Learn how to set up and use speech recognition in Windows 10 and 11. Find out how to train your PC to recognize your voice, access commands, and troubleshoot issues with your microphone.

Use dictation to convert spoken words into text anywhere on your PC with Windows 10. 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 + H to open the dictation toolbar. Then say whatever’s on your mind.

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.

You can teach Windows 10 to recognize your voice. Here's how to set it up: In the search box on the taskbar, type Windows Speech Recognition, and then select Windows Speech Recognition in the list of results.

Additionally, in Windows 10, the Online speech recognition setting makes it possible to use dictation within Windows. 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.

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.

Windows Speech Recognition. To set up Windows Speech Recognition, go to the instructions for your version of Windows: Windows 10. Windows 8 and 8.1. Windows 7. Looking for Text-to-Speech instead? If you are looking for speech output instead, check out: Listen to your Word documents with Read Aloud. Converting text to speech in Excel

Windows Speech Recognition lets you control your PC by voice alone, without needing a keyboard or mouse. This article lists commands that you can use with Speech Recognition. For instructions on how to set up Speech Recognition for the first time, refer to Use voice recognition in Windows.

You'll need to turn this on in settings to use speech to text. Select Start > Settings > Privacy & security > Microphone, and make sure Microphone access is turned on. Voice typing isn't available in the current language. Check the list of supported languages and install the one you want. See list.