Fact · Dictation on Windows
Microsoft says that before you set up speech recognition on Windows 10, you select Start, then Settings, then Time & Language, then Speech, and use the Get started button under Microphone.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Select the Start button, then select Settings > Time & Language > Speech”
Use voice recognition in Windows (Windows 10 setup article), Microsoft, Microsoft Support, n.d., Section: Set up a microphone.
Open the original- What it measures
- Microsoft's Windows 10 article on speech recognition, in its section on setting up a microphone before the speech wizard.
- What it does not show
- The article names the Get started button under Microphone, and the path reflects Windows 10 menus. Newer builds may label these menus differently.