Voice Typing in Windows 11/10 Not Working? Try These 5 Ways!

If voice typing doesn’t work on Windows 11/10 devices, the troubleshooting tips from WinPoin this time are expected to help you fix the problem you’re facing. As additional information for you, features voice typing allows you to type in any program using just your voice, so you don’t have to bother using the keyboard to type in Notepad, Chrome, or in any other app.

But sometimes, this feature has problems and here are some ways to solve the problem in the feature voice typing:

1. Check microphone settings

This is the first thing you need to check when features voice typing not working on your Windows 11/10 computer. To use this function you have to make sure that you have a valid microphone and the microphone must also be turned on. To verify microphone settings in Windows 11/10 you can do the following:

• Press Win+I to open Windows Settings.
• Navigate to Privacy & security > Microphone.
• Press the Microphone access button to turn it on.

2. Make sure the keyboard shortcut is correct

by defaultyou have to press Win+H to open the panel voice typing which is in Windows 11. However, if you set the same keyboard shortcut for something else, then you will have to set it again.

As additional information for you, there are several tools for Windows 11/10 that can change keyboard shortcuts default. If you have recently installed such a tool, it is recommended to double check whether the Win+H shortcut has changed or not.

3. Set the pronunciation language

You need to set English in most countries to use the features voice typing. However, if you have set something else, it may not work all the time. Therefore, please correct the pronunciation language on your device in the following ways:

• Press Win+I to open Windows Settings.
• Go to Time & language, then select the Speech option.
• Select English (United States) from the Speech language drop-down list.

4. Install third-party microphone drivers

For those of you who use third-party microphones or external microphones, you may need to install the appropriate drivers in order to use the feature voice typing on your device. The reason is, the system will see that you are not using the laptop’s internal microphone, but WinPoin has never tried this solution, so please try whether this can help solve your problem or not.

5. Run the troubleshooter

If the above solutions don’t work for your problem, you can try using Troubleshooter To resolve this issue, please do the following:

• Press Win+I to open Windows Settings on PC.
• Go to System > Troubleshooter > Other troubleshooters.
• Find the Audio Playing Troubleshooter.
• Click the Run button.

Those are 5 problems to solve voice typing that doesn’t work on your Windows 11/10 device. If you have another way, tell me directly in the comments!