This is the transcript of the 'Speech recognition - Windows 10' video.
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In this video, we will run through how to use voice typing on a Windows 10 computer. If you aren't sure what operating system you have on your T4L device, you can see it in the desktop information under OS Edition. Alternatively, you can go to the Windows icon at the bottom of your screen, find the Settings app, open System, then About. For dictation to work, you will need to be in a space that requires text. I'm going to open Word for this demonstration.
The most simple way to turn on voice typing is to just hold down the Windows key and the letter H at the same time. You will automatically see a dictation bar at the top of the screen. When the microphone is blue, it is listening to your speech. If you tap the microphone, the icon will turn white and it is no longer listening to you. It will also stop listening after a period of time when there is no speech. You can also stop the microphone by using the shortcut Windows H again. The cross will close the application and you will need to use the shortcut to open it again.
Another way to access speech-to-text on a Windows device is by opening the on-screen touch keyboard. You need to right-click on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and check Show Touch Keyboard button, and you should be able to see a keyboard icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the taskbar. If you can't see the icon, you may need to click on the up arrow and look through the hidden icons. When you select the keyboard icon, your touch keyboard will pop up on your screen. You will see the microphone icon to the top left of the keyboard. Tap that to start your speech-to-text, and again to pause it. The cross in the right-hand corner will close the keyboard.
For more guides on available accessibility tools, make sure you have a look at the other videos in this series on the T4L website.
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