Most of you have probably heard of speech recognition, but did you know it can be accessed through the Microsoft Application Suite? This feature allows you to dictate content and execute instructions, verbally, within Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Access. For example, to exit any application, you simply say “File Exit”.

To implement speech recognition functionality, you must first train the application to recognize your voice. Like anything else, the more you train, the better the results.

The Speech tool is found in the “Tools” menu of each Microsoft application. Try it out!