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voice clips
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Voice clips are audio recordings captured by Microsoft's speech-recognition features to improve products and services. Recent changes mean that voice clips contributed after October 30, 2020 are de-identified and no longer linked to individual Microsoft accounts, so they do not appear on the Microsoft Privacy Dashboard. Older voice clips collected before that date remain associated with accounts and can be viewed and deleted from the dashboard. Discussions on WindowsForum cover how to manage voice data privacy, including opt-in controls and practical steps for users and administrators to protect privacy while maintaining voice-enabled features.
Microsoft has changed how it handles voice recordings in a way that directly affects what you can see and manage on the Microsoft Privacy Dashboard: new voice clips contributed for product improvement are now de‑identified and are no longer associated with individual Microsoft accounts, which...
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Microsoft’s public guidance on voice data makes a clear point: voice recordings gathered by speech-recognition features are used to provide and improve services, but the way that data is collected, stored, and displayed in users’ privacy controls has changed significantly — especially since...
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