Dictation lets you use speech-to-text to author content in Office with a microphone and reliable internet connection. It's a quick and easy way to get your thoughts out, create drafts or outlines, and capture notes.

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How to use Dictation

Tap the small microphone icon to toggle to the dictation experience.

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Tap on the large microphone icon and start speaking.

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Insert punctuation at any time by saying them explicitly or using the punctuation toolbar.
At any time, tap the microphone again to pause dictation or tap the keyboard button to switch back to the keyboard.
Fix mistakes by using touch to delete the content and speak again or toggling on the keyboard.

Privacy

This service does not store your audio data or transcribed text.

Your speech utterances will be sent to Microsoft and used only to provide you with text results.

For more information about experiences that analyze your content, see Connected Experiences in Office.

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