Microsoft Speech-to-Text Feature

Microsoft Windows Speech Recognition

You can use your voice to dictate text to your Windows PC through the free Microsoft Speech-to-Text converter app. For example, you can dictate text to fill out online forms; or you can dictate text to a word-processing program, such as WordPad, to type a letter.

To use this feature and dictate text:

1. Open Speech Recognition by clicking the Start button , clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, clicking Ease of Access, and then clicking Windows Speech Recognition.

2. Say "start listening" or click the Microphone button to start the listening mode.
3. Open the program you want to use or select the text box you want to dictate text into.

4. Say the text that you want dictate.

You can also use speech-to-text on Microsoft Word through the "Dictate" feature. With Microsoft Word's "Dictate" feature, you can write using a microphone and your own voice. When you use Dictate, you can say "new line" to create a new paragraph and add punctuation simply by saying the punctuation aloud.