Fact · Voice privacy and security
Microsoft says that Windows voice typing, which it calls Dictation in other products, converts speech to text using online speech recognition.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Voice typing converts speech to text using online speech recognition.”
Speech, voice activation, inking, typing, and privacy, Microsoft, Microsoft Support, n.d., Voice typing section.
Open the original- What it measures
- Microsoft's support page on speech, voice activation, inking, typing and privacy, describing Windows 11.
- What it does not show
- Voice typing can be used without contributing voice clips, which Microsoft says is optional. The page does not say whether a specific third-party dictation app uses the same service.