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Change Speech Recognition Profiles in Windows 10

Windows provides both a device-based speech recognition feature (available through the Windows Speech Recognition Desktop app), and a cloud-based speech recognition service in those markets and regions where Cortana is available. You can create multiple profiles for Speech Recognition to store information about how to recognize your voice. Also, switching between profiles allows recognizing a different voice.

Windows 10 Speech Recognition App

Windows Speech Recognition lets you control your PC with your voice alone, without needing a keyboard or mouse. There's a special wizard to help you get started. You need to plug in your microphone, and then configure Windows Speech Recognition. Speech Recognition is a nice addition to the dictation feature of Windows 10.

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Speech Recognition is only available for the following languages: English (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, and Australia), French, German, Japanese, Mandarin (Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional), and Spanish.

In Windows 10, you can create a new profile for Speech Recognition, delete an existing profile, and activate/deactivate any profile (change the active profile).

Add a Speech Recognition Profile

  1. Enable the Speech Recognition feature.
  2. Open the classic Control Panel app.
  3. Go to Control Panel\Ease of Access\Speech Recognition.
  4. On the left, click on the link Advanced speech options.Speech Recongition Advanced Options Link
  5. In the Speech Properties dialog, click on the New button in the Recognition Profiles section.Windows 10 New Speech Recognition Profile
  6. Provide a name for this new profile.Windows 10 Name For Speech Recognition Profile
  7. Select the microphone type you are using. Windows 10 Speech Recognition Profile Microphone Type
  8. Click Next to configure your microphone.Windows 10 Speech Recognition Profile Set Up Microphone
  9. Read aloud the statement displayed on the next page and click on the Next button.Windows 10 Speech Recognition Profile Read Aloud
  10. The profile is now created. Click on the Finish button.Windows 10 Speech Recognition Profile Created

You are done.

Change a Speech Recognition Profile

  1. Open the classic Control Panel app.
  2. Go to Control Panel\Ease of Access\Speech Recognition.
  3. On the left, click on the link Advanced speech options.Speech Recongition Advanced Options Link
  4. In the Speech Properties dialog, turn on (check) aprofile you want to use in the Recognition Profiles section.Windows 10 Speech Recognition Profile Change
  5. Click on the OK button.

Delete a Speech Recognition profile

  1. Open the classic Control Panel app.
  2. Go to Control Panel\Ease of Access\Speech Recognition.
  3. On the left, click on the link Advanced speech options.Speech Recongition Advanced Options Link
  4. In the Speech Properties dialog, select the profile you want to delete.
  5. Click on the Delete button next to the profile list.Windows 10 Speech Recognition Profile Delete
  6. Confirm the operation.

The profile is now deleted.

If you get the Could not delete profile error message, activate a different profile, then close the Speech Properties dialog. Open it once again, and try to delete the profile.

That's it.

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Author: Sergey Tkachenko

Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer who started Winaero back in 2011. On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software. Follow him on Telegram, Twitter, and YouTube.

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