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==Overview and features==

WSR allows a user to control the Windows [[desktop metaphor|desktop]] [[user interface]] through voice commands. Applications—including most of those bundled with Windows—can be controlled through voice commands.<ref name="Guide"/> Users can dictate text within documents, email, and forms; control the operating system user interface; perform [[keyboard shortcut]]s; and move the [[cursor (computing)|mouse cursor]].<ref name="CommonCommands">{{cite web |url=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/common-speech-recognition-commands#1TC=windows-vista |title=Common commands in Speech Recognition |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=Windows Support |accessdate=June 30, 2015}}</ref> WSR relies on the Speech API developed by Microsoft,<ref name="TalkingWindowsVista"/> and third-party applications must support the Text Services Framework for dictation; the majority of integrated applications in Windows Vista can be controlled through speech.<ref name="Guide">{{cite web |url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530325.aspx |title=Windows Vista Speech Recognition Step-by-Step Guide |last=Phillips |first=Todd |date=2007 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[MSDN]] |accessdate=June 30, 2015}}</ref> The following languages are supported: [[traditional Chinese characters|Chinese (Traditional)]], [[simplified Chinese characters|Chinese (Simplified)]], [[American English|English (U.S.)]], [[British English|English (U.K.)]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Mandarin Chinese]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are supported languages.<ref name="SpeechRecognition"/>

When WSR is started for the first time, it presents an optional interactive step-by-step tutorial that users can commence to learn basic commands while adapting the recognizer to their specific voice characteristics;<ref name="Guide"/> the tutorial is estimated to require approximately 10 minutes to complete.<ref name="MSR8">{{cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/3124761/windows/the-windows-weakness-no-one-mentions-speech-recognition.html |title=The Windows weakness no one mentions: Speech recognition |last=Hachman |first=Mark |date=May 10, 2017 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |work=[[PC World]] |accessdate=March 28, 2018}}</ref> The accuracy of the recognizer increases regular through regular use, which adapts it to contexts, grammars, patterns, and vocabularies.<ref name="SpeechRecognition">{{cite web |url=https://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/windowsvista/speech.aspx |title=Windows Speech Recognition |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=Microsoft Accessibility |accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Privacy"/> Custom language models that adapt the recognizer tofor the specific contexts, phonetics, and terminologies of users in particular occupational fields such as legal or medical are also supported.<ref name="CustomizedVocabularies">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/robch/2005/09/20/customized-speech-vocabularies-in-windows-vista/ |title=Customized speech vocabularies in Windows Vista |last=Chambers |first=Rob |date=September 20, 2005 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[Microsoft Developer Network|MSDN]] |accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref> With [[Windows Search]],<ref name="ThurrottAllchin">{{cite web |url=http://www.itprotoday.com/jim-allchin-talks-windows-vista |title=Jim Allchin Talks Windows Vista |last=Thurrott |first=Paul |authorlink=Paul Thurrott |date=October 6, 2010 |publisher=[[Penton (company)|Penton]] |work=[[Windows IT Pro]] |accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref> the recognizer also can optionally harvest text in documents, email, as well as handwritten [[tablet PC]] input to contextualize and disambiguate terms to improve accuracy; no information is sent to Microsoft.<ref name="Privacy">{{cite web |url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/9/4/7945a146-fc32-48c2-8c14-83b1b36696e5/Windows%20Vista%20Privacy%20Statement.rtf |title=Windows Vista Privacy Statement |author=[[Microsoft]] |date=2006 |format=RTF |accessdate=July 1, 2015}}</ref>

WSR is a locally processed speech recognition platform; it does not rely on cloud computing for accuracy, dictation, or recognition.<ref name="MicrosoftPrivacyStatement">{{cite web |url=https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement |title=Microsoft Privacy Statement |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |accessdate=May 12, 2020}}</ref> Speech profiles that store information about users are retained locally.<ref name="Privacy"/> Backups and transfers of profiles can be performed via [[Windows Easy Transfer]].<ref name="Transfer">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robch/archive/2007/02/15/transferring-windows-speech-recognition-profiles-from-one-machine-to-another.aspx |title=Transferring Windows Speech Recognition profiles from one machine to another |last=Chambers |first=Rob |date=February 15, 2007 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[Microsoft Developer Network|MSDN]] |accessdate=June 28, 2015}}</ref>