Word Dictate keeps inserting the word 'open'

Anonymous
2022-10-20T18:57:38+00:00

A few days ago, Microsoft Word started randomly inserting the word ‘open’ into what I speak. I never say that word, it just automatically appears. I've looked through all the threads about similar issues in the past with words like ‘hey’ and have followed every single suggestion in those threads, including reinstalling Word. Nothing has worked. Most of the threads were from 2020 but I never saw if there was a final resolution. I've been using dictate and this version of Word for over a year now and have not had any issues until a few days ago. Please advise.

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Anonymous
2023-01-04T20:00:37+00:00

Hi CKGhostwriter!

Sorry for the delayed response.

We've just deployed a change that should fix the "open" issue. If you are still using the product, it would be great if you could use the dictation feature again to see that it fixed your problem. (Although deployment sometimes takes a few days).

If within the next week, you still don't see a fix, please report the issue through the office app with Help>Feedback. If you include the word "dictation" in your feedback, someone on the team should be reviewing your feedback in a timely manner.

This goes for anyone else reading this with the same issue.

Sorry about the experience. We are working hard to make it better for everyone!

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-12-01T14:30:13+00:00

    I have been having the same problem starting a couple of months ago. The word “open” appears usually when there is any type of extraneous sound like a click on the keyboard or a mouse or even when my phone rings, while I am in dictation mode. It starts in gray and turns black when it finishes. Sometimes the word appears in gray but does not go black if I speak quickly after the word “open” appears. Open

    As an example, the highlighted word above appeared when I finished the sentence. It was in lower case when it appeared in gray and capitalized itself when it finalized. open This one appeared when I clicked the off the dictation button.

    ( I added the bold after he fact)

    Sure hope you can fix this, I rely on dictation and it is very frustrating.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-11-26T19:22:48+00:00

    Right, because that's why a million other threads have responses on behalf of MS.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-11-26T18:31:37+00:00

    I am also having the same problem. Even when it's just sitting while I'm saying absolutely nothing, it adds "open" - and many times if I'm stopping to go to a different spot in the form, it adds it at the end before I can switch it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-11-21T21:10:04+00:00

    I'm having the same issue, which is why I found this thread. The background in the room I'm in is silent and I turned my audio way down but it still keeps typing the word "open". It's very annoying and time-consuming to correct.

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