Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of a transcription capability within its Word for the Web app for Microsoft 365 subscribers.

Every phone and PC includes highly accurate dictation tools. But Microsoft Word’s Dictate feature provided the most accurate text from our tester’s voice.

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 just added an extremely useful feature to Word on the web: transcription! Sure, Google Docs and apps like Otter.aiare free and let you type with your voice, like Word’s Dictation ...

Some words are so hard to spell that you can’t even get close enough for autocorrect to figure out what you’re trying to write. Luckily, your device probably has dictation built in.

In Microsoft Word, the list is available under the Dictate feature and it does the same function essentially; basically censoring ‘bad’ words. Should I keep Profanity filter on or off?

If Word Dictate keeps turning off on a Windows 11/10 PC, here are some suggestions to help you fix the issue successfully.

The feature builds upon Microsoft’s already existing Dictate function, which lets you type sentences by speaking (although in Dictate, you need to specify punctuation marks).

Dragon Dictate has taken a big leap forward with this new version, finally offering the ability to dictate and edit simultaneously in Word documents.