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Use the tool for "Voice Typing" in Google Docs. Add text to documents by speaking the words. Works with the Google Chrome browser.

This is a great feature to use with special needs students who may have manual dexterity problems, or have difficulty typing.

In addition, there are commands for editing and formatting. See the list below for a sample of the commands available. For additional commands, please see this page in Google "Docs Editors Help."

Select Tools > Voice Typing

Red Microphone is "listening" to you speak

A Few Tips:

Be Sure Your Microphone Is Working:

Make sure microphone is on
Devices and microphones vary
Check your system preferences to be sure your microphone is working

1) Open a Google Doc:

In the menu, choose Tools > Voice Typing
When ready, click the microphone that appears in the top, left
When it turns red, begin speaking
When done, click the red microphone again
Click the X to turn off the "listening feature."
The box turns gray

2) Correcting mistakes:

If you make mistakes, you can use your cursor and make changes
Place the cursor where you want on the text
Type directly on the document
Then, move the cursor to where you want to continue dictating text, and choose Tools > Voice Typing

3) Note:

You can also use spell checker on the text you've added
Right-click on a word
You will see a list of suggested spellings

1) You can start dictating sentences, or you can edit ones you've already typed on a Doc.
2) To edit text already entered on a Doc, highlight the text you wish to change and use the commands below.

A Few Tips:

Be Sure Your Microphone Is Working:

Make sure microphone is on
Devices and microphones vary
Check your system preferences to be sure your microphone is working

1) Open a Google Doc:

In the menu, choose Tools > Voice Typing
When ready, click the microphone that appears in the top, left
When it turns red, begin speaking
When done, click the red microphone again
Click the X to turn off the "listening feature."
The box turns gray

2) Correcting mistakes:

If you make mistakes, you can use your cursor and make changes
Place the cursor where you want on the text
Type directly on the document
Then, move the cursor to where you want to continue dictating text, and choose Tools > Voice Typing

3) Note:

You can also use spell checker on the text you've added
Right-click on a word
You will see a list of suggested spellings

To format your document, say these commands:

Add Punctuation:

Period

Comma

Exclamation point

Question mark

New line

New paragraph

Font Size

Decrease font size

Increase font size

Font size [6-400]

Make bigger

Make smaller

Alignment

Align center

Align justified

Align left

Align right

Center align

Left align

Right align

Lists

Create bulleted list

Create numbered list

Insert bullet

Insert number

Text Formatting

Apply heading [1–6]

Apply normal text

Apply subtitle

Apply title

Bold

Italicize

Italics

Strikethrough

Subscript

Superscript

Underline

All caps [word or phrase]

Capitalize [word or phrase]

Note: "All caps" makes the word or phrase all capital letters. "Capitalize" capitalizes only the first letter.

Paragraph Formatting

Decrease indent

Increase indent

Line spacing [1-100]

Line spacing double

Line spacing single

Columns

Apply 1 column

Apply 2 columns

Apply 3 columns

Column options

Insert column break

Remove Formatting

Clear formatting

Remove formatting

Remove bold

Remove italics

Remove strikethrough

Remove underline

Stop Voice Typing:

Say, "Stop Listening."

Resume Voice Typing:

There are several ways to resume voice typing. Use any of the following commands:

Resume

Resume with [word or phrase]

Go to the end of the paragraph

Move to the end of the paragraph

Go to the end of the line

Move to the end of the line

Go to [word]Text Color And Highlighting

Text color [color]

Highlight

Highlight [color]

Background color [color]

Remove highlight

Remove background color

Note: The colors available are: red, red berry, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, cornflower blue, purple, magenta, black, white, and gray. For all colors except black and white, you can add "light" or "dark" along with numbers 1-3 (for gray, 1-4), such as "dark purple 3." If you say "highlight" by itself, the highlighting color is yellow.

To edit the document, say these commands:

Copy

Cut

Paste

Delete

Delete last word

Delete [word or phrase]

Insert link [then say the URL you want to use]

Copy link

Delete link

Insert table of contents

Delete table of contents

Update table of contents

Insert comment [then say your comment]

Insert bookmark

Insert equation

Insert footer

Insert footnote

Insert header

Insert horizontal line

Insert page break

Note: If you say "Delete" by itself, the word before the cursor is deleted.
If you select the text of a URL and say "Insert link", the selected text becomes a hyperlink.

Finding Commands in Help:

To open a list of commands, say:

Voice typing help

Voice commands list

See all voice commands

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