Recently, Microsoft has quietly added the ‘Voice Typing’ option to the right-click menu in the Edge browser. This is more than an option that opens Windows Dictation on Windows 10 with shortcut Win +H Edge as it has a dedicated UI for voice typing.
Chrome Web browser offers a Voice typing option on Google Docs. The feature is not available for Google service in Edge browser.
But Microsoft Edge Canary is now showing the ‘Voice typing’ option in a text box context menu, which when selected or when you press Win +H, the Dictation feature of Windows 10 starts and asks to use voice to start typing.
Ensure you’ve Microphone plugged for that.
Windows Dictation may be an old thing, but Edge shows up a nice little UI for voice typing.
How to use Voice Typing in Microsoft Edge browser
To get the hands-on feature
- Launch Edge Canary
- Visit a web page and right-click on a text box and select “Voice typing” or you can also use the shortcut for the same
- Start speaking. Without typing you will speak, where your words will be converted into text
You can use the shortcut Win +At+ H to move keyboard focus to voice typing UI.
It’s worth noting that, for the Dictionary to work you should allow Microsoft to collect the info about websites you visit, and optional inking and typing diagnostic data.
Enabling below Windows 10 settings will do.
Settings > Diagnostics & Feedback > optional Diagnostic data
Settings > Diagnostrics & Feedback >Improve inking and typing .
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