{"id":1965,"date":"2022-08-07T10:07:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T07:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.addictivetips.com\/?p=200137https:\/\/www.addictivetips.com\/microsoft-office\/dictate-text-in-ms-office-dictate-by-microsoft\/"},"modified":"2022-08-07T10:07:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T07:07:39","slug":"how-to-dictate-text-in-ms-office-with-dictate-by-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/1965-how-to-dictate-text-in-ms-office-with-dictate-by-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Dictate Text In MS Office With Dictate By Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can use speech recognition in Windows and dictate a document in MS Word, or an email in Outlook. Windows\u2019 dictation feature isn\u2019t the greatest tool for this purpose. MS Office apps don\u2019t have a built-in dictation feature so that\u2019s really all you can use. If you\u2019re not averse to using add-ons though, give Dictate by Microsoft<\/strong> a try.\u00a0Dictate by Microsoft is an experimental project just released by the tech giant. It lets you dictate text in MS Office. The speech recognition is pretty good even if you have an accent.<\/p>\n

Install Dictate By Microsoft<\/h3>\n

Visit the link at the end to download Dictate by Microsoft. It\u2019s basically an add-on but you need to be mindful you download the correct version i.e., 32-bit or 64-bit for your system. Once you download it, install it like you would any app.<\/p>\n

Dictate Text In MS Office<\/h3>\n

After you install Dictate, open any MS Office app. You will see a new tab on the ribbon called Dictation. Select this tab.<\/p>\n

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You can start dictating text right away. There aren\u2019t any settings that need tweaking. Just click the Start button to dictate text. The add-on needs an active internet connection to work. It will detect your mic and you can start dictating.<\/p>\n

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By default, the add-on adds punctuation marks itself. This means every time you pause, it\u2019s going to add a period. You can turn this off by clicking the \u2018Manual Punctuation\u2019 button before you begin dictation.<\/p>\n

The add-on is responsive to some commands. For example, if you\u2019re speaking and say \u2018comma\u2019, it will insert a comma instead of typing the word. At present there is no list of commands that the add-on will respond to so you\u2019re going to have to discover them as you go along. We\u2019re still searching for the command to delete a word.<\/p>\n

Dictate By Microsoft has support for twenty-four input languages including French, Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic. It also has a\u00a0live translation feature. When you speak something in one of the supported languages, Dictate by Microsoft can translate it on the fly to any one of the supported languages in MS Office. The translation isn\u2019t the greatest.<\/p>\n

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With some phrases, the add-on really struggles to make an accurate\u00a0translation. It\u2019s not too bad but you can\u2019t use it as a reliable translation tool. It suffers from the same pitfalls as Google Translate.<\/p>\n

We have to say, for an experimental project, it\u2019s pretty great. Don\u2019t play music in the background when you\u2019re using it though.<\/p>\n

Download Dictate By Microsoft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can use speech recognition in Windows and dictate a document in MS Word, or an email in Outlook. Windows\u2019 dictation feature isn\u2019t the greatest tool for this purpose. MS Office apps don\u2019t have a built-in dictation feature so that\u2019s really all you can use. If you\u2019re not averse to using add-ons though, give Dictate …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[36],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}