How Windows 10 dictation works
from PC world 03 October indexed on 03 October 2017 16:01Dictation within Windows has lived in the shadows for years. Finally, with Windows 10 and the Fall Creators Update, dictating text is almost as easy as talking to Siri, Cortana, or Google. Within Windows 10, you can turn on dictation with just a keystroke. It's easy. I wrote this whole article with just my voice. I edited it, though, with my mouse and keyboard. It's all part of Windows 10's new emphasis on modality: first touch, then writing with a pen, voice control, and finally dictation. 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. Within the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, however, it's been brought front and center. (Note: We used the Windows Insider builds to test. We do not expect the dictation features to change much before the Fall Creators Update officially ships, but if they do, we'll update this story.) To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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