

To dictate in the default language, just start dictating. While editing a document in Word, press Alt+H, D or Alt+Back quote (`). For more information on what you can say, refer to the "What can I say" section in Dictate your documents in Word. You can keep using your keyboard as usual while you dictate.Ĭonnect your headset to your computer, and make sure you're connected to the internet. You can also dictate punctuation marks, symbols, mathematical and currency signs, and emojis. Use your voice and dictate your document content to quickly draft an outline of a document or take notes, for example. For more information about experiences that analyze your content, go to Connected Experiences in Office. What you say will be sent to Microsoft and used only to provide you with text results. This service does not store your audio data or transcribed text. The dictation feature is only available to Microsoft 365 subscribers. For the list of supported languages, go to the "Spoken languages supported" section in Dictate your documents in Word. We are actively working to improve these languages and add more locales and languages. To learn more about screen readers, go to How screen readers work with Microsoft 365.īy default, dictation is set to your document language in Microsoft 365.

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