Fact · Dictation software
2022year
Microsoft's announcement dated September 20, 2022, of the Windows 11 2022 Update lists voice access (preview), which lets you control your PC and author text using only your voice.
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In the source's own words
“voice access (preview) 2 , which allows you to control your PC and author text using only your voice”
Available today: The Windows 11 2022 Update, Windows Experience Blog (Microsoft), 2022, Accessibility paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- The Windows Experience Blog post is dated September 20, 2022, and announces the Windows 11 2022 Update, version 22H2. Voice access appears in the accessibility features list of that post.
- What it does not show
- The post labels voice access as a preview. Microsoft's support pages say voice access is available in Windows 11, version 22H2 and later, and it was first shown to Windows Insiders in a Dev Channel build in December 2021, which is not counted here. The footnote number 2 in the quote belongs to the original page.
In the data
A row of History of Dictation Software: A Dated Timeline, as Voice Access (Windows 11 2022 Update): 2,022 year.
- Event
- Launch
- Product
- Voice Access
- Maker
- Microsoft
- Date
- 2022-09-20
- Kind
- Built into an operating system
- Note
- 2022 is the year of the post's September 20, 2022 date line; the quote does not contain it.