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Turn on or off saving speech input data

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2003

 

This feature is available in the Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English (U.S.), and Japanese language versions of Microsoft Office.

When speech input data is saved, a recording of dictated text is available on the corrections list after a file is saved. Then when the file is reopened, you can right-click an error and hear what was originally said.

ShowTurn on saving speech input data

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save tab.
  2. Under Save options, select the Embed linguistic data check box, and then click OK.

 Note   This option affects handwritten input data as well as speech input data.

  1. On the Language bar, click Speech Tools Button image, and then click Save Speech Data.

ShowTurn off saving speech input data

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save tab.
  2. Under Save options, clear the Embed linguistic data check box, and then click OK.

 Note   This option affects handwritten input data as well as speech input data.

  1. On the Language bar, click Speech Tools Button image.
  2. Click to clear Save Speech Data.

 Note   If you choose not to save speech input data, you can hear dictated text on the corrections list up until the point at which you save a file. The recorded text will not be available when you reopen the file.

 
 

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