Tired of typing your blog post, social media captions or video outlines?
Then open up a new Google Doc and give Google voice typing a go.
I bet you will love it as much as I do.
And I'll show you how to get up and running with it in this video.
Before we start voice typing, let's ensure you're all set up for success. So,
#1 - use Chrome as your browser as all other non-Google
browsers are not supported.
#2 - ensure that the Chrome browser can access your microphone.
The process differs depending on whether you use a Mac or a Windows-operated
computer, but in general,
you can find it under the privacy settings.
You want to allow apps like Google or Google Docs to access your microphone.
I know this is quite technical but stick with me to avoid frustration later on.
And I'm curious, have you tried voice typing before? How did it go?
Leave me a comment below. I'd love to hear your story.
Now over to #3 - ensure that you've given websites access to your
microphone. To do that within Chrome,
click the three little dots at the top right-hand corner here,
then go to 'Settings'.
Then select 'Privacy and Security'.
Go to 'Site Settings', in the middle of the page scroll down,
then click the 'Microphone' link here and
confirm that sites can ask to use your microphone. Also,
check that Google Docs is not listed in the not allowed section down
here. It's okay if it's not officially listed under the allowed section here,
but it needs to be not in this section here. Okay? Now,
#4 - make sure that you use a headset (with a mic) to pick up the sounds
correctly and that it's not set on mute. Done all four? You're good to go.
By the way,
I'll also put a link to a fantastic support document in the video description
below. Now open up a new doc.
You can do this the old-fashioned way by clicking through your drive or simply
typing in docs.new or doc.new.
And we're good to go. Now, if you have multiple Google accounts,
just ensure that you are in the correct account by checking the profile in the
top right-hand corner here. Go to the 'Tools' tab,
then choose 'Voice typing'. Before we get started with the voice typing,
click the little icon here and make sure that you've selected the correct
language. This is very important as all the commands, later on,
are obviously in that language.
Now Google is doing a great job adding languages;
so I hope yours is listed here. Click on the microphone,
and now you can see that you actually need to allow the microphone
to have access to Google Docs. If you are here,
simply click 'Allow' and obviously not 'Block',
and you should be good to go. To start with the voice typing process,
click the microphone icon, and then start talking. Now to get started,
let's open up the voice commands. [voice
typing] That already worked really well.
Now you should see a list with all the commands.
Go through it at your own leisure. Take your time,
print it out and put it next to you until the commands are second nature to you.
I've also put a link to the command list in the description below this video.
Now to demonstrate some basic functionality,
let's do a little bit of a voice typing demonstration. And for that,
I'll put my headset on... [voice typing]
[voice typing]
Pretty cool, huh? Is it perfect? No.
There are still some manual grammar, spelling and forming corrections to do,
but considering I have a strong accent, I think it worked pretty well.
By the way, yes,
the editing and formatting commands can sometimes be a little bit overwhelming
and tricky.
The good thing is that you can still use your keyboard or mouse or trackpad to
jump to any word or section and finish your editing while the app is still
listening and waiting for you to continue. Now, when writing your next post,
script or email draft, give it a go. The more you use it,
the faster you will get things done, especially if you rather talk than type.
Happy voice typing.
And if you're interested in other tools I use in my business and the how-to,
watch one of my other videos or hop over to my website,
where I share my favourite tools on one page. See ya.