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
    2020-06-07T18:09:36+00:00

    Since you are dictating into NotePad, you are not using the Dictate associated with Office 365, you are using the Windows 10 Ease of Access / Dictate / "Talk instead of Type" feature. 

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    Submitting a feedback from Notepad will go to the Windows team. So your feedback about Window 10 dictate should reach the right people.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-06-07T22:10:56+00:00

    Hmmm. I may have a possible handle on a number of issues, including the odd "hello" thing. My internet connection went down, so I did a quick test saying "my name is Rob Behr test 123 test 123 hello test 12345." With the internet down, that sentence was interpreted by dictation as "y9a-)s123s123hsd12345." When the internet connection was back, saying the same sentence yielded, "my name is Rob bear test 123 test 123 hello test 12345." At this point, I'm really wondering about transient internet connections and latency as being the root causes of many dictation issues. 

    I'll try sending a report via Notepad feedback.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-08T23:09:55+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

    Circling back here that a fix was deployed to all dictation users - we will be monitoring to see if the problem is gone, please feel free to add to the thread and reply if you are still seeing any expected words pop on the page like "what", "hello", etc!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-06-08T23:25:09+00:00

    Hi Emily, Please check above for my comments on June, 6 and June, 7. In short, I've noticed an improvement, plus an idea for allowing custom audio equalization. MS already has equalization code, so creating a narrow bandpass filter with a couple of adjustments should be straightforward. Thanks, Rob

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