Microsoft wants you to talk to Windows 11 PCs again — Copilot gets 'conversational' input

[Elderberry]

Tom's Hardware By Andrew E. Freedman

Microsoft wants you to talk to Windows 11 PCs again — Copilot gets 'conversational' input to complement your mouse and keyboard

And Copilot is coming for your Windows 11 Search Bar

Microsoft is pushing to make every Windows 11 PC an AI PC. In new updates, the company is focusing on further integrating AI into Windows 11 apps and experiences (not just chatbots), and making voice as much of an input option as the keyboard and mouse.

The idea, Microsoft says, is that AI on a PC should be easy and natural to interact with in either text or voice; that it should be able to see your screen and information and help; and that it should be able, with your permission, to "take action on your behalf."

"Voice will become the third input mechanism to using your PC," Microsoft executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer Yusf Mehdi said on a call with reporters ahead of the announcement. He mentioned that the idea is for talking to be additive, not replacing keyboards and mice altogether. Mehdi authored a blog post on the new features.

More: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-wants-you-to-talk-to-windows-11-pcs-again-copilot-gets-conversational-input-to-complement-your-mouse-and-keyboard

[Kamaji]

Just another reason to go full-time with linux.

[Sighlass]

A little deeper dive... I sorta want to use up the last year of my VPN ... and then probable swap to Linux (new to me).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C44iCr6czAo

[Timber Rattler]

Yeah, when my current machines finally go belly up, I'm with Linux all the way.