Windows voice typing
Voice typing built into Windows, opened with Windows key plus H, that uses Microsoft online speech recognition.
YOUR DEVICE
Not stated. The pages we checked do not say audio stays on the device.
The cloudVendor says audio goes to its servers or a cloud.
THE CLOUD
“With voice typing, you can enter text on your PC by speaking. Voice typing uses online speech recognition, which is powered by Azure Speech services.”
support.microsoft.com, checked 28 Sep 2026
- Price
- No price published
- Free plan
- Not stated
- Trial
- Not stated
- Platforms
- Windows
- Use
- Dictation
- Works offline
- Not stated
- Status
- Operating
- Checked
- 28 Sep 2026
Price as shown on the vendor site, 28 Sep 2026.
Features, in their words
- Keyboard shortcut
Start voice typing with Windows key plus H.
Press Windows key+H on a hardware keyboard.
- Fluid dictation on Copilot+ PCs
Grammar, punctuation and filler word cleanup using on-device small language models.
This experience is powered by on-device small language models (SLMs) to ensure fast and private processing.
Not verified
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Sources
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