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When you are done, click OK to close the sound window.As technology continues to advance, speech to text software is becoming increasingly popular and vital for both personal and professional use.If you still don't see any green bars, try repeating steps 3-7 for any other recording devices you may have. Click OK and check again if you see green bars rising when you talk into the microphone: if you do, your mic is now properly configured. In the levels tab, drag the slider to the right to increase the microphone level. The Microphone Properties window appears. If not, continue to the next step.ĭouble-click on the device that represents your microphone. If you do, your mic is now correctly setup. Check again if you see green bars rising when you talk into the microphone.If you found it, click it to highlight it, and then click Set Default.

Check if you can recognize which one of the devices in the list is your microphone.Try speaking into your microphone, and see if there any green bars rising next to one of them while you talk.In the Sound window, click the Recording tab. If you don't see Sound, type 'Sound' into the Search box in the upper left of the Control Panel. Windows 7: Press the Windows key and select Control Panel and click Sound.

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Here are the steps you'll need to follow to check and update your microphone setup:

If you see the 'Which of these devices do you want to troubleshoot', select your microphone.

If you don't see Troubleshooting, type 'Troubleshooting' into the Search box in the upper left of the Control Panel. The troubleshooter can find and fix conflicts if any are found. In the Recording Audio wizard, select Next and follow the prompts.

Under Hardware and Sound, select Troubleshoot Audio Recording.

Press the Windows key and select Control Panel.

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Here's how to open the Windows Troubleshooting tool: It checks for common issues, such as making sure that both a working sound card and a recording device are installed on your computer. If your computer is having problems recording sound, try using the Recording Audio troubleshooter to fix the problem.

Select the Automatically adjust the microphone level as I speak option.

The Choose a Microphone dialog box opens. Select Settings>Microphone>Choose Microphone. This can occur when the Automatically adjust the microphone level as I speak option is disabled. Speak clearly at the type of volume level you would in a typical conversation.Ĭlipping occurs when you dictate and Dragon's volume meter rises into the red dot range.

If Dragon misunderstood something you said or did not respond, try repeating what you said.

Make sure it's reasonably quiet where you are, and that Dragon isn't hearing background voices, music players or TVs.

Make sure your device is right in front of you when you speak.

Select Settings>Profile>Open User Profile and select your user profile. If you see Dragon in this state, the microphone is disabled, either because no user profile is open or because you opened a transcription profile. If Dragon is asleep, do one of the following to wake it up:

Press the forward slash key (/) on the numeric keypad.

To put Dragon to sleep, do one of the following: To turn the microphone off, do one of the following:

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Press the plus sign key (+) on the numeric keypad.

To turn the microphone on, do one of the following: Check your device manufacturer's Web site for updates.ĭragon's microphone has to be on for you to dictate.ĭragon's microphone has to be on for you to dictate.

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Make sure you have the latest audio drivers for your device.

Make sure your microphone is turned on and not muted.

A window or dialog box must be active for you to dictate into it. The active window can change when you use another application or save your profile.

Make sure the window in which you want to dictate is active.

If your audio signal level is low, more memory is used to recognize your speech and Dragon will run more slowly.

Run Dragon's sound system check: say 'Check Audio' (or 'Switch to DragonBar', then 'Settings', then 'Microphone', then 'Check Microphone').

If you are using a USB microphone, connect it directly to the computer's USB port and not a USB extension or hub. If you are using a laptop with a docking station, try connecting your microphone to the laptop instead of the docking station, or vice versa.

If you are using an external microphone, check that your microphone is properly plugged into your computer.

Check that Dragon's microphone is on (as opposed to off or asleep).

If you get no response when you speak into your microphone: