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Is there any way that we can prevent dictate to turn off (or at least extend the time that it stays on) in Word 365? I'd really like for it not to stop listening while I'm thinking about what to say.
Thanks!
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Hey - sorry, I do not have a PC, so do not know if this would be available there. I only found this for Mac. Sorry I can't help with that.
I am aware of this, it is for MacBooks. I do not see where this is for pc's. I end up using my MacBook in the way you have suggested because the microphone does not turn off. I do not see how to set this up on a PC. I tried your suggestion but did not see the pathway you suggested. Please clarify. Thanks.
Not sure if this will help but I was having the exact same problem as everyone else. I was using the dictate function for Word on my MacBook Air with no issues until one of the latest updates. Now it turns off within seconds. What I did was I went into System Preferences and instead of going to "keyboard" where I already had the dictation turned on, I discovered there were voice control settings under "accessibility."
Under "accessibility" there is a heading called "motor" and under this there is "Voice control". There is a checkbox called "enable voice control". When I checked this the microphone icon came up and I have been able to dictate with this ever since without it shutting off.
I haven't gone in and out of word or shut my computer off so I'm not sure if this will continue to work; However for now it seems to have overcome the problem..
This thread is now over a year old and there is no reply from Microsoft. This is really appalling.
Excellent point..and effectively a barrier to using it.