Voice typing guides for Windows.

Speaking is quicker than typing for most people: about 150 words a minute against about 52. These guides show you how to turn speech into text on a Windows PC, starting with the tools Windows and Microsoft 365 already give you, free.

Each guide answers the question first. Voktik, the voice typing app we make, comes in at the end, as one option among several. Every step was written against Microsoft's, Google's and OpenAI's own help pages, and each guide shows the date it was last checked.

Typing less

Typing less on Windows, by voice

Practical ways to move more of your typing to your voice: voice typing, voice access, hands-free dictation and a foot pedal. What the UK's Access to Work scheme can pay for. Not medical advice.

Writing by voice on Windows

How to write by speaking instead of typing, and how to hear your writing read back: Windows voice typing, Microsoft 365 Dictate, Immersive Reader and Voktik. Free options first.

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About Voktik

Voktik is voice typing for Windows. Hold Ctrl+Win, talk, and let go. Voktik takes out the ums and ers, adds the punctuation, and puts clean text wherever your cursor is: email, chat, AI tools and documents. Double-tap the key, or press Ctrl+Win+Space, to talk hands-free.

It needs the internet and a Google sign-in. It doesn't work offline, and it has no phone or Mac version.