There are people who can type on a keyboard the way previous secretaries did on their typewriter, though there are others who do not have this ability but need to create documents quickly.

By following these instructions you will be able to create documents faster or leave notes, ideas and drawings in word processors.

Include voice typing in Word

On Windows computers:

There are two ways to access a microphone in Office Word:

Option 1

1. As a first step, you need to open the application and click the “File” button.

2. Then search for the word “options”, which is almost at the bottom of the list.

3. The next step is to click on the tab that says “Customize Ribbon”.

4. As a fourth step, a menu should be displayed to select the “All Tabs” option.

5. Almost done, you need to go to the beginning of the word and select the option that says “Sound” and then click “Add”

6. At this point the dictation button will be successfully configured and available to start using it in the upper right corner of the screen.

Option 2

This second option will be used when the first one did not work and the finished microphone icon does not appear.

1. In the first step, the user must open the word on his computer and enter the key combination “Windows” + “H”. The Windows key is the one with four squares highlighted.

2. As soon as you type the above command, a hyperlink will appear, which you must enter and it says “To use the dictation, go to settings and activate online speech recognition”

3. While in this window, the switch icon should be pressed so that it turns blue, indicating that the function is already enabled.

4. Finally, the dictation option will be activated from the Windows system, so you only need to press “Windows” + “H” to activate the microphone.

Macs

A few small configurations need to be done before entering this brand of computers.

1. For this first step, go to “System Preferences” and then select the “Dictate” option.

2. After choosing the previous option, a sound test should be conducted, so the person will have to say a few words out loud.

3. At this point, the “Enhanced dictation” option will be selected so that the device can be used even without the Internet.

4. Now, the user has to switch to “Accessibility”, select the “Voice Control” found on the left side of the screen, and finally select the function that says “Voice Control Activation”.

5. Finally, all you have to do is go to Word and start dictating the content for the device so that it is written to a blank document.

Enable voice dictation in Google Docs

Google’s word processor also contains the dictation words of the tool that you want to record in the document. In addition, this option can also be enabled for the presentations app.

Before continuing with the instructions, please note that this option is only available from the Google Chrome browser.

1. Activate the microphone from the computer, this is done by configuring it with the above steps. In the case of Windows, this procedure is explained in the “Option 2” subheading, and for Macs, step 1 through 4.

2. At this point, voice typing in the document will begin by following the instructions below.

– Check if the microphone, computer or external is working.

– Open a new document in Google Docs from the Chrome browser.

– Click on “Tools” and then “Voice dictation”.

– A microphone will appear at this time, which you must press to activate it when you want to start a conversation.

– You need to speak clearly, in a normal voice and rhythm, so that the right words are typed.

– When done, click on the microphone icon again.

How to fix bugs when typing by voice in Google

If you make a mistake while typing, you just need to move the cursor over the word and correct it without turning off the microphone.

After correcting the error, all that remains is to move the cursor to the section from which you want to continue.

To see a list of word quotes, you need to right-click on terms that are highlighted in gray.

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