<p>You can dictate your text right to the document without typing it manually. This can be easily done with the built-in speech recognition tool on Windows 10. You can also use the embedded digital assistant Cortana to launch the text editor by means of the voice command.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="img-popup alignnone wp-image-33339 size-full" src="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech-to-text_2h.jpg" alt="Using speech-to-text with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors on Windows 10" width="1472" height="742" srcset="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech-to-text_2h.jpg 1472w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech-to-text_2h-300x151.jpg 300w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech-to-text_2h-1024x516.jpg 1024w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech-to-text_2h-768x387.jpg 768w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech-to-text_2h-634x320.jpg 634w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech-to-text_2h-353x178.jpg 353w" sizes="(max-width: 1472px) 100vw, 1472px" /></p>
<h3>Requirements:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Windows 10 or later</li>
<li>Microphone connected to your PC</li>
<li><a href="https://www.onlyoffice.com/download-desktop.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=speechtotext" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors</u></a> installed on your PC</li>
</ul>
<h3>Adjusting Windows settings</h3>
<ol>
<li>Go to Start -&gt; Settings -&gt; <strong>Privacy.</strong></li>
<li>Open the <strong>Voice activation</strong> section.</li>
<li>Turn on the <strong>Allow apps to use voice activation</strong> switcher.<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="img-popup wp-image-32640 size-full alignnone" src="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/voice.png" alt="Using speech-to-text function with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors on Windows 10" width="1240" height="708" srcset="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/voice.png 1240w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/voice-300x171.png 300w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/voice-1024x585.png 1024w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/voice-768x439.png 768w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/voice-312x178.png 312w" sizes="(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px" /></li>
<li>Turn on the <strong>Let Cortana respond to ‘Cortana’ keyword</strong> switcher.<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="img-popup alignnone wp-image-32651 size-full" src="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/voice2.png" alt="Using speech-to-text function with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors on Windows 10" width="1240" height="708" srcset="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/voice2.png 1240w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/voice2-300x171.png 300w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/voice2-1024x585.png 1024w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/voice2-768x439.png 768w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/voice2-312x178.png 312w" sizes="(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px" /></li>
<li>In the <strong>Privacy </strong>settings, open the <strong>Speech </strong>section.<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="img-popup wp-image-32629 size-full alignnone" style="font-size: 16px;" src="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech.png" alt="Using speech-to-text function with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors on Windows 10" width="1240" height="708" srcset="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech.png 1240w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech-300x171.png 300w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech-1024x585.png 1024w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech-768x439.png 768w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/speech-312x178.png 312w" sizes="(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px" /></li>
<li>Turn on the <strong>Online speech recognition</strong> switcher.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Dictating your text to the document</h3>
<ol>
<li>Launch Cortana: Start -&gt; All apps -&gt; Cortana. You can also launch it by clicking the Cortana icon on the taskbar to the right of the search bar, or pressing Win+C, or saying ‘Cortana’.<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="img-popup alignnone wp-image-32584 size-full" src="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cortana.png" alt="Using speech-to-text function with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors on Windows 10" width="440" height="41" srcset="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cortana.png 440w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cortana-300x28.png 300w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cortana-353x33.png 353w" sizes="(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px" /></li>
<li>If you launch Cortana for the first time, sign in to Cortana using your Microsoft account.</li>
<li>Depending on your settings, click the microphone <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-32618 size-full" style="margin: 0;" src="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/microphone.png" alt="Using speech-to-text function with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors on Windows 10" width="11" height="16" /> icon or just say ‘Cortana’.</li>
<li>Say ‘Open ONLYOFFICE Editors’. After that, the main window of ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors will open.<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="img-popup wp-image-32596 size-full alignnone" src="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/desktop.png" alt="Using speech-to-text function with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors on Windows 10" width="1240" height="708" srcset="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/desktop.png 1240w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/desktop-300x171.png 300w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/desktop-1024x585.png 1024w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/desktop-768x439.png 768w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/desktop-312x178.png 312w" sizes="(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px" /></li>
<li>Create a new document by clicking ‘Document’.</li>
<li>Press <strong>Win+H</strong>. The speech recognition window will appear at the top of the screen.<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="img-popup alignnone wp-image-32607 size-full" src="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/listening.png" alt="Using speech-to-text function with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors on Windows 10" width="1240" height="708" srcset="https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/listening.png 1240w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/listening-300x171.png 300w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/listening-1024x585.png 1024w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/listening-768x439.png 768w, https://static-blog.onlyoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/listening-312x178.png 312w" sizes="(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px" /></li>
<li>Start dictation in the microphone. Your words will be automatically typed in to the document.</li>
</ol>
<p>There are some tips which can be helpful when dictating:</p>
<ul>
<li>You can say ‘<em>period</em>’ for ‘.’, ‘<em>comma</em>’ for ‘,’ ‘<em>question mark</em>’ for ‘?’, ‘<em>exclamation mark</em>’ for ‘!’.</li>
<li>Say ‘<em>new line</em>’ to start a new paragraph.</li>
<li>If you pause for some time or click with the mouse, speech recognition will pause too. Click the microphone icon on the left to continue dictating.</li>
<li>When done, say ‘<em>Stop dictating</em>’ or close the speech recognition window.</li>
</ul>
<p>The full list of Speech Recognition commands can be found <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-speech-recognition-commands-9d25ef36-994d-f367-a81a-a326160128c7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
<p>When you finish dictation, do not forget to save the document with your text.</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong>: You can additionally format your text using multiple formatting tools available in <a href="https://helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/userguides/docs-de.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=speechtotext" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>ONLYOFFICE Document Editor</u></a>.</p>
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