Win 8.1 - Speech Recognition Error / Could Not Initialize Volume Meter
May 9, 2014
I've successfully setup Speech Recognition but when I restart the computer, I receive the following error message...
When I try accessing "Advanced speech properties" to troubleshoot, I receive the following error "could not initialize volume meter. Please select a different audio input device".
Then the "Speech Properties" dialog box pops up and when I click "Advanced" and select the audio input device, the "Speech Properties" dialog box freezes every time when I try to hit "Apply".
Running Windows 8.1 x64
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Feb 7, 2014
"Speech recognition could not start because the language configuration is not supported" . That's the message I get when I try to open the speech recognition program.
Well I am greek and my windows are in greek version as well. As I understood from this message the greek ver. of Win 8 doesnt support speech recognition...
Here is a screenshot of my problem: Screenshot by Lightshot
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