Voice commands

Is it possible to have visual basic recognize voice commands in programs.

Is it possible to have visual basic recognize voice commands in programs. Yes, you should look into Microsoft's MsAgent. I has voice/speech recognition technology built in.
Here's the Main Page (which has a link to the download page):
http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/default.asp

The speech engine also works with third party SR engines (as long as you install SAPI). Here's the listed of supported third party engines:
http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/downloads/otherspeech.asp