Microsoft is kicking off a brand new week with a recent construct for Home windows 11 insiders within the Beta Channel. Construct 22635.5160 (KB5053654) is now out there for obtain with a few of the adjustments that the corporate launched final week, together with improved Narrator, new options for Copilot, and extra. Right here is the changelog:

New options progressively being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on

Introducing speech recap in Narrator

We’re all the time working to make Narrator extra intuitive, environment friendly, and useful for customers who depend on it daily. With that in thoughts, we’re introducing a brand new function—speech recap —designed that will help you preserve observe of what Narrator has spoken and entry it for fast reference. With speech recap, you possibly can rapidly entry spoken content material, observe together with reside transcription, and replica what Narrator final stated—all with easy keyboard shortcuts. Speech recap additionally offers a historical past of spoken content material with out having to redo the duty simply to observe what Narrator stated.

You possibly can open the speech recap window with Narrator key + Alt + X and may discover the final 500 strings Narrator had spoken. Observe that we refresh the textual content on this window each time Narrator begins. You should utilize commonplace studying instructions and arrow keys to learn the contents in speech recap window and replica textual content required for reference. Want to avoid wasting or share one thing Narrator simply stated final? You possibly can copy it immediately with out opening the speech recap window.

Use Narrator key + Management + X to repeat the final spoken phrase to your clipboard.

Few situations the place you should use speech recap and associated shortcuts embrace referring to a touch you heard when opening a brand new window, copying an error code that was spoken or including Narrator speech to coaching supplies.

Dwell transcription of Narrator speech is beneficial for Assistive Know-how (AT) trainers, lecturers of visually impaired (TVIs) who assist college students in school or for professionals who’re arduous of listening to and wish to use Narrator. To see reside transcription of Narrator audio, use the identical command Narrator key + Alt + X to open the speech recap window and snap it to the portion of the display you wish to view it. As you do duties with Narrator, you possibly can observe alongside and see the textual content on this window replace.

These keyboard shortcuts observe a easy patten making it straightforward to be taught:

• Management + Home windows key + Enter = Flip Narrator on/Off
• Narrator key + X = Re-hear what Narrator stated final
• Narrator key + management + X = Copy what Narrator stated final
• Narrator key + Alt + X = Open Speech recap window for historical past and reside transcriptions

Adjustments and Enhancements progressively being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on

[Copilot on Windows]

• Now you can launch Copilot on Home windows with Win + C. You possibly can personalize your Copilot key and Win + C expertise at any time with the prevailing “Customise Copilot key on keyboard” beneath Settings > Personalization > Textual content enter.
• To entry the press to speak function and begin a dialog with Copilot on Home windows, press and maintain the Copilot key for two seconds. For PCs with out the Copilot key, press and maintain Win + C for two seconds. To finish your dialog, press the Esc key. If there isn’t any talking for a number of seconds, Copilot will robotically finish the dialog. When the dialog is over, the microphone on the display will disappear. As introduced beforehand, you can even press and maintain Alt + Spacebar to speak with Copilot on Home windows. Press to speak permits you to work together with Copilot utilizing your voice, offering immediate responses whereas staying in your present workflow and persevering with duties with out interruption. Press to speak is supported within the newest Copilot app replace (model 1.25033.139.0 and better). This replace is starting to roll out throughout Insider Channels through the Microsoft Retailer.
• Builders can get the identical set off for press to speak for his or her apps that assist the Copilot key through the use of Deal with Microsoft Copilot {hardware} key state adjustments. Observe, the enterprise-focused Microsoft 365 Copilot app doesn’t have this assist as we speak.
• Win + C and press to speak are progressively rolling out so not all Insiders will get the replace immediately. We’re excited to be previewing enhancements with our Insiders to make sure all our prospects have an excellent Copilot expertise for Home windows.

[Windows Share]

• Within the Home windows share window, we’re including the power to rapidly edit and improve pictures whereas sharing. This consists of in-line picture modifying capabilities, akin to cropping, rotating, and making use of filters, in addition to the power to compress pictures to scale back file measurement for simpler sharing. This skill works just for native pictures saved in your PC. Supported picture codecs: .jpg, .jpeg, .dib, .png, .tif, .tiff, and .bmp.

[Settings]

• We’re making it straightforward to seek out solutions to widespread questions on your PC and Home windows 11 with a devoted FAQs part on the Settings > System > About web page, offering fast and useful insights for utilizing your PC multi functional place. Whether or not you’re interested by system configuration, efficiency, or compatibility, this expertise ensures you get the knowledge you want for the continuously requested questions for these subjects. We hope these FAQs will make it easier to make knowledgeable choices about your PC with ease.

Fixes progressively being rolled out to the Beta Channel with toggle on

[Start menu]

• Mounted a delay in app icons displaying typically in grid and class views after putting in an app.

[Desktop icons]

• Up to date the logic for apps pinned to the desktop, in order that packaged apps now not present an accent coloured backplate (for instance, should you had been to tug and drop Snipping Software from the apps record in Begin to the desktop). In doing this, the icons needs to be larger and simpler to see now. Please notice, it’s possible you’ll have to create new shortcuts for this to take impact, if you have already got one thing in your desktop.

Right here is the record of identified bugs:

[Start menu]

• The next are identified points for Home windows Insiders with the brand new grid and class views on the All” web page within the Begin menu:
• When right-clicking on an app, the “Begin settings” context menu flashes earlier than the app’s context menu seems.

[Widgets]

• [NEW] Home windows Insiders within the European Financial Space (EEA) with the brand new Lock display widgets expertise might even see the climate widget briefly unavailable.

[Narrator]

• [NEW] In case you use Narrator and expertise a problem the place Narrator crashes on launch, please restart your PC to get Narrator working once more. If that doesn’t resolve your concern, you should use a secondary display reader make it easier to file suggestions in Suggestions Hub or somebody help you in submitting suggestions”.

Yow will discover the announcement submit right here.