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Type text with your voice
You can speak to enter text in most places you type. You can even add common punctuation when you say "comma," "period," "question mark," "exclamation mark," or "exclamation point."
- Speech won’t work if the spoken language doesn't match the device language.
- Some voice commands aren’t yet supported in right-to-left languages.
Set up voice commands
- At the bottom right, select the time or press Alt + Shift + s .
- Under "Keyboard and text input," turn on Dictation .
- Tap or select where you want to type.
Edit your text with voice commands
To use a command, wait for your spoken text to clear from the box, then say your command.
To edit your text, use the following commands:
Use new dictation commands
Important: You can only use these new commands in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
You can now use multiple commands to perform the same action and use more natural language to edit text.
For example, “Move to the next letter” and “Right one letter” moves the cursor to the next letter.
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