Fact · Dictation in your apps
In Microsoft's Dictate settings, you click the gear icon to see the available settings, and Spoken Language is where you view and change the dictation language, in a drop-down.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Click on the gear icon to see the available settings. Spoken Language: View and change languages in the drop-down”
Dictate your documents in Word, Microsoft, 2026, Dictation settings, near the end of the article.
Open the original- What it measures
- The article lists three Dictation settings after the gear icon: Spoken Language, Microphone and Auto Punctuation. Microsoft's article describes the settings in this order and does not give a separate step for each platform.
- What it does not show
- The article does not say where the gear icon sits on each version of Word, so the position may differ by platform or build.