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Google's current Docs help page, in its 10 October 2026 archived copy, says voice commands are available only in English, and that both the account language and the document language must be English.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Voice commands are available only in English. The account language and document language must both be English.”
Type & edit with your voice (Google Docs Editors Help), Google (Docs Editors Help), 2026, Add punctuation.
Open the original- What it measures
- The sentence sits in the Add punctuation section, directly after the warning that punctuation might not be available in every language. Read through the Internet Archive copy of 10 October 2026, which is newer than the December 2020 copy in our archive.
- What it does not show
- The sentence covers voice commands, such as Select paragraph or Undo. It does not say whether the spoken punctuation phrases work in every language, and the same section warns that they might not.
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