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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22543 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22543 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We’re introducing more natural voices for Narrator. This build has a good set of improvements such as a few updated visuals for some UI areas. We have a good set of fixes too! As always, please be sure to check the known issues below. What’s new in Build 22543 More Natural Narrator Voices We’re introducing more natural voices for Narrator. More natural voices enable Narrator users to enjoy scenarios like browsing the web, reading, and authoring mail, and more. Natural Narrator voices use modern, on-device text to speech and once downloaded are supported without an internet connection. Natural Narrator voices are available in English-U.S. Get Started Narrator will announce that more natural voices, “Jenny” and [ more… ]

A new era of the PC The last two years have had a profound and durable impact on how we live our lives, with the PC playing a more meaningful role than ever. Recently a friend reflected that he never would have expected that his eight-year-old son would become proficient in Teams and OneNote or that his seventy-two-year-old mother would become an Instacart convert. New behaviors that were born out of necessity have evolved into habits as people and organizations reevaluate their priorities through a new lens. A new hybrid infrastructure now exists – across work, school and life – enabling more flexibility in where and how people spend their time. And the PC is the hub. This is driving a new era of PC use, with a durable increase in the number of minutes spent and an increase in [ more… ]

New HP All-in-One and desktop PCs bring people together in hybrid work environments In the modern hybrid world, the need for people to work collaboratively and securely continues to expand. To provide more choices as it meets those needs, HP has introduced new commercial All-in-One (AiO) and desktop PCs, expanding its portfolio of PCs designed to empower workforces and IT departments in the office or at home. The HP EliteOne 800 G9 AiO Desktop PC Enhanced by HP Presence, powered by the latest Intel processors and Windows 11, is aiming to be the command center for your hybrid workspace. Video conferencing is pivotal to making that successful. This AiO comes equipped to deliver a smooth video experience through a 5-megapixel camera (with HP Auto Frame to keep you in the camera’s field of vision), Dynamic Voice Leveling for optimized voice [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22538 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22538 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR This build includes some updates to the voice access feature introduced in Build 22518 for Insiders to try! In addition to a good set of changes and improvements, this build includes some good fixes too. Pressing the hardware buttons for volume up/down should no longer cause explorer.exe to crash for some Insiders. As always, please read the list of known issues for this build documented below. What’s new in Build 22538 Updates for voice access We first introduced voice access in Build 22518. Voice access is a new experience to control your PC with just voice. With today’s build, we have some updates for voice access for Windows Insiders to try out. Using touch keyboard [ more… ]