Fact · Dictation software
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On June 8, 2017, Microsoft's Windows Insider Blog announced dictation on the Windows 10 desktop in build 16215, started with the new dictation hotkey Win + H.
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In the source's own words
“press the new dictation hotkey Win + H to start dictating.”
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16215 for PC + Build 15222 for Mobile, Dona Sarkar, Windows Insider Blog (Microsoft), 2017, Dictation on the Desktop section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The post is dated June 8, 2017, and announces Windows 10 Insider Preview build 16215. The dictation section says dictation works in English or Chinese, and that it is currently available only for English (United States) and Chinese (Simplified) input methods.
- What it does not show
- This is a preview for Windows Insiders, announced before the feature was in a public release. The post does not mention 2018 or 2021, so those dates in the research target are not supported by this source. The year in the value is the post's date, not a year in the quote.
In the data
A row of History of Dictation Software: A Dated Timeline, as Windows dictation Win + H (Insider build): 2,017 year.
- Event
- Feature added
- Product
- Windows voice typing
- Maker
- Microsoft
- Date
- 2017-06-08
- Kind
- Built into an operating system
- Note
- 2017 is the year of the post's June 8, 2017 date line; the quote does not contain it.