Use voice typing to talk instead of type on your PC – Microsoft Support

To use voice typing, you’ll need to be connected to the internet, have a working microphone, and have your cursor in a text box.

Once you turn on voice typing, it will start listening automatically. Wait for the “Listening…” alert before you start speaking.

Action	Do this
Turn on voice typing	Press Windows logo key + H on a hardware keyboardPress the microphone key next to the Spacebar on the touch keyboard
To stop voice typing	Say a voice typing command like “Stop listening”Press the microphone button on the voice typing menu

Note: Press Windows logo key + Alt + H to navigate through the voice typing menu with your keyboard. 

You can use a voice typing language that’s different than the one you’ve chosen for Windows. Here’s how:

1. Select Start > Settings > Time & language > Language & region.
2. Find Preferred languages in the list and select Add a language.
3. Search for the language you’d like to install, then select Next.
4. Select Next or install any optional language features you’d like to use. These features, including speech recognition, aren’t required for voice typing to work.

To see this feature’s supported languages, see the list in this article.

To switch voice typing languages, you’ll need to change the input language you use. Here’s how:

• Select the language switcher in the corner of your taskbar
• Press Windows logo key + Spacebar on a hardware keyboard
• Press the language switcher in the bottom right of the touch keyboard

hese languages support voice typing in Windows 11:

• Bulgarian
• Chinese (Simplified, China)
• Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR)
• Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch (Netherlands)
• English (Australia)
• English (Canada)
• English (India)
• English (New Zealand)
• English (United Kingdom)
• English (United States)
• Estonian
• Finnish
• French (Canada)
• French (France)
• German
• Gujarati
• Hindi
• Hungarian
• Irish
• Italian (Italy)
• Japanese
• Korean
• Latvian
• Lithuanian
• Maltese
• Marathi
• Norwegian (Bokmål)
• Polish
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Portuguese (Portugal)
• Romanian (Romania)
• Russian
• Slovak
• Slovenian
• Spanish (Mexico)
• Spanish (Spain)
• Swedish (Sweden)
• Tamil (India)
• Telugu
• Thai
• Turkish
• Vietnamese

Use voice typing commands to quickly edit text by saying things like “delete that” or “select that”.

The following list tells you what you can say. To view supported commands for other languages, change the dropdown to your desired language

oice typing command	What you can say
Stop or pause voice typing	Pause voice typing
	Pause dictation
	Stop voice typing
	Stop dictation
	Stop listening
	Stop dictating
	Stop voice mode
	Pause voice mode
Delete last spoken word or phrase	Delete that
	Erase that
	Ignore that
Select last spoken word or phrase	Select that

Note: If a word or phrase is selected, speaking any of the “delete that” commands will remove it.

Use voice typing commands to insert punctuation marks.

The following list tells you what you can say. To view supported commands for other languages, change the dropdown to your desired language.

Select your desired language

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Use voice typing commands to insert punctuation marks.

The following list tells you what you can say. To view supported commands for other languages, change the dropdown to your desired language.

Select your desired language

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