Learn how to record, edit, and share sounds with Voice Recorder app for Windows 10. Find out how to add markers, trim, rename, and delete your recordings.

Windows 11 Windows 10. With voice typing, you can enter text on your PC by speaking. Voice typing uses online speech recognition, which is powered by Azure Speech services. How to start voice typing. Install a voice typing language. Switch voice typing languages. Supported languages. Voice typing commands. Punctuation commands.

Voice Recorder is an app for recording lectures, conversations, and other sounds (previously called Sound Recorder). Hit the big Record button (1), and Add a marker (3) to identify key moments as you record or play (2). Then you can Trim (5), Rename (7), or Share your recordings (4), which are saved in Documents > Sound recordings.

Open a new or existing document and go to Home > Dictate while signed into Microsoft 365 on a mic-enabled device. Wait for the Dictate button to turn on and start listening. Start speaking to see text appear on the screen. Can't find the Dictate button? The dictation feature is only available to Microsoft 365 subscribers.

Select Start > Settings > System > Sound. In Input, select the microphone that you want to test. In Input settings, look at Input volume while speaking into the microphone. If the bar moves while you speak, your microphone is working properly. If don't see the bar moving, go to Test your microphone and select Start test. Open Settings.

To listen to an audio recording in your notes, do the following: Double-click any Audio Recording icon on any page in your notebook. Tip: While playing back audio in OneNote for Windows 10, you can use the additional controls on the Audio tab that appears — including Pause, Back 5 Minutes, Back 15 Seconds, Forward 15 Seconds, and Forward 5 minutes.

Select Start > Settings > System > Sound. In Input, go to Choose a device for speaking or recording, and select the device you want. To test your microphone, speak into it. In Volume, make sure the blue bar moves to make sure Windows hears you. The microphone volume is too low or does not appear to be working at all. Try the following solutions: