1 week Ago By James Paul
Windows-maker Microsoft will soon allow profanity via voice typing. The company has been testing fcw fixes with Windows Insider in it's Dev and Beta Channels. The new development would let users either filter profanity or deploy without masking it with asterisks, like it currently does, which is a ducking shame that many users love to cuss (for no reason at all).
While the asterisk etiquettes are for corporates, the filters probably will be off only in personal communications for the foreseeable future, once the changes are rolled out. Here’s how it will work in the next Windows 11 updates. Click Win + H to access Microsoft Speech Services.
Select Voice Typing and head over to the settings icon. Move to the Filter Profanity toggle and viola! The profanity filter was apparently one of the “top customer feedback,” according to Microsoft. For users, the asterisks will be the default unless toggled off, which is when they wouldn’t be ducking behind ‘em little stars, guarding the dignity of written words.
More upcoming changes and fixes have been announced on the Microsoft Insider’s Blog here . Windows 11’s voice typing will soon let you turn off the ****ing profanity filter https://t.co/BysuGaiSo2 — The Verge (@verge) April 25, 2025 The Windows Speech Recognition or WSR, feature was shipped with the release of Windows Vista in November 2006.
It appeared in settings in Windows 10’s April 10, 2018 update, which could be activated by the Win + Ctrl + S command. Later, with Windows 11, the company rolled out Voice Access in its 22H2 version. See Also: Microsoft Prepares to Challenge AI Giants with New Search Feature for Windows 11 See Also: Microsoft Wants You To Upgrade To Windows 11 Or Buy A New Computer Cover: Patrick Gawande / Mashable India.
