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
    2020-07-26T09:08:57+00:00

    There is nothing you can do. It is a "known feature" (aka BUG) that is happening in the back end.  MS is already working on it. All you can do is submit a feedback to MS to let them know the problem is still happening.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-07-30T16:16:50+00:00

    I have issues while using dictation on PowerPoint and Word. Whenever I start my dictation it keeps on showing "hey" and continues even when I don't dictate. How am I supposed to resolve this issue?

    Thank you for this additional feedback, it appears there are still some cases where this is happening and the partial fix mitigated certain cases, we are still looking into these!

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-10T11:02:33+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. 

    Hello Emily,

    I have recently started using office 365 and the dictation keeps starting the sentences with "Hey". Please let me know if this can be fixed. Thanks

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  4. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-08-10T11:57:16+00:00

    As indicated by the post just above yours, this is still being worked on.

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