Getting Started Guide

Welcome to the Voice In getting started guide.

Quick Demo: Dictating on Gmail (30 seconds)

Install

Install the Voice In speech-to-text extension from the Chrome Web Store.

After you install the extension, a setup page will open.

Follow the instructions and complete the setup. You are now ready to voice type.

Pin Voice In Start/Stop Button

Click     to the right of the address bar. Then click next to Voice In.
This will add the Voice In button (microphone icon) to the address bar.
[Demo] How to Pin

How to Use

  1. Place your cursor in a text box

    Open the site you want to dictate on and click into any text box. Try it on:

    Voice In Notepad
    Gmail
    ChatGPT
    Google Docs
    YouTube
    WhatsApp
    Amazon
    Twitch
    Discord
    Google
    Outlook.com
    and 1000s of other sites →

  2. Click the Voice In button to start

    Click the Voice In button (microphone icon) in the toolbar. The icon turns red while Voice In is listening.

    [Demo] Voice typing in the Voice In Notepad

  3. Speak, then click again to stop

    Speak into your microphone and the text is typed at the cursor. When you're done, click the Voice In button again. The icon turns gray and dictation stops.

Other ways to start and stop

Right-click menu

Right-click inside the text box and choose Start Dictation. To stop, right-click again and choose Stop Dictation.

[Demo] Using right-click to start Voice In

Keyboard shortcut

Press Alt+L (⌥L on Mac) to start or stop dictation.

Voice Commands

Voice In contains built-in voice commands for punctuations, inserting a line break, triggering key press, etc., in 25+ languages including English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, and many more.
For example, you can say

  1. "press enter" to press the enter key (useful for submitting message in ChatGPT, etc.)
  2. "scroll down" to scroll down
  3. "full stop" to insert a "."
You can find the complete list on the Voice Commands page. Print out a copy of the voice commands for easy reference.

Further Reading

📝 How to change the dictation language?

📝 How to access the Voice In options page?
The Voice In options page lets you configure all the options available in the extension, including voice commands, dictation language, sound on start/stop, show/hide pop-up, dictation case, etc.

📝 How to hide Voice In pop-up?

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