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Dictate disappeared in Word 19/Office 365 profession plus

Anonymous
2021-09-15T12:31:17+00:00

Hi,

the dictation button in word has disappeared.

My microphone works perfectly, ive enabled the privacy setting on my pc and in word so that speech recognition software is allowed. i can press the windows key + H for the speech box to pop up and yet im signed into my microsoft account with a license. but there is no dictation button.

Can someone please help, im not a fast typer so i need this to get my work done in a reasonable amount of time.

thanks

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  1. DaveM121 882.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-09-16T18:02:36+00:00

    Hi Ryan

    Just a thought, the Dictate function is available in the free online version of Word, you could use that and then download the resulting file from OneDrive onto your PC

    https://www.office.com/launch/word

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  2. DaveM121 882.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-09-15T13:08:57+00:00

    Hi Ryan,

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    What version of Office do you have installed on your PC, you mention both the 365 and 2019 versions.

    Open Word, then go to File - Account to check that version

    The Dictate function is only available in the subscription based Microsoft 365 licence and in the free Word online version in a web browser, it is not available in the one-time 2019 and 2016 licence versions.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dict...

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-09-20T20:44:48+00:00

    Yes, i know thanks. just one of those things regarding easy of use and hassle.

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  4. DaveM121 882.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-09-16T17:59:46+00:00

    Hi Ryan, glad to help!

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-09-16T17:58:18+00:00

    i have microsoft office professional plus 2019. wish i had known it was not supported befor i bought it hahah

    thanks anyways

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