Your control does not have a VU meter displaying the audio input. That leads me to believe the mic is not set as default? You did mention the VU meter works, but i don't see it in the screenshot. Also, if that's the case, check the debug log as mentioned in my previous post. Can you view the debug and see what it says?

Thanks DJ,  When I referred to the VU meter I was referencing the VU meter in the mic setup. I do not see that in the control itself, you are correct. I also believe this must be with my computer as this started when I switched to a new laptop.

Here is the results of the debug window.

EZB 0: 2/17/2019 5:22 PM - Windows version: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.17134.0

2/17/2019 5:22 PM - WELCOME TUTORIAL disabled by user

2/17/2019 5:22 PM - Screen Resolution: 1536x864 (96x96 dpi)

2/17/2019 5:22 PM - Version: 2019.01.26.00

2/17/2019 5:23 PM - Speech Recognition Culture: en-US

2/17/2019 5:23 PM - Loaded speech recognition successfully

EZB 1: 

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EZB 3: 

EZB 4: 

Below is a pic showing the mic VU and that it is functioning and set to default.

Hmmmmm - when you right click in the sound settings on the recording mic device, is there an option to make it the default communication device? I'm at a loss to what windows needs to select that microphone as the input device. The white VU in the speech recognition window is because it can't find the default device. The code in the speech recognition control does this..

          _sre.SetInputToDefaultAudioDevice();

Which simply sets the input to the default audio device, which i see you have selected by the green checkbox. But for some reason it's not finding it... You're in an unknown territory to me, i've never come across the specific setting that is required. You're going to have to share the solution with me when you find it. But it is definitely a windows setting

Perry,  I has a situation just as you described.  To fix it I just deleted the Speech Recognition Control , closed ARC, restarted ARC and reloaded the Speech Recognition Control.  Worked for me.

Thanks 3DGuy. Tried that a few different times.

DJ, thanks for the troubleshooting help. I'll let you know what I find. I'm pretty religious about updating drivers so maybe there is a setting somewhere. All other programs recognize my mic as the default as do other controls. Kinda crazy.

Perry - try this latest beta release. I added a debug message if there's no default audio device. If that's the case for your situation, you should see a debug message in the debug window. Otherwise i'm still out of ideas: https://synthiam.com/Software/Release/Beta-Release-2019-02-17-00-17660

I can confirm this. I tried adding speech recognician and i get a white box with no waveform and does'nt hear anything. If I add bing i get the wave form and it hears me fine. (not the latest beta). Tried removing and rebooting multiple times same thing happens.

There must have been a Windows Update that changed some sound card configurations. I've seen news posts about that happening from a windows update. Check if there's a newer update for your pc? This is using the default windows drivers so there's unfortunately nothing i can do from this end that i can think of hmmmmm...