Voice Attack not recognizing speech

[GolddenWaffels]

Hello, I turned on voice attack in the morning, but it didn't recognize my speech nor it detected anything I said, like "hello" nothing. If I changed the profiles it would say that it changes the profile, but that's it nothing will appear on the notification's page. Help LOL it didn't do this yesterday and it has never happened before, here is the settings summary. Thanks

VoiceAttack settings summary (last-committed values only) Friday, September 29, 2023 5:40 PM
Windows 10.0.19044 64 bit
Last reboot: Friday, September 29, 2023 5:19 PM

VoiceAttack 64-bit version v1.10.6 - Steam
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Started: Friday, September 29, 2023 5:25 PM
Running as an administrator: Yes
Compact mode enabled: No
Dark mode enabled: No
Always on top: No
Application culture: en-US
UI culture: en-US
Command line: "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\VoiceAttack\VoiceAttack.exe" -asadminREBOOT


General
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Launch with Windows start: No
Minimize to system tray: No
Show control tips: Yes
Start minimized: No
Auto profile switching enabled: No
Minimize on close: No
Enable plugin support: No
Show tips at startup: Yes
Disable F1 help: No
Using 'Load Profile on Startup': Yes
Using 'Global Profiles': No
Keyboard Display Layout: System Default - English (United States)
User-defined sounds folder set: No
User-defined apps folder set: No

Joystick services available: Yes
Joystick polling frequency: 30
Joystick 1 Assigned: Yes
Joystick 1 Enabled: Yes
Name: WINWING Orion Joystick Base 2 + F18 GRIP
Joystick 1 POV Enabled: No
Joystick 1 POV 1: None
Joystick 1 POV 2: None
Joystick 1 POV 3: None
Joystick 1 POV 4: None
Joystick 2 Assigned: Yes
Joystick 2 Enabled: Yes
Name: WINWING Orion Throttle Base II + F18 HANDLE
Joystick 2 POV Enabled: No
Joystick 2 POV 1: None
Joystick 2 POV 2: None
Joystick 2 POV 3: None
Joystick 2 POV 4: None
Joystick 3 Assigned: No
Joystick 4 Assigned: No

Recognition
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Speech Engine: System Default (Microsoft Speech Recognizer 8.0 for Windows (English - US))
Speech disabled: No
Speech recording device muted: No
Windows speech recording device: Microphone (Realtek(R) Audio)
Recognized speech delay: 0
Unrecognized speech delay: 250
Command weight: 50
Minimum confidence: 0
Show confidence level: No
Minimum unrecognized confidence level: 50
Disable adaptive recognition: No
Disable acoustic echo cancellation: Yes
Reject pending speech: No
Using repeat command phrases: No
Using recognition prefix exclusions: Yes

Audio
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Audio type: Integrated Components
Notification sounds: Yes
Fade stopped audio: Yes
Override default playback device: Do not override (use Windows Default Playback Device)
Override default text-to-speech device: Do not override (use Windows Default Playback Device)
Audio cache size: 32
Feature on sound: Default
Feature off sound: Default
Stop commands sound: Default
Sound file volume offset: 100
TTS volume offset: 100
Set Windows default multimedia audio playback device on startup: No  (Headphones (Realtek(R) Audio))
Set Windows default communications audio playback device on startup: No  (Headphones (Realtek(R) Audio))
Set Windows default multimedia audio recording device on startup: No  (Mic in at rear panel (black) (Realtek(R) Audio))
Set Windows default communications audio recording device on startup: No  (Mic in at rear panel (black) (Realtek(R) Audio))

Hotkeys
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Recognition global hotkey: Disabled
Mouse click recognition: None
Joystick button recognition: Disabled
Stop all commands hotkey: Disabled
Keyboard shortcut double tap threshold: 300
Keyboard shortcut long press threshold: 700
Mouse button shortcut double tap threshold: 300
Mouse button long press threshold: 700
Joystick button shortcut double tap threshold: 300
Joystick button long press threshold: 700

System/Advanced
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VoiceAttack data directory valid: Yes
Bypass mouse targeting: Yes
Single TTS instance: No
Cancel blocked commands: Yes
Show third-party app warnings: No
Stop running commands when editing: No
Allow command segment info for composite commands: No
Upon import, profiles will have, 'Block potentially harmful profile actions' selected: Yes
Enable log quiet mode: No
Run VoiceAttack as an administrator: Yes
Disable prefetch audio: No
Preserve prefetched audio on profile change: No
Speech engine type selected: Use Built-In SAPI Speech Engines
TTS type selected: Use Built-In SAPI Text-To-Speech Synthesizers
Enable sleep mode: No
Prevent speech engine from changing microphone volume: No

Additional Info
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Speech engines installed:
Microsoft Speech Recognizer 8.0 for Windows (English - US)

Enabled playback devices:
Headphones (Realtek(R) Audio) [Default] [Default Communications]
Speakers (Realtek(R) Audio)

Enabled recording devices:
Mic in at rear panel (black) (Realtek(R) Audio) [Default] [Default Communications]
Microphone (Realtek(R) Audio)

Active joystick devices:
VelocityOne Rudder
VelocityOne Rudder
WINWING Orion Joystick Base 2 + F18 GRIP
WINWING Orion Throttle Base II + F18 HANDLE

Screen: DISPLAY5 2560 x 1440, Scaling 50%  - Primary

[Pfeil]

The microphone in use by the speech recognition system is not the one configured as the Windows default recording device.

Under normal circumstances, you'd want to make sure the "Windows Speech Recording Device" option on the "Recognition" tab of the VoiceAttack options window (which is a shortcut to a Windows option; not a VoiceAttack-specific option) is set to the "Default - "-prefixed device, so that it uses whichever device is configured as the Windows default multimedia recording device.

[GolddenWaffels]

The microphone in use by the speech recognition system is not the one configured as the Windows default recording device.

Under normal circumstances, you'd want to make sure the "Windows Speech Recording Device" option on the "Recognition" tab of the VoiceAttack options window (which is a shortcut to a Windows option; not a VoiceAttack-specific option) is set to the "Default - "-prefixed device, so that it uses whichever device is configured as the Windows default multimedia recording device.

Alright I changed that, however it still doesn't recognize anything I say. Any advice Willem Dafoe? Thanks

[GolddenWaffels]

Okay Nevermind I fixed it, turns out my input microphone was not selected for some reason. Any thoughts on why this might happen? Thanks and Thank you Willem Dafoe LOL

[Pfeil]

Not sure what you mean by "my input microphone was not selected", but the Windows default multimedia recording device can change when a device is unplugged, or a new device is plugged in, which can also happen when drivers are updated.

This is also true of the Microsoft speech recognition system when the "Windows Speech Recording Device" option (or the underlying option in Windows itself) is not set to the "Default - "-prefixed option, as the engine will switch to another device (and not necessarily switch back) if the device it's configured to use explicitly is no longer available.