Dictating text into edit fields on Windows

By Prateek Dujari., 14 April, 2026

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Hi, I’m completely blind and use jaws and occasionally narrator screen readers on my Windows 11 PC. I want to be able to dictate text into edit fields on Microsoft apps as well as third-party apps. For example, dictate text into an open word document, into the subject line or the email body while composing an email in Outlook, field for searching on Spotify, the edit prompt field on the ChatGPT app, etc. How can I do this please? Thanks!

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By Brian on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 - 17:35

Regardless of screen reader software, anytime you're in a text field, just press the Windows key + H. You may be presented with a permissions dialogue the first time you use it, but otherwise this is how you dictate in Windows 11.

HTH.

By Maldalain on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 - 18:24

If you use NVDA, there are few ad-ons that can do that, and they are very good.