How to correctly implement Speech Recognition in Windows 10 UWP

Question

So far I haven't had any luck with the voice recognition examples that I have found on Microsoft's website. I have also looked at this website - https://mtaulty.com/2016/02/08/text-to-speech-and-more-with-windows-10-uwp-project-oxford/ and I tried using the examples given and it still doesn't work. What is happening is the SpeechRecognitionConfidence is rejected (it isn't picking up that I said anything). Before you ask, yes I have a working microphone and everything is enabled in Settings.

Is there something simple that I'm missing here?

If you don't quite understand my question scroll to the bottom of the page I linked above and user nhwilly1011 has the same issue I am experiencing.

async void Button_Click_2(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        this.recognizer = new SpeechRecognizer();
        await this.recognizer.CompileConstraintsAsync();

        this.recognizer.Timeouts.InitialSilenceTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
        this.recognizer.Timeouts.EndSilenceTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20);

        this.recognizer.UIOptions.AudiblePrompt = "Say whatever you like, I'm listening";
        this.recognizer.UIOptions.ExampleText = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
        this.recognizer.UIOptions.ShowConfirmation = true;
        this.recognizer.UIOptions.IsReadBackEnabled = true;
        this.recognizer.Timeouts.BabbleTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);

        var result = await this.recognizer.RecognizeWithUIAsync();

        if (result != null)
        {
            StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

            builder.AppendLine(
              $"I have {result.Confidence} confidence that you said [{result.Text}] " +
              $"and it took {result.PhraseDuration.TotalSeconds} seconds to say it " +
              $"starting at {result.PhraseStartTime:g}");

            var alternates = result.GetAlternates(10);

            builder.AppendLine(
              $"There were {alternates?.Count} alternates - listed below (if any)");

            if (alternates != null)
            {
                foreach (var alternate in alternates)
                {
                    builder.AppendLine(
                      $"Alternate {alternate.Confidence} confident you said [{alternate.Text}]");
                }
            }
            this.txtResults.Text = builder.ToString();
        }
    }
    SpeechRecognizer recognizer;

I have also tried the Microsoft example and it does not work either --

    private async void Button_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        // Create an instance of SpeechRecognizer.
        var speechRecognizer = new Windows.Media.SpeechRecognition.SpeechRecognizer();

        //// Listen for audio input issues.
        //speechRecognizer.RecognitionQualityDegrading += speechRecognizer_RecognitionQualityDegrading;

        // Add a web search grammar to the recognizer.
        var webSearchGrammar = new Windows.Media.SpeechRecognition.SpeechRecognitionTopicConstraint(Windows.Media.SpeechRecognition.SpeechRecognitionScenario.WebSearch, "webSearch");


        speechRecognizer.UIOptions.AudiblePrompt = "Say what you want to search for...";
        speechRecognizer.UIOptions.ExampleText = @"Ex. 'weather for London'";
        speechRecognizer.Constraints.Add(webSearchGrammar);


        // Compile the constraint.
        await speechRecognizer.CompileConstraintsAsync();

        // Start recognition.
        Windows.Media.SpeechRecognition.SpeechRecognitionResult speechRecognitionResult = await speechRecognizer.RecognizeWithUIAsync();
        await speechRecognizer.RecognizeWithUIAsync();

        // Do something with the recognition result.
        var messageDialog = new Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog(speechRecognitionResult.Text, "Text spoken");
        await messageDialog.ShowAsync();
    }

Answer 1

I have found out the answer. My computer was not enabled with Cortana so I initially wasn't getting an error message. After using a computer that had Cortana I was able to figure out that there was an issue with the network that I was using. After switching networks everything worked as expected. My error was Error with speech recognition: "Can't access the network" and it was fixed by switching to an unsecured WiFi connection.