Voice access improvements arrive with Windows 11 preview build 22538

New build now available in the Dev Channel.

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What you need to know

It’s another Wednesday, which means it’s time for Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel to prepare for a newWindows 11preview build!Today’s build is 22538, and is rolling out now with improvements to the new voice access feature, in addition to other minor changes and enhnacements.

Voice access was introduced in the Insider Program a handful of weeks ago, and allows users to control their PC just with their voice. In today’s build, the feautre now works with the on-screen touch keyboard, allowing you to type and initiate keyboard commands directly with your voice.

Here’s the changelog:

Voice access

We first introduced voice access in Build 22518. Voice access is a new experience to control your PC with just voice. With today’s build, we have some updates for voice access for Windows Insiders to try out.

You can use the touch keyboard with voice access to:

You can only use the following voice access commands while using the touch keyboard:

Other changes and improvements:

Fixes

As always, you can check out the Windows Blog for the list of known issues.

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