Or dictate text on Windows 10 Fall Creators Update or later. After teaching Windows to understand the sound of your voice, you can then talk to the OS to get it to respond to your commands.

For example, you can dictate emails, take voice notes, and write reports just using speech-to-text. If you’re running Windows 10, you’ll see speech-to-text referred to as dictation.

Within the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft makes dictation as easy as tapping a key. Why use your keyboard when you can write with your voice?

If Windows 7 Speech Recognition can’t hear or clearly understand your voice commands, your efficiency and results with the tool will suffer greatly.