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To voice type in Google Docs, click Tools → Voice typing. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + S.
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How to use voice typing in Google Docs
Additionally, you will need a working microphone plugged into your computer. If you use a webcam, a microphone may be built into your webcam. Alternatively, many USB microphones and XLR mics work great with Google Docs voice typing.
- To start using your voice to type, open a Google Doc in Chrome and click Tools >Voice typing. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + S.
- A pop-up window will appear on your Google Doc with a grey microphone button in the middle. Click it.
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When you have granted Google Docs access to your microphone, you will enter voice typing mode. If you don’t say anything for a while, the microphone icon on the left will go from red back to grey. If that happens, reactivate the voice typing function by clicking the grey microphone button in the pop-up window.
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How to use Google voice punctuation commands
You can use different phrases to add punctuation to your text. Punctuation might not be available in every language:
- Period
- Comma
- Exclamation point
- Question mark
- New line
- New paragraph
Google Docs also allows you to make voice commands using your microphone. When you are in voice typing mode, you can use voice commands to select words, format your document, edit your document, add and edit tables, move around your document, and more.
For example, you can say select [word], and Google Docs will select the word you just said. It isn’t always the most intuitive function, and Google Docs prioritizes typing out what you say more than anything. Sometimes, you will need to try multiple times to get Docs to correctly identify and carry out the voice command.
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FAQs
If you want to use voice typing on Google Docs on your phone, you can use the microphone function on the Google keyboard. However, voice commands won’t work.
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