Fact · Dictation in your apps
2ways to turn Dictation on
Chromium's developer documentation says ChromeOS Dictation can be turned on in two ways: by pressing Search + D, or by pressing the microphone icon in the status tray.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Dictation can be toggled on in two ways: by pressing Search + D or by pressing the microphone icon”
ChromeOS Dictation (Chromium developer documentation), Chromium Project (Google), undated, Summary, User flow.
Open the original- What it measures
- The document also says the same two methods turn Dictation off again, and that the microphone icon has the accessibility label toggle dictation.
- What it does not show
- A developer document, so it describes the design. It does not say which ChromeOS release it matches.