If you aren't using voice dictation in Microsoft Word, you're sleeping on one of its best features. It transforms how you interact with the document with hands-free typing, editing, and formatting.

Microsoft Word has a Dictate feature that has gotten better with time. The company released a new update that delivered several improvements along with new language support. From our testing, this ...

The first thing we suggest doing here is to check if your microphone is connected to the computer correctly. Unplug the device then plug it back in again. Finally, perform a dictation routine to see ...

Any student who needs to transcribe a lecture or a journalist (ahem) who needs to take notes on a hearing faces the tedious task of typing super fast and trying to listen at the same time. But now ...

The latest version of Dragon Dictate is similar to the last version we reviewed ( version 2.0, in October, 2010), but brings several small changes, along with one important new feature to the program.

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Microsoft is using Cortana’s speech recognition ...