Fact · Dictation on Windows
In Word's Transcribe pane, you select Upload audio to choose an audio file from the file picker.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“In the Transcribe pane, select Upload audio.”
Transcribe your recordings (Word for Microsoft 365), Microsoft Support, n.d., Upload an audio file.
Open the original- What it measures
- The steps begin at Home, then Dictate, then Transcribe, and continue with the file picker.
- What it does not show
- Menu names are as Microsoft wrote them for the current Word for Microsoft 365 on Windows. They may change.