Fact · Dictation in your apps
Google's current Docs help page tells you to check that your microphone is plugged in and is not being used by another application, when voice typing does not hear you.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Check that your microphone is plugged in and is not being used by another application.”
Type & edit with your voice (Google Docs Editors Help), Google (Docs Editors Help), 2026, Type with your voice, troubleshooting.
Open the original- What it measures
- This line is part of the troubleshooting steps, which also say to move to a quiet room and to restart your computer. Read through the Internet Archive copy of 10 October 2026.
- What it does not show
- The page does not name the apps that can hold the microphone. Closing a video call or another recorder is a common fix, but the page does not list them.