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Google's Docs help page, in its December 2020 archived copy, tells you to check that Docs heard the right command, and to say Undo if it did not.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Verify that Docs or Slides heard the right command. If not, you can simply say "Undo."”
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, Voice commands aren't working.
Open the original- What it measures
- The page says the microphone shows a bubble with the most recent command, which is how you check what Docs heard.
- 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.