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I've used Windows Speech Recognition in the past on my laptop - using the built-in microphone and also via the WO mic software which "makes" ones Android phone into a microphone. I've done a decent amount of dictation in this manner. I believe this was done with Windows 7.

Now I am running Windows 8.1 and after some time of not doing any dictation I'm trying to run the dictation, but am having all sorts of problems. This is in spite of the fact that I bought a NC-181 headset by Andrea Electronics - one of the higher rated headsets for voice dictation.

One quirk I've noticed that I suspect may be somehow involved is that under "Levels" the microphone is always being reset to 21. It seems that Windows Speech Recognition is the culprit that changes this - no matter what else I may set it to - which is strange, since Speech Recognition is what is having trouble hearing it.

Any ideas on where the problem lies? I've included a screenshot below of the "levels" issue I mentioned above:

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The problem appears to be that Microsoft Speech Recognition is using old microphone levels from when it ran the microphone configuration wizard in the past. Each time the program opens it resets the microphone levels to this stored value.

Go to Control Panel > Ease of Access > Speech Recognition. Click "Advanced speech options" in the sidebar on the left side of the window. A new window should pop up, called "Speech Properties". In the bottom right of that window, click "Configure Microphone", and it should start the configuration wizard which will have you speak a phrase and adjust the microphone for speech recognition accordingly.

Hopefully that solves the problem.

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Ensure your language setting equals your system setting (US English). The text to speech recognition, Cortana, and microphone on virtual keyboard as well as WIN hot key + H ....will all now work now.

Side note extra tip: If you also possibly have trouble connecting 'My Phone app with your computer, go into phone settings under advanced settings and it will then be able to connect your final step of setting up your phone with your computer. I am resourceful and tech savvy, just not post/blog savvy and noticed many people had both issues with no fix, and with my expert troubleshooting I eventually discovered these fixes. Hope it helps.

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