I want to use voice command but my budget is limited keeping me from buying the kinect so I was looking for an alternative like using a mic if possible

Nope. Only possible with kinect. On PC there's a mod for it though.

*sigh* I thought so thanks one more reason to get a pc then eh.

no the voice reconition hardware and software is part of the kinect. so without it you cant

The voice recognition isn't stellar.

The xbox can only just cope with Skyrim. Without the Kinect's recognition, the box would have to decode your commands at the same time as rendering the graphics, that's just asking for a return to the RROD days.

Did not think it would be long before it happened.

Shame that those of us without Kinect can't just use a Standard Xbox 360 Microphone and try it out... Surprised Voice Commands have become such a big thing now with Kinect when we have had a game like EndWar that could work solely from Voice Commands on Xbox with a Standard Microphone.

Again, you're not missing much.

I wouldn't mind being able to sort by name, weight or value using LB in menu's..

End War, what a GREAT GAME!
I think they could easily do it. Keep it hush, but you've noticed that Xbox gets more right? 'tis the point, they want you to buy a Kinect.