You an actually type in it as normal but you can also use the dictation function. There there is a tool to allow you to dictate to a simple text document here. If you don't like either of those two options here's another one. (The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog). So click on Tools and then Voice Typing or you can see it's Command Shift S. You have to be using the latest version of Chrome for this to work. People not seeing this tool in Goggle Docs.
So I know I'm going to get some comments about this, why isn't it working. The voice dictation function uses an extension that, I guess, doesn't meet Safari's security requirements.
You have to use the Chrome web browser for this. It simply doesn't recognize this as a text entry area because this is all specialized web app code here. Now this is important because macOS' built-in dictation won't work here. You go to Docs at and you start a new word processing document and right in here you've got, under Tools, Voice Typing. You get to it by just signing into your Goggle account, which is your gmail account for most people. (the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog period). But if you click this Dictate button it will use Microsoft Word's built-in dictation. So you can use the regular dictation tools in Word. You can even see it here if you go to Edit, Start Dictation.
Now this is different than macOs' built-in dictation. Of course you have your subscription setup and your signed in, then in your Home ribbon here you should see a Dictate button. So you have some other things that you can try.įirst, if you are a Microsoft Word user and you have the current version of Word. But sometimes it doesn't work in specific situations and sometimes depending upon probably you voice, your accent, your speed of talking, and all sorts of other things it doesn't work very well for dictating large documents. Now those two options should work in just about any app. Once you enable that that includes powerful dictation tools far beyond the basic stuff (The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog period). The other method is to go into Accessibility and then use Voice Control. (The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog period). The first is in System Preferences go to Keyboard, go to Dictation, Enable Dictation, and then you can press the fn key twice and dictate some text. So you have two ways to do this just using macOS. But if neither of those seem to work well for you here are three alternatives for dictating text. So macOS Catalina has two different built-in methods for doing dictation. Join us and get exclusive content and course discounts. There you can read more about the Patreon Campaign. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 600 supporters. Today, let me show you three alternatives to using macOS Dictation. Check out 3 Alternatives To Using macOS Dictation at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.
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