Microsoft KB Archive/307670

= Error Message When You Issue a Voice Command to Play a Particular Artist: Artist Not Recognized =

Article ID: 307670

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP
 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 8.01
 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 8.01

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This article was previously published under Q307670



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Plus! Voice Command for Windows Media Player, when you use the following command to instruct Microsoft Windows Media Player to play a song by a particular artist

Media Player, play artist

you may receive the following error message on the Language bar:

Artist not recognized.

This behavior can occur even though your Media Library contains songs by that particular artist.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the name of the artist contains numbers. For example, Windows Media Player may not recognize commands similar to the following:

Media Player, play artist UB40

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Media Player, play artist U2



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, use either of the following methods.

Method 1
Click Media Library, click the name of the artist whose songs you want to play under Artist, and then click Play. Or, if you want to play a particular song by that artist, select the track in the right pane, and then click Play.

Method 2
For each track that you want to play, edit the artist information to remove the number or numbers from the artist's name, and then issue the appropriate voice command. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Media Library, and then click the name of the artist whose songs you want to play under Artist in the left pane.
 * 2) In the Artist column in the right pane, right-click the track that you want to edit, and then click Edit.
 * 3) Remove the number or numbers from the artist's name, and then press ENTER.



MORE INFORMATION
With Plus! Voice Command for Windows Media Player, you can issue voice commands to control the appearance and content of what is played by Windows Media Player. You can tell Windows Media Player to perform many actions, including the following:
 * Adjust the volume.
 * Play a particular playlist or artist.
 * Show and hide lyrics and visualizations.

For more information about using voice commands in Windows Media Player, click Help Topics on the Windows Media Player Help menu, click the Search tab, type voice commands, and then click List Topics to view the topics returned.

For more information about Plus! for Microsoft Windows XP, browse to the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus

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