Fact · Dictation for work and study
On Windows, you start voice typing by pressing the Windows key and H together on a hardware keyboard.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Press Windows key+ H on a hardware keyboard.”
Use voice typing to talk instead of type on your PC, Microsoft, 2026, How to start voice typing.
Open the original- What it measures
- Microsoft gives this as the first of two ways to turn on voice typing; the other is the microphone button on the touch keyboard.
- What it does not show
- The steps are from Microsoft's Windows 11 and Windows 10 article. Menus and key names can change between Windows releases.
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