Fact · Dictation in your apps
When ChromeOS Dictation recognizes a spoken command, it runs the command as well as it can. Otherwise it types the recognized words as they are.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“it will execute the command to the best of its ability; otherwise it will input ... the recognized text as-is.”
ChromeOS Dictation (Chromium developer documentation), Chromium Project (Google), undated, Summary, User flow.
Open the original- What it measures
- The sentence before it says that if a command is recognized, Dictation executes it; the quoted part says what happens otherwise.
- What it does not show
- The document does not list the commands. Google's Chromebook help page is the place for the current command list.