Both Windows 11 and Windows 10 offer this feature. However, it needs to be enabled to use it. It can be used in various languages. Furthermore, it also has some built-in commands to perform certain typing actions, such as moving to the next line, adding punctuation, moving the cursor to the end or start of a paragraph/document, etc. This article shows you how to set up and use the Voice Typing feature in Windows.
Activate Voice Typing in Windows
Before you begin to activate the feature, ensure that you have the hardware required for it. This would mean either having an embedded microphone on your laptop/PC or using an external mic (usually a headset).
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You can confirm that your microphone is working by hearing yourself on a mic. Once you have the desired hardware and are sure that it works fine, perform the following steps to enable Voice Typing: You will now see a small fly out in the middle of the screen for Voice Typing. Click on the microphone button (or press the Windows Key + H again) and start saying whatever you want to type! You will now see your words transforming into text right before your eyes.
How to Add Language for Voice Typing
Windows Voice Typing is supported in the following languages:
BulgarianChinese (Simplified, China)Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR)Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)CroatianCzechDanishDutch (Netherlands)English (Australia)English (Canada)English (India)English (New Zealand)English (United Kingdom)English (United States)EstonianFinnishFrench (Canada)French (France)GermanGujaratiHindiHungarianIrishItalian (Italy)JapaneseKoreanLatvianLithuanianMalteseMarathiNorwegian (Bokmål)PolishPortuguese (Brazil)Portuguese (Portugal)Romanian (Romania)RussianSlovakSlovenianSpanish (Mexico)Spanish (Spain)Swedish (Sweden)Tamil (India)TeluguThaiTurkishVietnamese
If you want to add another language for Voice Typing, perform these steps: You can now begin converting your speech into text in the selected language. If you have multiple Voice Typing languages installed, you can switch between them using the Windows Key + Spacebar shortcut keys.
Voice Typing Commands
As we had mentioned earlier, you can also perform certain typing-related actions using just your speech. The table below denotes some of the commands you can use against the action it performs: You can find more commands for more actions in any of the supported Voice Typing languages on this Microsoft Page.
Closing Words
Voice Typing is an excellent feature in Windows. It makes writing long documents more convenient and saves a lot more time. If you have not tried it out yet, we recommend that you do so using the steps given in this post. To make things even easier, you can also enable auto-punctuation for Voice Typing, or enable the Voice Typing launcher, a flyout that always stays on top, from the flyout settings.
