Fact · Dictation
Microsoft's Xbox developer reference defines the speech-to-text source for a game as in-game speech subtitles or transcribed game voice chat, so the console's speech-to-text feature is built around game speech rather than dictation into a text box.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The source of the text is in-game speech subtitles or transcribed game voice chat.”
XSpeechToTextType enum (Xbox GDK documentation), Microsoft, Xbox developer documentation (devdocs.xbox.com), 2026, Constants.
Open the original- What it measures
- Xbox developer documentation for the XSpeechToTextType enumeration. It describes the Voice value a game uses when it displays speech as text.
- What it does not show
- This is a developer reference for games. It does not describe a dictation key for typing into any text field on the console.