voice access

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8497 on May 22, 2026, adding Screen Tint, Voice Isolation for Voice Access, plug-and-play HID braille display support in Narrator, Magnifier refinements, printing controls, and reliability fixes for testers in the...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8497 to the Experimental channel on May 22, 2026, adding screen tint, plug-and-play HID Braille display support, Voice Access voice isolation, Magnifier changes, Windows Ready Print controls, and reliability fixes for testers on the 25H2...

Microsoft began testing Voice Isolation for Voice Access in Windows 11 Insider Preview builds on May 22, 2026, adding an on-device noise and competing-speaker filter for users who control or dictate to their PCs by voice. The feature is arriving first in Microsoft’s Experimental channel...

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8497 to the Experimental channel on May 22, 2026, alongside Beta Build 26220.8491, bringing a new Screen Tint accessibility setting, HID braille display support, Voice Access voice isolation, Magnifier changes, print setup controls, and...

Microsoft made several Windows accessibility features available to testers on May 22, 2026, across its Beta and Experimental Insider channels, including Screen tint for visual comfort, Voice Isolation for Voice Access, and plug-and-play HID braille display support in Narrator. The headline is...

For Windows users in 2026, the humble PC microphone is no longer just a conferencing accessory: it can drive dictation, desktop navigation, smart-assistant control, transcription workflows, and accessibility features across Windows 11. That shift matters because the microphone has quietly become...

Microsoft’s February Windows 11 update is more than a routine patch — it’s a pragmatic bundle of fixes and incremental features that together reduce friction for everyday users, address long-standing platform complaints, and open modest new opportunities for creators and accessibility users...

Microsoft has pushed KB5027303 — a Release Preview‑channel cumulative for Windows 11 version 22H2 that bundles the packaged “Moment 3” feature payload alongside a slate of usability refinements, accessibility improvements, developer tools and targeted reliability fixes, and the roll‑out has...

Microsoft has rolled out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7523 (KB5072043) to the Dev and Beta channels, and with it comes a targeted set of repairs for one of the more visible and annoying regressions from recent preview flights: the jarring white flash in File Explorer when using dark...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 Insider previews for early September 2025 widen the operating system’s AI footprint and polish long‑standing UI rough edges, but they also underline the strategic tradeoffs Microsoft is making as AI features move deeper into the OS: more convenience and on‑device...

Windows’ quiet, built‑in Voice Typing — the simple microphone that pops up when you press Win + H — is one of those features that quietly shaves minutes off small tasks and hours off big ones, turning spoken ideas into text across nearly any app where you can type. It’s not flashy, but it’s...

Microsoft’s latest Dev‑Channel flight, Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.5790 (KB5065779), brings a focused set of Copilot+ features—most notably Fluid Dictation in Voice Access—along with wider Windows Studio Effects support for additional cameras, new Copilot‑driven File Explorer hover...

Microsoft’s latest Beta-channel Insider preview pushes three changes that matter for day-to-day Windows users: on-device “fluid dictation” for Voice Access, Windows Studio Effects for alternate cameras on Copilot+ PCs, and a small but potentially divisive Ask Copilot option added to File...

Microsoft’s OS has been quietly slimming down: a clutch of once-promising Windows features have been deprecated or removed over the past few years, and a number of little-known tools that almost nobody used are now gone for good—some by stealth, others with a public notice. The tidy list that...

Microsoft’s latest Insider Preview builds bring a tangible — and in many ways overdue — improvement to speech-to-text on Windows by introducing Fluid Dictation inside Voice Access, a smarter, faster, on-device dictation mode designed to make spoken text appear as natural, punctuated prose rather...

Microsoft is rolling out a long-awaited change to Windows 11 that finally lets many users apply Windows Studio Effects to additional cameras — including USB webcams and rear-facing laptop cameras — on supported Copilot+ PCs, while also shipping a suite of related Copilot and accessibility...

Microsoft’s latest Insider flights quietly pushed two practical — and in some ways overdue — AI features into Windows 11: Fluid Dictation inside Voice Access and expanded Windows Studio Effects for alternative cameras on Copilot+ PCs, alongside small but useful File Explorer hover actions that...

Microsoft is quietly rolling out a meaningful upgrade to voice input in Windows 11 Insider builds — a smoother, on-device dictation experience tied to Voice Access and targeted at Copilot+ hardware — while also shipping a focused Beta/Dev Channel flight that expands Studio Effects, tightens...

Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel received a focused but consequential refresh today: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5790 (KB5065779) for systems running Windows 11, version 24H2. The flight emphasizes continued Copilot+ PC feature expansion, accessibility improvements, small but...

Microsoft shipped matched Insider updates this week — Build 26220.5790 to the Dev Channel (25H2 track) and Build 26120.5790 to the Beta Channel — and both bring a focused set of Copilot+ enhancements, camera and File Explorer polish, plus stability fixes and a handful of persistent known issues...