Hi Tali,
MS Office is a 'client' (user) of the MS Speech Engine.
Office generally uses the latest one available when the
Office product version initially ships, but whether the
speech engine
http://microsoft.com/speech
will ship as part of Office or Windows for the 'next release'
or what features will be implemented in the next version
of MS Office is not known.
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I am using Speech recognition in Word 2003. It is engine 6.1.Wwill be coming
next version of SR engine? >>
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Bob Buckland ?

MS Office System Products MVP
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