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During a demonstration by Microsoft on July 27, 2006—before Windows Vista's [[release to manufacturing]] (RTM)—a notable incident involving WSR occurred that resulted in an unintended output of "Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all" when several attempts to dictate led to consecutive output errors;<ref name="GoodDemos">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/archives/1991 |title=UPDATED-When good demos go (very, very) bad |last=Auchard |first=Eric |date=July 28, 2006 |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521230956/http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/archives/1991 |archivedate=May 21, 2011 |accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name="MSNBC">{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/14158843 |title=Software glitch foils Microsoft demo |author=[[NBC News]] |date=August 2, 2006 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |accessdate=June 30, 2015 }}</ref> the incident was a subject of significant derision among analysts and journalists in the audience.<ref name="NeedsWork">{{cite web |url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/07/31/HNvoicevista_1.html |title=Vista voice-recognition feature needs work |last=Montalbano |first=Elizabeth |date=July 31, 2006 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |work=[[InfoWorld]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060805091528/http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/07/31/HNvoicevista_1.html |archivedate=August 5, 2006 |accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Stammers">{{cite web |url=http://www.techhive.com/article/126613/article.html |title=Vista's Voice Recognition Stammers |last=Montalbano |first=Elizabeth |date=July 31, 2006 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |work=TechHive |accessdate=July 1, 2015}}</ref> Microsoft later revealed that these issues were due to an audio [[Gain (electronics)|gain]] glitch that caused the speech recognizer to distort the dictated words;<ref name="FAM">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robch/archive/2006/07/29/682479.aspx |title=FAM: Vista SR Demo failure -- And now you know the rest of the story ... |last=Chambers |first=Rob |date=July 29, 2006 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[Microsoft Developer Network|MSDN]] |accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref> the glitch was fixed before Windows Vista's release.<ref name="FAM"/>
Reports from early 2007 indicated that WSR is vulnerable to attackers using speech recognition for malicious operations by playing certain audio commands through a target's speakers;<ref name="SpeechRecognitionHole">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6320865.stm |title=Vista has speech recognition hole |date=February 1, 2007 |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] |work=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name="RemoteExploit">{{cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2007/02/01/remote-exploit-of-vista-speech-reveals-fatal-flaw/ |title=Remote 'exploit' of Vista Speech reveals fatal flaw |last=Miller |first=Paul |date=February 1, 2007 |publisher=[[AOL]] |work=[[Engadget]] |accessdate=June 28, 2015}}</ref> it was the first vulnerability discovered after Windows Vista's [[Software release life cycle#General availability|general availability]].<ref name="PCWorld">{{cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128737-c,vistalonghorn/article.html |title=Honeymoon's Over: First Windows Vista Flaw |last=Roberts |first=Paul |date=February 1, 2007 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |work=[[PCWorld]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204030144/http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128737-c,vistalonghorn/article.html |archivedate=February 4, 2007 |accessdate=June 28, 2015}}</ref> Microsoft stated that although such an attack is theoretically possible, a number of mitigating factors and prerequisites would limit its effectiveness or prevent it altogether: a target would need the recognizer to be active and configured to properly interpret such commands; microphones and speakers would both need to be enabled and at sufficient volume levels; and an attack would require the computer to perform visible operations
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