Patricia Loring, a research associate at Carnegie Mellon University, presses tiny blue dots on my fingers and the back of my hand. She tells me to adjust the keyboard as she maneuvers three webcams.

Researchers have demonstrated a new acoustic side-channel attack on keyboards that can deduce user input based on their typing patterns, even in poor conditions, such as environments with noise.

If you want to use Voice Typing or Dictation Tool in Windows 11/10, here is how you can set things up on your computer. It is built into your Windows 11-installed laptop as well as desktop computers.