Fact · Dictation on Windows
Microsoft says that in Windows 11, the feature it calls dictation is named voice typing.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“In Windows 11, Dictation is called voice typing”
Speech, voice activation, inking, typing, and privacy, Microsoft, Microsoft Support, n.d., Voice typing.
Open the original- What it measures
- Microsoft's privacy page for speech, voice activation, inking and typing uses this sentence to link the two names. The Windows 10 section of the same page describes the older dictation feature.
- What it does not show
- The sentence confirms the naming only. It does not say whether a Windows 11 PC also has a separate dictation feature.