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Google's Docs Blog post dated September 2, 2015 introduces Voice typing in Google Docs and says to activate it from the Tools menu when using Docs in Chrome.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“To get started, activate Voice typing in the Tools menu when you're using Docs in Chrome.”
Google Docs and Classroom: your school year sidekicks, Google, Google Docs Blog, 2015, Post body, the Voice typing paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- The post is on the Google Docs Blog, filed under September 2015 in the blog archive. The quoted sentence is the first instruction for using the new feature, which the post presents alongside the Docs and Classroom features of the school year.
- What it does not show
- The quote gives no year; 2015 and the September 2 date come from the blog archive and the video upload dates on the post. The post shows the feature to users in Chrome only, and does not say whether it is a launch, a beta or a wider rollout.
In the data
A row of History of Dictation Software: A Dated Timeline, as Google Docs voice typing: 2,015 year.
- Event
- Launch
- Product
- Google Docs voice typing
- Maker
- Date
- 2015-09-02
- Kind
- Dictation app
- Note
- The quote has no date. 2015 and 2015-09-02 come from the post's date in the Google Docs Blog's September 2015 archive, which lists it on September 2, 2015.