![]() Towards the bottom, you’ll see Voice Typing as an option. Navigate to the top and click the Tools menu. Next, you have to turn on the voice typing feature. For your first attempt, we suggest opening a new Google Doc. ![]() Voice typing in Google Docs is the easiest way to use Google Voice, although it does work with Slides as well. To get started, just follow these easy steps. Voice typing with Google Voice will save you time, make it easier to share your ideas in a timely fashion and keep all your thoughts organized. Step-by-Step Guide to Voice Typing with Google Voice It will screen your calls, redirect calls to all your devices and provide voice to text services for all compatible Google apps. It works on all your devices, including laptops, desktops and smartphones. Google Voice is an app that does everything from work as an intelligent phone system to voice typing in Google Docs. If you’re new to their technology or want to learn more about their features, we’re here to help. Google Voice is one of the most popular apps for call forwarding and voicemail services, voice and text messaging. Voice typing is not only more convenient and accessible, in some situations it can be the safest option as well. It seems like there are new applications for voice to text technology all the time. Voice typing, or speech-to-text, is a useful accessibility tool.How to Use Google Voice for Transcriptions Voice Typing and Voice Commands in action Conclusion You can find the whole list of available commands by saying "voice commands list", or in the Google Docs guide article with the complete list of available voice commands. When you say certain words and phrases, like "move to the end of the line" or "select paragraph", those actions will be executed. Voice commands are available only for the English language. Voice commands allow you to do all the editing and formatting using only your voice. Writing a document often includes editing and formatting. When elaboration is finished, it will be replaced with the words. While Google is elaborating, a pattern of squares similar to this will be shown. While Google is interpreting what you have said there will be a pattern of little squares shown where the words will appear after it has finished elaborating. You need to speak clearly and not too quickly for better results. Now, start speaking, and Google Docs will transcribe what you say. The microphone icon when activated: all the other options disappear, and the microphone icon turns red and is now surrounded by a red circle. If you get an alert from Google Docs asking for permission to use your microphone, go ahead and grant permission or you will not be able to use voice typing. You can start voice typing by clicking on the microphone button. It has a lot of languages you can choose from. Just select the language you prefer, and you are ready to start using it. It will let you choose between many languages. If you want to change the language setting for the Voice Typing tool, you need to use the drop down menu. Then below that there's the big square button with a grey microphone in the middle. ![]() Just below you'll see the dropdown menu where you can change languages (and it shows what language is currently set). Next to those dots you can click the X to close it. You can drag it around with the three horizontal dots at the top. This will open a little tab with a microphone and a dropdown menu. ![]() The Voice typing menu item is the tenth item from the top, or the fourth from the bottom. Or you can use the Ctrl+Shift+S (on Windows) or Command+Shift+S (on Mac) shortcut to activate it. You can activate speech-to-text from the Tools menu – it is the fourth menu item from the bottom. Do note, though, that this feature is available only if you're using Google's Chrome browser. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use speech-to-text in Google Docs. Or you can also use it if you like to think out loud and transcribe what you say. Speech-to-Text is a really useful accessibility tool if typing is difficult for you. ![]()
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