Fact · Accessibility and health
Windows Voice Access has an Add to vocabulary command that Microsoft lists for improving recognition of complex or hard to pronounce words.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Improve recognition of complex/hard to pronounce word "Add to vocabulary"”
Voice access command list, Microsoft Support, 2026, Dictation commands table.
Open the original- What it measures
- The command appears in Microsoft's Voice Access command list next to correction commands such as Correct that and Spell that.
- What it does not show
- Microsoft does not say how much recognition improves. The command list reflects Windows 11 as checked on the date shown.
Source
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