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Skilling snack: Voice access in Windows

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Ben_Watt
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Oct 26, 2023
It’s my great pleasure to be back to present another accessibility-themed skilling snack. Voice access is a new feature in Windows 11, version 22H2 and later that enables everyone, including people...
Published Oct 26, 2023
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Matt_Chambers
Copper Contributor
Mar 20, 2024

To truly be a useful accessibility tool, Voice Access needs some major improvements. First, you need to be able to enter new vocabulary words from a written list, rather than having to spell them whenever Voice Access doesn't recognize them. Second, the new custom command feature is far too limited. It needs to allow for the use of variables, at a minimum.