Writing with Your Voice: Essential Commands When Dictate starts, you should either see a 'Listening' prompt or a red Mic icon. Once logged in, all you have to do is to press the Dictate button on the ribbon, and voila! You're good to go! You should see a small recording window with a Settings button, a Mic icon, and a question mark for Help. Alternatively, you can also use your Android device as a mic. If you don't have one yet, you can check out our guide to the best microphones. If you're planning to use this feature on your computer, make sure you have a microphone installed on your computer. Whatever platform you're using, you have to either log in or create a free Microsoft account to use the dictate feature. Microsoft Word is available in five different platforms-Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Web. So to help you eke out the most out of Word, we'll share how to get started with Dictate, the most common English commands you should know, and the languages the speech-to-text feature supports. We checked it out: we opened Word, and there it was in the top right corner of the ribbon.
However, when Google Doc's voice typing feature came out, many were curious if Word offered the same innovation. Even if we usually speak faster than type, we think better with keys on our fingers.
While many of us use both Siri and Alexa, the keyboard still reigns supreme when writing.
