That and Dictate is still in the Ribbon and prompts to enable Intelligent Services when I click it. Perhaps it is already disabled, because I have settings for HIPAA in our security and compliance center, and maybe it prevents Intelligent Services from enabling at all (when I click 'Dictate and click the 'Enable' button it does not seem to work for me), but I can't find any documentation about this anywhere. I also found article about disabling Intelligent Services within office apps via File -> Options -> General but there is no option listed in our system to enable or disable.

Siri is much less useful on a Mac since you have a full keyboard and mouse to control it with.

To turn it off, open System Preferences > Accesibility > Speakable Items, and turn off Speakable Items, so the Speakable Items icon will disappear from Desktop. Head over to the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad and choose Siri & Search. Answer: A: Answer: A: You are referring to Speakable Items. Hence, you have the flexibility to control the use of the virtual assistant depending on your needs. Both iPadOS and iOS allow you to turn off/on Siri for specific apps. Dictation should be disabled, which will remove your voice data from Apple servers. Turn off Siri for Individual Apps on iOS and iPadOS. Education: This guide or tutorial is just for educational purposes. Tap Turn Off Dictation in the prompt on your screen. If you have any queries regards the Turn Dictation OFF or ON for iPad or iPhone, then please ask us through the comment section below or directly contact us. I can disable 'Online Content Options' via GPO but this includes many non-Intelligent Services features such as recently used files and such that we want. Final note: Turn Dictation OFF or ON for iPad or iPhone. There are articles about Office Intelligent Services, but can't find a GPO to disable them. Since we are subject to HIPAA and Microsoft explicitly states (at bottom under 'Important information about Dictate' section) that this is not compliant with HIPAA, I am worried, especially because some have already asked about this upcoming feature.

I just updated my Office ProPlus to build 1806 ahead of everyone else for testing, and it seems to have added the Dictate option.

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