How to Enhance Windows 11’s Ability to Recognize Speech with Foreign Accents

This article explains how to turn “Recognize non-native accents for this language” On or Off in Windows 11.

If your Windows device has a built-in microphone or one attached, you can use it with “Voice access” to control your PC and send text messages using your voice.

Voice access lets you perform basic tasks like opening and switching between apps, browsing the web, and reading and sending emails. Other tasks will be included as more features are added.

Your microphone can also be used with the Microsoft speech recognition feature to accurately use your voice for commands, dictation, and app interactions.

If your native accent is not supported with the default language for Windows, you can turn on a feature to recognize non-native accents. Windows will attempt to understand and interpret spoken words without relying on accents or dialects when you do that.

This means that a person’s speech style does not affect their ability to communicate effectively with their device, who may not share the same accent or dialect.

Turn Recognize non-native accents for this language On or Off

As mentioned above, when you turn on “Recognize non-native accents for this language” in Windows, it helps your device to understand and interpret spoken words without relying on accents or dialects when using Voice access or Speech recognition.

Here’s how to do that.

First, open the Windows Settings app.

You can do that by clicking on the Start menu and selecting Settings. Or press the keyboard shortcut (Windows key + I) to launch the Settings app.

When the Setting app opens, click the Time & language button on the left.

Select the Speech tile on the right to expand it.

On the Time & language -> Speech setting pane, under Speech language, select the box next to “Recognize non-native accents for this language” to turn it on.

To disable it, uncheck the box.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

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