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11language locales
Microsoft's command reference for Windows Speech Recognition lists 11 language locales.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Speech Recognition is available only for the following languages: English (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, and Australia), French, German, Japanese, Mandarin (Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional), and Spanish.”
Windows Speech Recognition commands, Microsoft, Microsoft Support, 2026, Opening paragraph, after the note on setup.
Open the original- What it measures
- Counted from the list: five English locales, French, German, Japanese, two Mandarin locales (Simplified and Traditional), and Spanish, which the page gives without a regional variant.
- What it does not show
- The count is ours, from the list. Microsoft does not state a total. Spanish is counted once because the page names no regional variant.