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Windows Speech Recognition
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<p>Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) is <a href="/facts/Speech_recognition/z7S7Pgk6">speech recognition</a> developed by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> for <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista/IASEUCTB">Windows Vista</a> that enables <a href="/facts/Hands-free_computing/bcbs45DB">voice commands</a> to control the <a href="/facts/Desktop_metaphor/kWQQNlxu">desktop</a> <a href="/facts/User_interface/e9sPEWVD">user interface</a>, <a href="/facts/Transcription_(linguistics)/tt1dQtlE">dictate</a> text in <a href="/facts/Electronic_document/7ee80Ee4">electronic documents</a> and <a href="/facts/Email/6pD9GLtI">email</a>, navigate <a href="/facts/Website/SAsjJnca">websites</a>, perform <a href="/facts/Keyboard_shortcut/mjeb82kI">keyboard shortcuts</a>, and operate the <a href="/facts/Cursor_(computing)/bGhgwPSq">mouse cursor</a>. It supports custom <a href="/facts/Macro_(computer_science)/7abAsm1o">macros</a> to perform additional or supplementary tasks. </p><p>WSR is a locally processed speech recognition platform; it does not rely on <a href="/facts/Cloud_computing/guhg0FGV">cloud computing</a> for accuracy, dictation, or recognition, but adapts based on contexts, grammars, speech samples, training sessions, and vocabularies. It provides a personal dictionary that allows users to include or exclude words or expressions from dictation and to record pronunciations to increase recognition accuracy. Custom language models are also supported. </p><p>With Windows Vista, WSR was developed to be part of Windows, as speech recognition was previously exclusive to applications such as <a href="/facts/Windows_Media_Player/k6xxSATq">Windows Media Player</a>. It is present in <a href="/facts/Windows_7/tldLdbnX">Windows 7</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_8/eRtw96T3">Windows 8</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_8.1/HRWIv7Mn">Windows 8.1</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_RT/0NWKXGLd">Windows RT</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_10/be9IHehJ">Windows 10</a>, and <a href="/facts/Windows_11/J2ywV8r4">Windows 11</a>. </p>