Fact · Dictation on Windows
Microsoft says you can use voice typing without contributing voice clips, and that contributing them is optional.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“You can use voice typing without contributing voice clips. Contributing voice clips is optional and helps improve the service.”
Speech, voice activation, inking, typing, and privacy, Microsoft, Microsoft Support, n.d., Voice typing.
Open the original- What it measures
- This is in the voice typing section of Microsoft's speech privacy article for Windows 11.
- What it does not show
- The sentence says the service still works without contribution. It does not say what the contribution changes in the service for the individual user.
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