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Speaking as someone who has been testing the voice response, it is a great extra feature.
It's fun to watch the responses of friends, when you say "Computer" and it responds with "Yes?".

My set up is a desk top mic under the TV. I use the 6.1 MS Speech engine, which comes with Office 2003. This is much better at rejecting background noise (than 5.1) from what I have seen so far.
I have turned off the adaptive learning feature, since it slowly learns my flat mates voices too, which means it isn't as good at recognising my voice.
To make the voice responses better, I have kept them as brief as possible and also sped up the "Mary" voice slightly. The default speed is a little too slow and no one likes a computer that talks too much.

I know of another person who had to change the activation command from Computer. For some reason the PC would never accept his input. He now says "Jeanie" and the computer responds "Yes, Master?" but his wife hates it, so he'll probably have to change it soon. Anyway, if people are having issues with "Computer" then this may be a solution.
I'm changing mine to something else too. Being in the IT field that is a word that comes up quite a lot in ceonversation. Now we have to be careful what we say. you can be talking to friends and if the "c" word comes up in conversation then MP gets excited and says "Yes?". Now the game at my house is to try and impersonate my voice and see if the computer will respond. As a result a few of my friends have gotten very good at impersonating my voice.

Booyakasha has done a great job and when he is ready to release the next version I'm sure you'll all love it.

I've also discovered that this plugin can have an element of comedy to it. I can say "By the power of Grey Skull" and the computer will respond with "I have the power" Pointless, but still always makes me laugh every time...

<blockquote data-quote="Marcusb" data-source="post: 72771" data-attributes="member: 11550">Speaking as someone who has been testing the voice response, it is a great extra feature.It's fun to watch the responses of friends, when you say &quot;Computer&quot; and it responds with &quot;Yes?&quot;.My set up is a desk top mic under the TV.&nbsp; I use the 6.1 MS Speech engine, which comes with Office 2003.&nbsp; This is much better at rejecting background noise (than 5.1) from what I have seen so far.I have turned off the adaptive learning feature, since it slowly learns my flat mates voices too, which means it isn't as good at recognising my voice.To make the voice responses better, I have kept them as brief as possible and also sped up the &quot;Mary&quot; voice slightly.&nbsp; The default speed is a little too slow and no one likes a computer that talks too much.I know of another person who had to change the activation command from Computer.&nbsp; For some reason the PC would never accept his input.&nbsp; He now says &quot;Jeanie&quot; and the computer responds &quot;Yes, Master?&quot; but his wife hates it, so he'll probably have to change it soon.&nbsp; Anyway, if people are having issues with &quot;Computer&quot; then this may be a solution.I'm changing mine to something else too.&nbsp; Being in the IT field that is a word that comes up quite a lot in ceonversation.&nbsp; Now we have to be careful what we say.&nbsp; you can be talking to friends and if the &quot;c&quot; word comes up in conversation then MP gets excited and says &quot;Yes?&quot;.&nbsp; Now the game at my house is to try and impersonate my voice and see if the computer will respond.&nbsp; As a result a few of my friends have gotten very good at impersonating my voice.Booyakasha has done a great job and when he is ready to release the next version I'm sure you'll all love it.I've also discovered that this plugin can have an element of comedy to it.&nbsp; I can say &quot;By the power of Grey Skull&quot; and the computer will respond with &quot;I have the power&quot;&nbsp; Pointless, but still always makes me laugh every time...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marcusb, post: 72771, member: 11550"] Speaking as someone who has been testing the voice response, it is a great extra feature. It's fun to watch the responses of friends, when you say "Computer" and it responds with "Yes?". My set up is a desk top mic under the TV. I use the 6.1 MS Speech engine, which comes with Office 2003. This is much better at rejecting background noise (than 5.1) from what I have seen so far. I have turned off the adaptive learning feature, since it slowly learns my flat mates voices too, which means it isn't as good at recognising my voice. To make the voice responses better, I have kept them as brief as possible and also sped up the "Mary" voice slightly. The default speed is a little too slow and no one likes a computer that talks too much. I know of another person who had to change the activation command from Computer. For some reason the PC would never accept his input. He now says "Jeanie" and the computer responds "Yes, Master?" but his wife hates it, so he'll probably have to change it soon. Anyway, if people are having issues with "Computer" then this may be a solution. I'm changing mine to something else too. Being in the IT field that is a word that comes up quite a lot in ceonversation. Now we have to be careful what we say. you can be talking to friends and if the "c" word comes up in conversation then MP gets excited and says "Yes?". Now the game at my house is to try and impersonate my voice and see if the computer will respond. As a result a few of my friends have gotten very good at impersonating my voice. Booyakasha has done a great job and when he is ready to release the next version I'm sure you'll all love it. I've also discovered that this plugin can have an element of comedy to it. I can say "By the power of Grey Skull" and the computer will respond with "I have the power" Pointless, but still always makes me laugh every time... [/QUOTE]