Microsoft Edge will now let you type with your voice
Voice typing and Microsoft Editor come to Edge on Windows 11
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You might soon not need your hands to type inMicrosoft Edgethanks to the latest update to the software
Alongside the usual bug fixes, the latestMicrosoft Edge 96.0.1032.0 Dev channel releasehas added a number of new features to thebrowser, includingMicrosoftEditor built in, and support for voice typing.
This latter feature does pretty much as you’d expect, allowing users to use voice typing on web pages onWindows 11in Edge. Powered by Microsoft’s own Azure Speech services, the tool has been around onWindows 10for some time, but this marks the first time it’s been seen inEdge on Windows 11.
Voice typing Microsoft Edge
Users will need to be connected to the internet to use voice typing, as well as having a working microphone. The feature can be turned on by pressing the Windows logo key + H on a hardware keyboard, or by pressing the microphone key next to the spacebar on the touch keyboard.
Once activated, voice typing will start listening automatically, and once you have your cursor in a text box, you just need to wait for the “Listening…” alert before you start speaking.
Voice typing is available in a wide range of languages, including English, Chinese, French, Spanish, German, Hindi and much more.
Elsewhere, the update brings Microsoft Editor, the company’s spelling, grammar and style checking assistant, to Edge. The tool will now display when users are writing, editing or collaborating on content using the browser, offering suggestions to improve or amend whatever they’re working on.
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The new build is available to download from the Dev channel now.
The update comes after Microsoft officially launchedWindows 11to the world, making its new software offering available to download. You can read the fullTechRadar Windows 11 reviewhere - and also find out everything you need to know on the newOffice 2021suite here.
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