Fact · Dictation on Windows
On Windows 10, Microsoft says to open Windows Speech Recognition by typing its name in the search box on the taskbar and selecting it from the results.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“In the search box on the taskbar, type Windows Speech Recognition”
Use voice recognition in Windows (Windows 10 setup article), Microsoft, Microsoft Support, n.d., Section: Help your PC recognize your voice.
Open the original- What it measures
- Microsoft's Windows 10 article on speech recognition, which gives this as the first step of its setup for Windows 10.
- What it does not show
- The article is from Microsoft's Windows 10 instructions. Menu names can differ across Windows 10 builds.