Tip: If you've already set up speech recognition, pressing Windows logo key +Ctrl+S opens speech recognition and you're ready to use it. If you want to retrain your computer to recognize your voice, press the Windows logo key , type Control Panel, and select Control Panel in the list of results.

Dictation uses speech recognition, which is built into Windows 10, so there's nothing you need to download and install to use it. To start dictating, select a text field and press the Windows logo key + H to open the dictation toolbar.

Learn how to control your PC by voice using Windows Speech Recognition commands for dictation, keyboard shortcuts, punctuation, apps, and more.

Learn how to use your voice to dictate text to your computer and correct dictation errors as you work.

Turning on speech while setting up a HoloLens device or installing Windows Mixed Reality allows you to use your voice for commands, dictation, and app interactions. Both device-based speech recognition and online speech recognition settings will be turned on.

This article is for people who want to control their PC and author text using their voice with Windows. This article is part of the Accessibility support for Windows content set where you can find more information on Windows accessibility features.

To do this, press Windows logo key + Spacebar and choose one of your available languages. For more info on installing other languages, see Use voice typing to talk instead of type on your PC.

Tip: If you've already set up speech recognition, pressing Windows logo key +Ctrl+S opens speech recognition and you're ready to use it. If you want to retrain your computer to recognize your voice, press the Windows logo key , type Control Panel, and select Control Panel in the list of results.

You can start voice access on your system, download the necessary speech model to enhance voice recognition capabilities, select the microphone to be used with voice access, navigate through the voice access user interface, and access the commands help page to read the supported commands.

Learn how to download new text-to-speech language and voices in Windows for Immersive Reader, Read Mode, and Read Aloud.