Fact · Dictation in your apps
Microsoft's Dictate in Word article lists Word 2024 and Word 2021 for Windows in its Applies To list, next to Word for Microsoft 365, although its text says the feature is only for Microsoft 365 subscribers.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Word 2024 Word 2024 for Mac Word 2021 Word 2021 for Mac Word 2019 Word 2016”
Dictate your documents in Word, Microsoft, 2026, Applies To list at the top of the article.
Open the original- What it measures
- The Applies To list is the metadata Microsoft shows on each article. It names the product versions the article is written for. The same article says the feature is only available to Microsoft 365 subscribers, and says Dictate is not available in Office 2016 or 2019 for Windows without Microsoft 365.
- What it does not show
- The article does not say which rule wins for a one-time Word 2021 or 2024. Read it as a conflict between the list and the text, not as a confirmed offer for one-time licenses.