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
    2020-02-10T23:22:16+00:00

    I have the same query. As soon as I pause speaking for a few seconds, it automatically keeps typing "hello," It's driving me nuts. I've printed letters off and noticed "hello" all over the place.

    How do I turn this "hello" feature off Word Dictate. It's an absolutely unnecessary feature, as Dictate automatically switches off after about 10 seconds silence anyway, which is another thing that annoys me, as sometimes I'm trying to compose a sentence in my head before saying it, and the flipping thing switches off. Very annoying. I'd like Dictate to stay on for say two minutes worth of silence. At least that would give me chance to breathe in between thinking and dictating.

    Any help gratefully accepted.

    Ta, Jaz

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-02-12T19:30:09+00:00

    I have a client also having this problem. It seems to affect all the office programs. I have reset the drivers for the micorphone and used an external micrphone. Reset Cortana and tried disabling it. 

    My next step is going to be reinstalling office 365 however this seems to be a global issue. 

    Any help or solutions are welcome.

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  3. 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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  4. 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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