Fact · Dictation on Windows
Microsoft says dictation on Windows 10 uses speech recognition that is built into the operating system.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Dictation uses speech recognition, which is built into Windows 10”
Use dictation to talk instead of type on your PC (Windows 10), Microsoft Support (archived copy), 2020, Opening paragraph of the article.
Open the original- What it measures
- The opening paragraph of Microsoft's Windows 10 dictation article, read from a December 2020 archived copy. It introduces the feature before the steps.
- What it does not show
- The archived copy is from 2020. The sentence describes where the feature comes from, not which settings must be on, so the first-run prompt is covered by a separate fact.