Fact · Dictation
Microsoft says Windows voice typing suppresses audio coming from the PC's speakers, such as Narrator or app playback, so that it listens to your voice.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“It automatically suppresses audio coming from your speakers, such as Narrator or app playback”
Use voice typing to talk instead of typing on your PC, Microsoft Support, 2026, Echo cancellation paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- Microsoft's support page for voice typing on Windows. Its echo cancellation is designed to keep sound the PC plays out of the dictated text.
- What it does not show
- This is a design feature, meant to keep your dictation clean. Microsoft does not say that it will type a video's speech, and the page does not say what happens when a video plays through a loud speaker and into the microphone.