Speech Recognition
The latest Speech Recognition coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Voice Commands Are Changing: What the Azure Custom Commands Retirement Means for Windows Automation
Microsoft has set a retirement date for Azure Custom Commands: September 19, 2026. That gives teams who rely on voice-driven Windows automation roughly two months to find every dependency, pick a...
Microsoft's MAI Models: Transcribe-1, Voice-1, and Image-2 Signal Strategic AI Shift
Microsoft has quietly launched three specialized AI models—MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2—marking a significant departure from its previous focus on general-purpose chatbots like...
Microsoft's MAI Models: Building a Complete Multimodal AI Stack for Windows
Microsoft has quietly launched three new AI models—MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2—that represent a strategic shift from flashy demos to practical infrastructure. These specialized...
Microsoft MAI-Transcribe-1 Launches: A Strategic Move in Enterprise AI and the OpenAI Relationship
Microsoft released MAI-Transcribe-1 on April 2, marking a significant expansion of its MAI (Microsoft AI) model family within Azure AI Foundry. This new speech-to-text model arrives at a critical...
CVE-2025-59509: Windows Speech Recognition Vulnerability Analysis
Microsoft has disclosed CVE-2025-59509, a significant information disclosure vulnerability affecting Windows Speech Recognition that could potentially expose sensitive user data through the voice...
Patch Now: Windows Speech Recognition Bug Grants Attackers Full System Control (CVE-2025-59508)
Microsoft has released a security update fixing a dangerous local privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows Speech Recognition that could allow an attacker to take complete control of an...
FFmpeg's First AI Filter Delivers On-Device Whisper Transcription
FFmpeg, the open-source Swiss Army knife of multimedia processing, now speaks. A freshly merged whisper audio filter brings OpenAI’s Whisper model directly into FFmpeg’s filter graph, enabling...
Microsoft's Silent Shift: Why Your New Voice Clips Are Now De-Identified and Invisible on the Privacy Dashboard
Microsoft stopped tying newly collected voice clips to individual user accounts more than four years ago, and the move has reshaped what Windows users can see—and can’t see—on the company’s...
Microsoft Overhauls Voice Data Collection: New Recordings Excluded from Privacy Dashboard
Microsoft has quietly shifted how it handles voice data from Windows and its apps, a change that has inadvertently made users' voice recordings vanish from the company's Privacy Dashboard. Since...
Stop Wasting Time: How Windows 11’s Focus Sessions, Snap Layouts, and Voice Typing Actually Work
Press Win+Shift+S right now. That single keystroke is your gateway to a screenshot tool that most Windows 11 users underutilize. But it's just one of several built-in features—from Focus Sessions...
Windows 11’s Secret Weapon: How Accessibility Tools Boost Productivity for Everyone
Windows 11’s accessibility features are often dismissed as niche tools for users with specific needs, but a closer look reveals a suite of powerful utilities that can transform how anyone interacts...
Microsoft VP: Keyboards Are Destined to Become 'Archaic' as AI Agents Remake Windows by 2030
Microsoft is sketching a future where the keyboard and mouse are relics of a bygone era. Instead of clicking icons and hammering keys, Windows users will converse with a squad of specialized AI...