Speech, voice activation, inking, typing, and privacy

“Online speech recognition: Uses Microsoft cloud ... for more accurate recognition.” (Speech privacy article, section on the two types of speech recognition)

“Turn Online speech recognition to On or Off” (Speech recognition)

“Voice typing converts speech to text using online speech recognition.” (Voice typing)

“You can use voice typing without contributing voice clips. Contributing voice clips is optional and helps improve the service.” (Voice typing)

“Follow the links to start or stop contributing voice clips.” (Manage voice clip contribution)

“Processes your voice locally on your device. No voice data is sent to Microsoft.” (Speech recognition section, device-based option)

“Voice typing converts speech to text using online speech recognition.” (Voice typing section)

“Processes your voice locally on your device. No voice data is sent to Microsoft.” (Speech recognition section, first bullet)

“In Windows 11, Dictation is called voice typing” (Voice typing)

“Processes your voice locally on your device. No voice data is sent to Microsoft.” (Speech recognition, Windows 11 section)

“Device-based speech recognition: Processes your voice locally on your device. No voice data is sent to Microsoft.” (Speech recognition)

“When online speech recognition is turned off, only device-based features (such as Narrator) are available.” (Speech recognition)

“Voice data is sent to Microsoft only to provide the service and create text transcriptions. Microsoft does not store, sample, or listen to voice recordings without your permission.” (Speech recognition)

“Voice typing converts speech to text using online speech recognition.” (Online speech recognition)

“If you're signed in with a work or school account, sharing voice data isn't available, but you can still use voice typing.” (Voice typing)