Windows 11: Live Captions in 7 More Languages, New Snap Layouts, Updated Widgets

Microsoft is extending Windows 11’s Live Captioning feature to seven more languages ​​and dialects of English.

windows 11 2022 update Start with system-wide automatic subtitling, generated live captions from any audio content, but this feature only supported US English. Live capture technically comes out as an accessibility feature, with voice access to control the PC and text dictation, and also a natural-sounding voice for the narrator. But live captions are a useful tool for those working in noisy cafes.

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up to date Windows 11 Preview on Dev Channel, Build 25300Chinese (simplified and traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, and other dialects of English.

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However, Microsoft warns that there are a number of bugs affecting live captioning on Arm64 devices. This includes traditional Chinese not working, some languages ​​listed as supported not actually working, and tending to display incorrect captions in languages ​​other than English. Hopefully these issues will be fixed by the time the service reaches the beta channel.

It was also improved in the second release of Windows 11. snap Or a snap layout that allows you to snap windows to pre-arranged layouts. Hover your mouse over the maximize button or press Win + Z to see the snap layout options.

Microsoft is looking at ways to improve the discoverability and use of snap layouts, such as reducing mouse hover time over the maximize button of an app window. I’m also trying to include the app window icon in the snap layout and add a descriptive title.

All users on the development channel should also be able to sync their dictation settings across all devices signed into the same Microsoft account. This feature applies to Auto Punctuation and Dictation Launcher.

Additionally, Microsoft has updated the Apps section of the Settings app to make it easier to access detailed information about apps listed in Startup. again,[スタート](or search for apps) for Win32 apps[アンインストール]for uninstalling the app.[設定]is displayed.

Microsoft started rolling out third-party widgets for the Windows 11 Widget Board earlier this year.the first three are Meta’s Messenger, Spotify, and Microsoft’s Phone Link appWidgets can be pinned to the widget board by selecting them from the widget picker.

However, there was an issue where third party widgets were unpinned when a user signed in to multiple Windows 11 devices. As a result of fixing that issue, a recent update to Dev Channel’s widgets unpinned third-party widgets. Now the user has to go back and re-pin.

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Microsoft is also investigating an issue that “under certain circumstances, third-party widgets may not load as expected.”

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