When you delete a speech profile in Windows Vista Enterprise, the user lexicon is not automatically deleted. Also, you are not notified that the user lexicon was not deleted.

In some versions of Windows Vista, when you open the Speech Recognition Options item in Control Panel, the user interface items are not in the correct language. Additionally, no configuration features are available under Configure your Speech Recognition experience. Therefore, you cannot configure the Speech Recognition feature.

A long video of someone using Firefox, and then IE7 to go to a website using speech recognition. Firefox did a decent job, IE7 was horrible. It is comical to watch, especially when you need to spell something with the letter ‘N’! Keep reading →

More info on the concept of using speech recognition to hack your Vista. Keep reading →

The Microsoft Security Response Center Blog has a post that describes a potential issue with Vista’s speech recognition feature. They say it’s nothing to worry about, the stars would have to align to take advantage of it. So can the ‘hackers’ find a way to make it work? Keep reading →