Voice-to-text software

Does your laptop have 3 mm headphone port? Maybe try the earbuds for your cell phone and see if that is picked up.

If you unplug the lifeChat headset and reboot, does the computer show a message that it recognized the headset being plugged in?

There's a setting in Win 10 to recognize your microphone, it might be turned off. Try going to SETTINGS - SOUND and then see if it sees an input device for your headset. You can try using the troubleshooter on the sound page, though I've never had much luck with Windows troubleshooters.

Also it might be a microphone privacy setting. Try this link for step by step instructions to verify if the settings are correct. Link

i am using dragon, it does not need internet

TenOC wrote:
I have a Microsoft lifeChat LX-3000 Headset that I have never used. It is 5 plus years old. I can not get Microsoft Speech Reorganization program to acknowledge the microphone. The ear phone parts work and there is no errors in the Device Manager.

Any suggestion?

I would research to see if it's compatible or if the operating software is installed. If not, look to see what software is compatible with your headset or buy a headset compatible with the windows version. I don't use a headset at all, just the built in microphone on the laptop.

Are you expecting it to work without internet?

Dragon was the industry leader for an offline connection. Not sure if it still works off-grid or not.

I have a Microsoft lifeChat LX-3000 Headset that I have never used. It is 5 plus years old. I can not get Microsoft Speech Reorganization program to acknowledge the microphone. The ear phone parts work and there is no errors in the Device Manager.

Any suggestion?

Voice to text may already be configured. On your laptop try clicking (Windows key plus the H key) to launch the speech recognition. If this does nothing then...

• Click on the windows icon (formerly the start button) on the lower left corner of the screen.
• Click on "settings" (the gear icon) on the left side of the screen.
• Click on "Time & Language".
• Click on "Speech" on the left side of the window.
• Under "Related Settings" scroll down to "Speech, inking & typing privacy".
• On the new page click on "Speech, inking & typing privacy".
• That should be it.
• Click (Windows key plus the H key) to launch the speech recognition.

Windows works fine, any of them need to be "trained".

I use and like Dragon, but you do need to train yourself and the software to work at full effect.

Use the Windows built in. It is as good as the others.

Windows has the built in windows speech recognition software. I use it for work sometimes for dictation for long emails but you can teach it to do anything a mouse would do. There is a learning process, where you have sessions with it to further learn your voice. Once dialed in it works ok.

Dragon also makes an off the shelf software that works pretty good in some applications.

Google's version is really bad.