Fact · Dictation software
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Microsoft's Windows Vista speech recognition guide, updated in June 2007, says speech recognition is part of the Windows Vista operating system, for dictating documents and controlling programs by voice.
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In the source's own words
“Using speech recognition in the operating system, you can dictate emails and documents and use your voice to control your favorite programs and navigate Web sites.”
Windows Vista Speech Recognition Step-by-Step Guide, Todd Phillips, Microsoft Learn (archived MSDN documentation), 2007, Introduction and Benefits of Speech Recognition.
Open the original- What it measures
- The guide is titled Windows Vista Speech Recognition Step-by-Step Guide and is marked Updated June 2007. The page names no release date for Windows Vista or for the feature.
- What it does not show
- The June 2007 date is the guide's update month, not the date the feature launched. The page does not say when Windows Vista shipped or when the feature first appeared, so this fact dates the feature to June 2007 or earlier.
In the data
A row of History of Dictation Software: A Dated Timeline, as Windows Vista speech recognition guide: 2,007 year.
- Event
- Feature added
- Product
- Windows Speech Recognition
- Maker
- Microsoft
- Date
- 2007-06
- Kind
- Built into an operating system
- Note
- 2007 is the year of the guide's June 2007 update, which the page states in its header; the quote does not contain it. The feature's launch month is not on the page.