Speech-to-text may be built into Windows, but it’s not set up. Here’s how to get started with speech-to-text and tips for getting the best results.

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.

Did you know you can talk to Windows to issue commands, open applications, dictate text, and perform other tasks? Yes, of course, you can do that in Windows 10 through Cortana. But you can also ...

At the Speech setting in Ease Of Access, click the link to Get More Info About Dictation–a Microsoft support page explains how to use dictation and what commands you can say in Windows 10.

Learn how to fix Speech to Text Error 0x80049dd3 by re-enabling speech recognition, checking microphone settings, creating a new user account, etc.

You can add text-to-speech voices to Windows 10 through your PC's Settings app to read text aloud in different languages and tones.

Here are some free and open-source Text to Speech converter software for Windows 11/10 whose source code you can download freely.

The speech-recognition feature can be especially helpful for people with disabilities who can't use the keyboard or mouse. But it's available to anyone who'd like to try talking to Windows instead.