The steps outlined presume you have a working microphone already connected to your PC. This how-to tutorial shows you how to turn on speech recognition in Windows 10, how to configure the settings, and then how to use the feature for the purpose of dictation. This underutilized feature can be particularly useful in certain business settings where text must be entered, but a keyboard would be inconvenient. However, one feature of speech recognition often overlooked is the ability to dictate text. Through this set of applications and features, users can give their PCs commands, initiate calendar entries, make phone calls, and perform a slew of other functions. Microsoft Windows 10 has its own version of a speech-recognizing digital assistant in Cortana.

Windows 11: Tips on installation, security and more (free PDF).

Your region and language settings should ideally be aligned. Cortana works best with specific language and market pairings.

Ten Windows 10 network commands everyone one should know The following list shows the regions where Cortana is available, and the languages that Cortana is optimized for in each of those regions.

To add the ctfmon.exe app to startup, follow these steps: 1.

NOTE: To permanently fix this issue, you should also add an entry of this program to startup so that it can start itself with Windows.

Why Windows 11's security is such a big deal Now try to type anything in Microsoft Edge, Start Menu, Cortana search or Lock Screen and Windows will start accepting the keyboard input.

There are two methods, the first method typically solves the issue.

Windows 11 cheat sheet: Everything you need to know If you can't type in the Windows 10 start menu or Cortana search bar then it's possible a key service is disabled or an update has caused an issue.

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