If Word Dictate keeps turning off on a Windows 11/10 PC, here are some suggestions to help you fix the issue. A few Windows users have reported that they are facing an issue where the dictate feature ...

The first thing we suggest doing here is to check if your microphone is connected to the computer correctly. Unplug the device then plug it back in again. Finally, perform a dictation routine to see ...

Microsoft offered a dictation add-on for Word, Outlook and PowerPoint a year ago as one of their Garage projects. Now Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and OneNote have a dictation upgrade called Office ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of a transcription capability within its Word for the Web app for Microsoft 365 subscribers. Additionally, users of Word for the Web and Word for mobile apps ...

Dictate, a new project from Microsoft’s experimental R&D group, Microsoft Garage, is launching today to offer a way to type using your voice in Office programs including Outlook, Word and PowerPoint.

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Matthew Guay It took computers nearly a half-century to catch up with science ...

Typing with your voice – dictating text – has become an extremely common way to communicate. Better yet, you don't even need a stenographer. (Now I'm dating myself) I recently watched a friend quietly ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Microsoft is using Cortana’s speech recognition ...

Sometimes a word can be so hard to spell that any attempts are too garbled for autocorrect to offer helpful suggestions. Whenever I find myself struggling to spell a word, I double-tap the Command key ...

The latest version of Dragon Dictate is similar to the last version we reviewed ( version 2.0, in October, 2010), but brings several small changes, along with one important new feature to the program.