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I actually expected more of Windows, as I expected the speech engine to be based upon the way in which you speak to Cortana.

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Windows simply doesn’t have the accuracy that a professional package like Dragon does, though it does pretty well in a pinch.

SPEECH TO TEXT WINDOWS 10 SURFACE KEYBOARD ICON SOFTWARE

Is Windows better than competing software packages, such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking? No, not by a long shot. Windows needs to do the same thing with speech, enabling a user to switch on the fly. Windows allows me to pull out a pen and scroll or jot a note anytime I choose. Unfortunately, that creates a sort of all-or-nothing scenario, where one has to either type or dictate-there’s no back-and-forth. In that case the only choice you have is to pull out your keyboard and start hitting backspace repeatedly.

And certain commands, such as “delete that” didn’t work regularly. Specialized characters, such as ellipses and em-dashes, simply aren’t recognized. Microsoft says you can say punctuation words like “comma” and they will be inserted as punctuation, but that just isn’t always the case.

Say “go after ” to move the cursor to the first character after the specified word or phrase.

Say “move to the start of the word” to move the insertion point to the start of the word.

Say “clear selection” to unselect the text that has been selected.

Say “press backspace” to inject a backspace character.

Trying to memorize the list of Windows commands, and use them in the context of a sentence, takes some doing. Still, you’ll want to keep the keyboard and mouse handy. (In our review, we talk more about how we tested, along with a sample of how Windows’ dictation did.)ĭon’t leap to the conclusion that you’ll need a headset, though, as some modern tablets and laptops contain array microphones that can detect the subtle nuances that dictation depends upon. At home, with a noisier A/C unit and background noise, the experience differed.

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I used a Surface Pro 4 and a quiet conference room (albeit with air conditioning) as a test environment, and the overall experience was average at best. Granted, the quality of your microphone plays a role, as does background noise. Even 90-percent accuracy means that you’ll have to correct something manually in nearly every sentence. While Windows is smart enough to occasionally recognize the proper context of (big W) “Windows,” it flubs other, seemingly commonplace words. Windows’ inability to switch easily between typing and dictation is probably the weakest element of the whole thing, because the accuracy of Windows dictation isn’t quite enough for you to be able to type with your voice routinely.

A small beep signals when dictation begins or ends.ĭictation is easy within Windows editing isn’t In addition, if you pause for, say, five seconds, dictation stops automatically.

Unfortunately, if you pause your dictation to edit using your keyboard, you’re forced to re-enter the WIN + H hotkey to resume dictation. All dictation and navigation is completed orally, although you can stop at any time. That brings up a small window, which is actually the handwriting panel compressed to a single line. The WIN + H key instantly gets it started. Launching dictation within Windows 10 is a snap.

It works in the same way.) Mark Hachman / IDGĭictation works in whatever text field you’d like, whether it be Word or a web app. (Note: We used the Windows Insider builds to test, but we’ve confirmed that the dictation feature is present within the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Within the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, however, it’s been brought front and center. Dictation has lived within Windows for years, though it’s been confined to the Control Panel, where users had to set up and configure dictation capabilities manually before they could actually use it in the real world.