Geekers - Nowadays technology is growing and getting more sophisticated. We can enjoy it whenever and wherever it is like sophistication on our smartphones or laptops. With the development of technology, Google as the largest internet company in the world is also not inferior in developing its newest innovations, one of which is Google Docs.
We can enjoy this Google Docs application either on a laptop or on a smartphone. Google Docs or Google Documents is a document application that replaces Microsoft Word that we can use on PCs or cellphones.
There are many advantages offered by the Google Docs application, one of which is the Voice Typing feature. You can use this feature if you are lazy to type, so you only need to make a sound or speak using a microphone and the text you want can be typed right away.
How to Type By Voice in Google Docs
Typing using voice in Google Docs is very easy, you don't need anything else to install or a third party. Because everything is available in Google Docs, all you need to prepare is a microphone that can be connected to your PC or laptop. Immediately following are the steps for typing by voice in Google Docs.
1. First, please open a web browser on your PC or laptop.
2. Then, please open docs.google.com. But before that, make sure you are logged in using your Gmail account. When the website is open, please select a new document if you want to write a new document or you can select another document that you want to continue. As in the picture below.
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3. Then, please select the Tools or Tools menu in the top row of the menu. As shown in the image below.
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4. Then, please select Dictation or Voice Typing. As in the picture below.
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5. Then, a microphone icon will appear on your left. Before you start to speak, you can set what language you want to use by clicking on the language selection box as shown in the image below.
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6. Then, please select the language you want.
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7. Then, please click on the microphone icon on your left. As in the picture below.
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8. Then, immediately start talking. Make sure your voice is clear, so there are no translation errors. As shown in the image below.
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8. This is an example of the result of typing with the voice earlier.
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What if there is no Dictation or Voice Typing option in Google Docs?
Maybe there are some of you who don't have or don't see the Voice Typing or Dictation options in the Tools menu. Like the example in the image below.
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If you are one of them, you can try to do this. How to? Just follow the steps below.
1. First, please open Google Docs just like the previous steps.
2. If it's already open, don't choose an empty file, but choose the Resume file. As shown in the image below.
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3. Then, please delete the entire contents of the file. And try to open the Tools or Tools menu, and you will find the Dictation or Voice Typing option. As in the picture below.
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4. And just follow the next step like the previous steps.
This is the article that discusses how to type by voice in Google Docs. Hope this article was helpful and useful for you. Thank you 🙂