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System is the following:<br />
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64<br />
HP G72 Notebook PC<br />
4GB RAM<br />
Realtek High-Definition Audio<br />
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Software is:<br />
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Dragon Naturally Speaking 6.0<br />
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Issue is that when selecting the &quot;Prepare User for Dictation&quot; option in the &quot;NaturallySpeaking&quot; drop-down and hitting &quot;Go&quot; on the dictation screen that appears - it displays the error &quot;The speech engine was unable to open the audio channel&quot; &nbsp;The program doesn't appear to have any internal options to deal directly with audio devices that I can find.<br />
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What could be the issue? &nbsp;All devices/drivers are working properly on the system and enabled.
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System is the following:

Windows 7 Home Premium x64
HP G72 Notebook PC
4GB RAM
Realtek High-Definition Audio

Software is:

Dragon Naturally Speaking 6.0

Issue is that when selecting the "Prepare User for Dictation" option in the "NaturallySpeaking" drop-down and hitting "Go" on the dictation screen that appears - it displays the error "The speech engine was unable to open the audio channel"  The program doesn't appear to have any internal options to deal directly with audio devices that I can find.

What could be the issue?  All devices/drivers are working properly on the system and enabled.

Dragon Naturally Speaking (v.6) issue: &quot;The speech engine was unable to open the audio channel&quot;

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Voice Recognition

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MultiMedia Applications

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Dragon Naturally Speaking (v.6) issue: &quot;The speech engine was unable to open the audio channel&quot;

Dragon Naturally Speaking (v.6) issue: "The speech engine was unable to open the audio channel"