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 voice typing commands to insert punctuation marks. 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.

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

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.

When you speak into the microphone, Windows Speech Recognition converts your spoken words into text that appears on your screen. Open the program you want to use or select the text box you want to dictate text into. There are several ways to correct mistakes made during dictation.

Dictation lets you use speech-to-text to author content in Microsoft 365 with a microphone and reliable internet connection. It's a quick and easy way to get your thoughts out, create drafts or outlines, and capture notes.

Narrator is a screen-reading app that's built into Windows 10, so there's nothing you need to download or install. This guide describes how to use Narrator with Windows so that you can start using apps, browsing the web, and more.

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.

Download voices for Immersive Reader, Read Mode, and Read Aloud. Talk instead of typing your documents with Dictate or speech recognition.

Voice access is a feature in Windows 11 that enables everyone to control their PC and author text using only their voice and without an internet connection. For example, you can open and switch between apps, browse the web, and read and author email using your voice.