I've searched the web endlessly for this, and I've found some scattered info, but nothing to concretely help me. Any ideas at all would be appreciated.
Basically, I would like to use voice commands for some games. Trying to install programs such as GlovePie or Articulate for this purpose, resulted in error message notifying that my Microsoft Speech Recognition is absent. Trying to enable that, I discovered that Microsoft has crippled localized Windows versions (I run Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 in Finnish) and as a result I can't use speech recognition at all! It doesn't exist in Finnish, it can't be downloaded in English.
I thought I could outsmart the system by installing an alternative program. I found a freeware which, sadly, it also reported it can't work without Microsoft Speech Recognition.
Now, since e.g. I can use speech recognition on my Google searches, I guess it is technically possible.
My question is: Is there any program (preferably freeware, of course) that would allow me to circumnavigate this bug feature of Windows, not to offer speech recognition for localized Windows? Or, is there any other way to do this through the Windows system?
Any other idea at all would be greatly appreciated :smile:
Basically, I would like to use voice commands for some games. Trying to install programs such as GlovePie or Articulate for this purpose, resulted in error message notifying that my Microsoft Speech Recognition is absent. Trying to enable that, I discovered that Microsoft has crippled localized Windows versions (I run Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 in Finnish) and as a result I can't use speech recognition at all! It doesn't exist in Finnish, it can't be downloaded in English.
I thought I could outsmart the system by installing an alternative program. I found a freeware which, sadly, it also reported it can't work without Microsoft Speech Recognition.
Now, since e.g. I can use speech recognition on my Google searches, I guess it is technically possible.
My question is: Is there any program (preferably freeware, of course) that would allow me to circumnavigate this bug feature of Windows, not to offer speech recognition for localized Windows? Or, is there any other way to do this through the Windows system?
Any other idea at all would be greatly appreciated :smile: