Showing posts with label voice input. Show all posts
Showing posts with label voice input. Show all posts

May 2, 2018

Improved Dictation in Windows 10 with the April, 2018 Update

The Latest Windows Update brings
Improved Voice Typing to Windows 10


Talk to Type in Any Text Field


Windows is about to push another major update, beginning on April 30, 2018.  This update will include several new features most of us won't use.  However, there is one new and improved feature that will excite many of us, especially those of us who have come to rely on it when using tablets or smartphones. That new feature is improved dictation.

Windows has had limited dictation abilities for several releases.  Previously, dictation was hidden amongst the accessibility features, and it did not work very well.  One could do limited voice typing within notepad or within a handful of word processing applications, but the recognition engine was bad, and it was clunky to access. You also needed a separate microphone for voice typing to work at all.  The April, 2018 update changes all of that.