Fact · Dictation on Windows
October 30, 2020date
Microsoft says it stopped logging voice data for product improvement on October 30, 2020.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“we stopped logging any voice data for product improvements beginning on October 30, 2020”
How does Microsoft protect my privacy while improving its speech recognition technology?, Microsoft, Microsoft Support, n.d., What are voice clips? (section on the policy change).
Open the original- What it measures
- Microsoft describes this as a change across its products. Voice data collected and retained before that date was not affected by the change.
- What it does not show
- The change is described as applying from 2020 onward. The page does not describe how the policy has changed since, so the current policy should be checked on Microsoft's page.