Though I haven't tried it, there is a Speech Recognition Engine available from MS for use with MS Agent:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/imedia/agent/agentdevdl.asp#sr

>>Hi,
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>>I would like to know if Microsoft Agent can be used as an input device.
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>>I am trying to find any products that can be used with VFP for data entry (some text, but mostly numbers).
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>>Thanks,
>>Ed Lennon
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>MS Agent is purely for output. You might try something like NaturallySpeaking from Dragon.