Disable Online Speech Recognition Requirements Windows 10 Pros: Why use this tweak If you do not want to share your voice data with Microsoft. Cons: Why do not use this tweak? If it is disabled, Cortana and dictation will not work. How to apply this tweak manually: Press Win + R, type "regedit.exe" and press Enter. Then go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Settings\OnlineSpeechPrivacy key. Double click it and create/change the value "HasAccepted" (type DWORD) to 0. 123