Word Dictate - keeps typing 'what'

Anonymous
2020-01-23T08:42:55+00:00

Hi, I just started using the dictate function in Word and its great. However when I pause for too long it types 'What' and if i'm not careful i miss it and it stays in my text. I have tried several times and there is no background noise and I am not breathing heavy or saying anything? It will often type 'what' also before the dictate function times out and turns off. 

edit - it is now also typing 'hello' and 'heehee'. I think its possessed!! 

The function commands such as hyphen, open parenthesis etc do not work either. comma, full stop do. Also is there a way to lengthen the time out function as I find it too short?

Any suggestions or anyone else having this problem?

Thankyou

H

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Anonymous
2020-06-04T17:16:46+00:00

Thanks @Rohn007 for pointing this out - I have just e-mailed Emily Tran to let her know. She is the person from Microsoft working to fix this.

When we were last in contact she hadn't been able to see the 'hello' problem in action. This might be why.

I think most of us would like to continue using the dictate function - it just needs a bit of perseverance to get there, and collaboration with Microsoft to help them.

Onwards and upwards!

A fix has been deployed to 100% of Dictation users - please let us know if you still see the issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-02T05:55:55+00:00

    Mine was doing the same thing except it would type hello, sometimes up to 5x before dictation turns off if it's quiet.  Same deal...no backround noise.  This is so strange, and a little creepy.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-02-25T21:19:05+00:00

    For me, the fixed sleep timer is a deal-breaker. I think many of the issues with dictation step from it's optimization for Cortana, which is designed for very short commands. Regretfully, I've walked away from Windows 10 dictation, because the sleep timer makes it unusable for composing a paragraph, much less a full document. I think the best way to think of dictation is a limp-along coincidental feature of Cortana, rather than a power tool for authors and content creators.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-02-24T13:17:43+00:00

    I started using the voice recognition software at the end of 2019 and it has been a revelation - it really helps to reduce the backlog of emails due to speed / efficiency.

    The issue with 'hello' appearing seems to have got much worse in the last two or three weeks - it didn't really happen before. Hope they might create a 'fix' for it as it's seriously annoying. The other issue that needs addressing is the word 'comma' often gets typed out in full. Thanks in advance...!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-02-19T04:53:34+00:00

    Goodness, mine is doing this too. 

    please let me know if you worked anything out, I'm having to re edit so many uni assignments it's just not funny.

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