speech recognition from audio file instead of microphone

Question

How can I perform speech recognition on speech coming from an audio file (.mp3, wav) instead of the microphone ?

I want to be able to do that from C#.NET and Delphi.

Answer 1

This article answers your question specifically:

Using WAV File Input with SR Engines
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms717071(VS.85).aspx

See the following articles for general info:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163663.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_Application_Programming_Interface

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms723627(VS.85).aspx