If you've ever run through the Windows Speech setup, where you read out the phrases it shows on the screen, it may have automatically set your mic to a lower volume for whenever the Speech Engine is started. Here's how to fix that:
- Press Win + R to open a Run prompt. Type "regedit" and click OK.
- Expand the tree down to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Speech\RecoProfiles\Tokens.
- Expand the sub-folders until you see the "Volume" folder and select it.
- Rename or delete the Volume sub-key.
- In the Windows Sounds Control Panel, set the mic volume to whatever you like, it should no longer get auto-adjusted.
If you're experiencing issues with VoiceBot hanging and not responding to commands, check to see if you have the Realtek Nahimic audio drivers, or similar audio processing software installed on your system. Nahimic and Sonic Studio are two that seem to lock the Microsoft Speech Engine, preventing VoiceBot from accessing it. The only current workaround is to close or uninstall the audio processing software.
Not all sound cards do, but your sound card may have an option to reduce and almost eliminate background noise. To enable it, follow the steps below:
- Open the Windows Control Panel and click the "Sound" icon.
- Click the Recording tab.
- Double-click your microphone in the list.
- Click the Enhancements tab. If you don't see the Enhancements tab, try updating your sound card drivers. If you still don't see it, it's likely that your card doesn't support the enhancements needed for the option in the next step.
- Enable the "Noise Suppression" checkbox.
- Click OK, and OK again.
When using the auto-complete with BFS.Input.SendKeys, the input is converted to ASCII codes. You can use this table for reference if needed:
http://www.asciitable.com. Note that when writing code by hand, you can just enter text normally instead of using the codes, like this: BFS.Input.SendKeys("+(M)Y TEXT"); would output "My text".
VoiceBot uses the same installer for both the Free and the Pro version. If you don't enter a license key during the installation, you'll get an automatic 30-day trial of the Pro features.
After the 30-day trial is up, VoiceBot will automatically revert to the Free version. If you'd prefer to revert VoiceBot to the Free version before the end of the trial, please follow these steps:
- Open the VoiceBot Settings window
- Click the License Key tab
- Click the "Change to Free Version"
- Click Apply
After performing the steps above, VoiceBot will revert to the Free version, with the Pro features disabled. After reverting to the Free version, you'll no longer receive message box prompts to upgrade to the Pro version.
A VoiceBot Pro license key can certainly be transferred to a different computer! The license key can be installed on a different computer if you have done any of the following on the old computer first:
- Cleared the license key from the VoiceBot Settings > License Key tab and applied the settings (reverts VoiceBot to the Free version)
- Completely uninstalled VoiceBot
- Wiped or scrap the old computer
Basically, as long as DisplayFusion is no longer in use on the old computer, you're good to use your existing key on a new computer.
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