Fact · Dictation
Microsoft says desktop apps have their own setting, Let desktop apps access your microphone, which must be turned on.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“For desktop apps, make sure that Let desktop apps access your microphone is turned on.”
Turn on app permissions for your microphone in Windows, Microsoft, Microsoft Support, n.d., Desktop apps.
Open the original- What it measures
- Microsoft lists this switch separately from the setting that lets Microsoft Store apps use the microphone.
- What it does not show
- Written for Windows 11 settings.
Source
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