Voice Commands not working? Click here!

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There Came an Echo's voice recognition systems can be very, very accurate, but it does rely on some proper conditions to get it working well. Here are some things to look out for if you're not having much success:

Step 1) Ensure your microphone is plugged in before starting There Came an Echo. The bar on the Voice Calibration screen should be moving when you speak! If it's plugged in but nothing is happening, go to Recording Device settings in Windows and ensure your microphone is set as the Default Device.

Step 2) Ensure you have not enabled push-to-talk! It's currently easy to forget you've done this. If it's enabled, you have to hold down spacebar.

Step 3) If your input volume slider is at 100% but you still aren't getting near the top of the bar, try once again heading over to Recording Device settings in Windows, going into your microphone's properties, and enabling Microsoft Boost to +10 or +20 dB.

Step 4) If you have an accent, flip through the Language setting in the Options menu to see if there's an acoustic model and accent for you! You may also feel more comfortable playing in another language.

Step 5) If you feel that the commands aren't working as well in battle situations, remember to speak smoothly and calmly. Most importantly, do *not* attempt to string together consecutive commands without giving a pause...the recognition system only evaluates a phrase after around 600 ms of silence, and it can't handle two complete commands as one. Make sure you leave a little pause before every command.

Step 6) If you're still having trouble and no commands are being recognized at all, it's possible the VoiceCore component has crashed. In this situation, please look for a file called VoiceCoreErrorLog.txt in the folder Steam/steamapps/common/ThereCameAnEcho, and post its contents here! We might be able to figure out what's wrong and help you.

Thanks for your patience. Getting this system to work was a remarkable technical challenge, and we appreciate you guys even giving a shot in the first place. We'll do what we can to make sure your experience is as smooth as possible! <3

Edit: The Razer Kraken 7.1 and the Logitech G35 and possibly a few other Logitech sets (please let us know if one isn't working for you!) are currently incompatible with TCAE for weird reasons, too. Please use a different headset if possible.

[Suspense]

my firewall is permadisabled as i surf very carefully so that's not the point

[vortex mortex]

although this game is out for years already it is a shame that most hardware isn't working with this game. So definitely not optimized for recent standards. I had a couple of headsets with microphones and also standalone mics. In calibration mode they are working. On mission start i see the bar is moving. Then after the initial commands that are not yet executed it stops out of the blue and does not recover.

[Asmodeus]

I played it a few years ago and it worked. Then I tried to replay it some time later and it did not work anymore.
Actually I would like to see a new game in this style - I didn't understand why the studio didn't make a second part (or spiritual successor). I would also pay for a remake with much improved voice recognition which should be possible by now.