Speech to Text in Google Docs

Here, we will use the Voice Type feature of Google Docs Service. This will convert your speech to text so you do not have to type anything. Follow the below steps to use Voice Type in Google Docs in simple steps:

Step 1: Go to Google Docs

In the very first step, we need to visit the Google Docs official website, from which we are provisioned to create and edit the documents.

Visit the Google Docs website, and use the below URL to visit the official Google Docs website.

Link:  https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/ 

Step 2: Opening the Document

Now, after opening the Google Docs website, we need to create a new document or we can choose our existing document for editing. We can upload the document using Google Drive or other sources. So as we are doing Voice Type, we will choose the Blank Document.

Step 3: Go to Tools Tab

Now, our task is to enable voice typing in Google Docs, so to enable that, go to the “Tools” menu which is on the top of the main screen. A drop down menu will appear as you click on Tools Tab. From that drop-down menu, we need to select the option of “Voice Typing…”.

Step 4: A pop-up Displayed

After selecting the “Voice typing” option, a permission popup will get opened by the web browser, which will be the microphone icon on the left side of our document. It will ask for our permission to start voice typing. We have to grant access to our microphone so that it will be used in Google Docs.

Step 5: Speech to Text Conversion

We will now begin speaking into the microphone, which will allow Google Docs to translate our speech to text, and simultaneously add to the Google Document. The speech we provided as input will be converted into text and added to the document.

Step 6: Stop Voice Typing

Once our voice typing is completed, we once again need to click on the microphone icon and stop the voice typing. The color will change to grey once it is stopped.

Google Docs service has many types of different features which are useful for users. These features allow users to edit or create their document in a more efficient manner. Google Docs also offer one of the useful and cool features such as Voice Type.

Using the feature of Voice Typing, users can perform speech-to-text operations, rather than relying on manual typing. This actually saves the traditional approach of typing and also helps users with document creation. Using this feature users can create the documents in less than as compared to the traditional typing approach. In this article, we will go through the step-wise manner of how to voice type in Google Docs. Also, we will see some of the benefits, and steps for mobile and tablet devices and lastly, we will conclude our article with a conclusion and Frequently Asked Questions.