Fact · Dictation in your apps
Google's Docs help page, in its December 2020 archived copy, tells you to check your microphone settings in your computer's system preferences if the microphone does not work.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Check your microphone settings in your computer system preferences.”
Type with your voice (Google Docs Editors Help), archived copy from December 2020, Google Docs Editors Help (archived by the University of North Texas Web Archive), 2020, The microphone isn't working.
Open the original- What it measures
- The page's other steps are to make sure the microphone is not broken and to restart the computer.
- What it does not show
- A December 2020 snapshot. We could not load Google's current help page, so this wording may have changed. Check the live page before you rely on it.