cortana respond to "Hey Cortana." option.

If the issue persists, you may refer to the steps provided on this article:
Fix the problem with Cortana and Windows Speech Recognition

Let us know how it turns out.