25 new languages were added and some from the Preview list were promoted to fully supported. In April 2022, Microsoft updated the Dictation language list. Office 365 users can have fun testing the profanity filter to see what’s considered ‘naughty’ in various languages. Censoring spoken words seems unnecessary, unless they are trying to protect the virtue of their cloud based ‘speech to text’ AI. What is Microsoft’s thinking behind the profanity filter? Do they really want to get into the business of deciding what words are wicked? Perhaps it’s there for the education market? Word’s grammar and style feature already has an ‘offensive words’ test that will warn users of questionable words in the text (see ‘damn’ above). Discover all about Dictation and Read Aloud features in Microsoft Office across all platforms (Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android). Religious names, which could be considered profane or blasphemous in some contexts, are allowed. As you can see above, a few minor words are deemed OK. We tried stubbing a toe while dictating to discover that all the usual suspects get bleeped out – the F, C (x 2) and S words for starters. Microsoft decides what’s a profanity and what’s OK. At least the number of letters is correct! These make it easier for you to dictate email addresses, website URLs, and others.Profanity filter on with Dictation in Word 365. Microsoft Word also allows you to use other signs and symbols for dictation. Dictate text into the microphone, adding punctuation marks. Once the microphone icon is activated, you can begin speaking, and you’ll see your words appear in the Word document. Click the icon to start using Speech Recognition, then say Open Word to launch Microsoft Word. Select the microphone icon to begin dictating. Web app users will see a toolbar with controls for your microphone. If prompted, select the button to Allow the use of your microphone.
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