
If you have any feedback or suggestions, you can submit them: Though rare, we reserve the option to pull a feature entirely out of the product. Similarly, sometimes we remove elements to improve them. Therefore, you may not have the feature yet because its slowly releasing to larger numbers of Insiders. We typically release features over some time to ensure things are working smoothly. This feature is powered by the Microsoft Azure Speech Services and built-in directly to Word and Outlook. For more information, see Connected Experiences in Office. For instance, when the transcription is done, your audio and transcription results are not stored. Instead, your speech utterances are sent to Microsoft only to provide you with this service. *Preview languages may have lower accuracy or less punctuation available.

Auto punctuationĪuto punctuation tries to add punctuation marks to your dictation without you having to say words like “period” or “comma.” As a result, punctuation is determined by the pauses in dictation. You can also use it to open this article that tells you more about the supported punctuation and voice commands. In addition, it gives you the ability to change settings like language and automatic punctuation.

The toolbar gives you access to dictation. To show the Dictation toolbar, click the Dictate button on the Home tab or press Opt + F1. As a result, it’s easier to create and edit content with your voice. Therefore, we’ve added the Dictation toolbar, voice commands, and auto-punctuation support. We’re continuously striving to make the dictation experience better. Dictation new capabilities and improvements Now, we wanted to highlight some updates. We’ve covered dictating documents in Word in previous posts. I’m here to share improvements we’ve made to dictation in Word and Outlook for Mac. Hi! I’m James Spotanski, a Program Manager on the Flexible Input team in Office.
