How to Use Dictation with Touch Keyboard in Windows 10


You can use Dictation to convert spoken words into text anywhere on your PC with Windows 10. Dictation uses speech recognition, which is built into Windows 10, so there is nothing you need to download and install to use it.

Starting with Windows 10 build 16215, a microphone button has been added to the touch keyboard so you can now use dictation to input text with your voice into a text field.

Starting with Windows 10 build 18298, Microsoft updated the timeout period when dictating (WIN+H) to be from 5 seconds to 10 seconds, to give you a bit more time to think about what you want to say. If you’d like to stop the dictation before then, just say “Stop dictating” or press WIN+H (same as in previous builds).

See also: Use dictation to talk instead of type on your PC | Microsoft Support

This tutorial will show you how to use touch keyboard voice dictation on the desktop in Windows 10.

To use dictation, your PC needs to be connected to the internet.

Dictation requires online speech recognition to be turned on.

To dictate in unsupported languages, use Windows Speech Recognition.

Here's How:

1 Open the touch keyboard.

2 Click/tap inside a text box you want to select it.

3 Perform one of the following actions to start dictating: (see screenshots below)

• Press the Win + H Dictation shortcut keys.
• Click/tap on the microphone button on the touch keyboard.
• Click/tap on the 3 dots button in the handwriting panel, and click/tap on the microphone button.

4 When you see it show Listening, you can start dictating into your microphone. (see screenshot below)

You will hear a sound to let you know when dictation has started and stopped listening.

That's it,
Shawn

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