How to Set Up Voice Isolation in Voice Access on Windows 11

Voice Isolation on Windows 11 makes Voice Access much better at hearing your commands. It does this by filtering out background noise and other voices.

Voice Access controls your PC and types using your voice, a helpful tool for accessibility. This feature works offline by using the computer's built-in speech recognition. Windows 11 introduced Voice Isolation, a noise-canceling function for your PC that ensures Voice Access clearly hears your voice, which is beneficial in busy or distracting environments.

Setting up Voice Isolation is a quick process. You’ll choose it from a menu and follow a few steps, like reading a short paragraph aloud so Voice Access can learn your voice. It takes about a minute, and your voice data stays on your computer.

Voice Access uses three speech recognition methods to understand spoken commands more accurately on Windows 11. These speech recognition settings appear within the "Improve speech recognition" section of the Voice Access program. Microsoft tests show these methods improve spoken command understanding accuracy by up to 15 percent.

• Voice Isolation: This blocks out other voices and background noise. You’ll need to set it up once by reading something aloud.
• Remove background noise only: This only blocks sounds that aren’t speech, like typing or a door closing. No extra setup is needed for this.
• No filtering: This uses your microphone directly without any changes.

Ready to start? Here’s how:

Here’s How to Set It Up:

1. Turn on Voice Access.
2. Follow the steps below to set up Voice Isolation.
3. Click the Settings (gear) icon on the right side of the Voice Access toolbar at the top of your screen.
4. Click Improve speech recognition from the menu.
5. Click Voice isolation Set up from the menu. If you see “Set up” next to “Voice isolation,” it means it’s ready to be configured. If you don’t see “Set up,” it’s already done. You can click Manage voice isolation if you want to do the setup again.
6. Click Proceed.
7. If you need to, select your microphone. Then, click Start recording. Make sure you are in a quiet place when you do this.
8. Read the text out loud in your normal voice and at your normal speed. When you are finished, click Stop recording.

Setting up voice isolation in Windows 11 is straightforward and helps make sure Voice Access only hears you.

Why Set Up Voice Isolation?

Voice Isolation setup improves Voice Access understanding by helping the computer focus on the user's voice. This feature allows the computer to ignore other surrounding sounds and voices, making Voice Access more accurate for the user.

What Happens When Done?

Once you’ve finished setting up voice isolation on Windows 11, Voice Access becomes much more accurate at understanding your commands because it filters out background noise and other voices.

Reference:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-insider/release-notes/beta/preview-build-26220-8491

Summary

Voice isolation is a helpful Windows 11 feature for Voice Access that improves how well it hears your voice by filtering out background noise and other sounds.