Fact · Dictation on Windows
In the same 2023 PCWorld test, the writer found that Windows gets confused when a word can be read either as text or as an action or punctuation.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“But Windows gets confused when you use words that can be interpreted both as words and as actions, or as punctuation.”
I used Windows Dictation to write this article with my voice, Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 2023, Article body, section on editing.
Open the original- What it measures
- The writer describes three modes, Default, Dictation and Command, and says the confusion appears in the boundary between words and commands.
- What it does not show
- Describes the 2023 release. Microsoft has since added commands and changed Voice Access, so current behavior may differ.