--- description: Voice dictation has come to Google Docs, allowing users to cut text, align paragraphs, enter headers, and more without touching a key. title: Google Docs Now Supports Voice Commands image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Google Docs Just Added This Futuristic Feature  by [Lisa Eadicicco](/author/lisa-eadicicco/)  ## Lisa Eadicicco Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2016 8:17 PM CUT  by [Lisa Eadicicco](/author/lisa-eadicicco/)  ## Lisa Eadicicco Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2016 8:17 PM CUT Google wants bolding a phrase in a document or aligning a paragraph to be as simple as saying the command out loud. The [company announced](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0rPu%5Fpl0D8&feature=youtu.be "undefined") on Feb. 24 that Google Docs users will be able to execute tasks like these and others through voice dictation. Google Docs supports [a lengthy list of voice commands](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226 "undefined") aimed at selecting text, formatting a document, adding and editing tables, and more. For instance, saying the word “cut” followed by the phrase you’d like to delete would tell Google to erase those specific words. Google has supported voice dictation in Google Docs [for months](https://googleblog.blogspot.com.es/2015/09/google-docs-classroom-school.html "undefined"), but this is the first time advanced editing tools like these have been made available. To use this feature in Google Docs, click on the “Tools” menu and select “Voice Typing.” A box with a microphone icon in it should appear alongside the document, and clicking that symbol will tell Google to listen up for voice commands. Google also notes that this functionality only works when using Docs in Chrome, and voice commands are only available for English language documents. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4236106/google-docs-voice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4236106/google-docs-voice/"},"headline":"Google Docs Just Added This Futuristic Feature","datePublished":"2016-02-24T20:17:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:07:29.005Z","description":"It's super simple and works in Chrome","url":"https://time.com/4236106/google-docs-voice/","keywords":["Tech","Google"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Eadicicco","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-eadicicco/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4236106/google-docs-voice/","name":"Google Docs Just Added This Futuristic Feature"}}]}] ```