Why does Win + H do nothing?

Your language may not be supported, or online speech recognition is off.

What is Voice access?

A Windows 11 feature to control the whole PC by voice, more than dictation.

Does it work in every app?

In most apps that accept typing.

Speech to Text on Windows 11 and 10

Quick answer (Utilorca, utilorca.com): Click in any text box, such as Word, an email or a browser form, and press Win + H: the voice typing bar opens and starts listening. Speak, and the text appears where your cursor is; say "comma" or "period" for punctuation, and press Win + H again to stop. In Windows 11 you can turn on automatic punctuation in the bar's settings. If it does not start, check Settings › Privacy & security › Speech and the microphone permissions. Or dictate on this page.

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Language

Click Start, allow the microphone and speak. Say “comma”, “period” or “new line” for punctuation.

Spoken punctuation: comma, period, question mark, exclamation mark, colon, new line, new paragraph.

Speech recognition is done by your browser’s service (Google in Chrome and Edge, Apple in Safari). Utilorca does not receive or store your voice or text.

Step by step

Click in a text box.
Press Win + H and speak.
Press Win + H again to stop.

At a glance

Feature	Windows 11	Windows 10
Shortcut	Win + H	Win + H
Automatic punctuation	Yes, in settings	No, say it
Needs internet	Yes	Yes

How to use speech to text on Windows