Fact · Dictation software
Microsoft says SwiftKey may send anonymized voice clips to Microsoft to improve recognition, and that users can opt out in SwiftKey settings.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“SwiftKey may send anonymized voice clips to Microsoft to improve recognition. Users can opt out in SwiftKey settings under Voice Typing.”
How do I use Voice to Text with Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard?, Microsoft, Microsoft Support, n.d., Additional Notes, Data Sharing.
Open the original- What it measures
- The sentence sits in the article's additional notes on Voice Typing, next to the note on offline recognition.
- What it does not show
- The sentence says the clips improve recognition, not that they train a named model. The article does not say how long the clips are kept.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Microsoft SwiftKey: trains on clips: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Microsoft SwiftKey voice input
- Feature
- Recordings can train the maker's models
- Detail
- Can opt out in SwiftKey settings
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this