The standalone add-on is no longer active and will stop working as of Oct. Dictate is based on a Microsoft Garage project that was developed to test dictation across Office applications.
Microsoft offers several different dictation tools and features which one you can use depends on the flavor of Office you run.Ĭertain versions of Office programs include a built-in Dictate tool you can access through an icon on the Ribbon. Maybe you prefer to dictate your words as they occur to you, or you require a feature with more accessibility than the typical keyboard can provide. You can type your documents the old-fashioned way in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, but dictating your text can be a handier option.
