Fact · Dictation on Windows
Microsoft says that in Voice Access dictation mode, you get no commands: every thing you say is written into an editable field.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“If you want to be able to dictate text and not issue any commands, use the dictation mode, which treats every input as something to be input in an editable field.”
Get started with voice access, Microsoft, Microsoft Support, 2026, Different modes in voice access.
Open the original- What it measures
- This passage is in the section on modes, under the default mode and dictation mode. Microsoft lists the spoken switch phrases beneath it: Dictation mode to switch in, and Default mode to switch back.
- What it does not show
- Dictation mode writes what you say into an editable field, so the field needs the focus first. The page does not say what happens when no field has focus.