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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16215 for PC + Build 15222 for Mobile
Dona Sarkar, Windows Insider Blog (Microsoft), 2017
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- What it is
- Microsoft's official Windows Insider Blog post dated June 8, 2017, announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview build 16215. It introduces dictation on the Windows desktop, started with the Win + H hotkey, for English and Chinese input.
- How much weight it carries
- Official Microsoft announcement, dated in the post's own date line. It describes a preview build for Insiders, not a shipped release, and says the dictation feature is available only for English (United States) and Chinese (Simplified) at that point.
Facts taken from this source
- On June 8, 2017, Microsoft's Windows Insider Blog announced dictation on the Windows 10 desktop in build 16215, started with the new dictation hotkey Win + H.
“press the new dictation hotkey Win + H to start dictating.” (Dictation on the Desktop section)