Fact · Dictation on Windows
Microsoft describes the Windows.Media.SpeechRecognition namespace as enabling speech recognition for command and control within a Windows Runtime app.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Enables speech recognition for command and control within Windows Runtime app.”
Windows.Media.SpeechRecognition Namespace, Microsoft Learn, n.d., Namespace summary.
Open the original- What it measures
- Windows.Media.SpeechRecognition is a separate API from SAPI. It is the Windows Runtime (UWP) interface, used by apps packaged for the Windows Runtime, and its summary names command and control rather than free dictation.
- What it does not show
- The reference page carries a prerelease notice. Its summary is the only part of the page quoted here, and the page does not give accuracy or language figures.