Fact · Dictation on Windows
Microsoft describes online speech recognition in Windows as using Microsoft cloud-based services for more accurate recognition.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Online speech recognition: Uses Microsoft cloud ... for more accurate recognition.”
Speech, voice activation, inking, typing, and privacy, Microsoft, Microsoft Support, n.d., Speech privacy article, section on the two types of speech recognition.
Open the original- What it measures
- Microsoft lists two kinds of speech recognition for Windows 11 and Windows 10: device-based recognition, which processes your voice on the device, and online recognition, which uses Microsoft's cloud.
- What it does not show
- Microsoft does not say how much more accurate the cloud path is. The article is undated in the copy we read on October 16, 2026.
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