Use dictation in Claude for M365 changedoffice-agents/dictation
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66microphone icon in the chat input, speak, and see your words appear in
77the composer in real time.
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9<Note>
10 Dictation requires the desktop version of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, or
11 Outlook. It is not available in Office on the web because browser-hosted
12 add-ins cannot access the microphone. On the web, use your operating
13 system's built-in dictation or your Office application's dictation
14 feature instead.
9> [!NOTE]
10>
11> Dictation requires the desktop version of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, or
12> Outlook. It is not available in Office on the web because browser-hosted
13> add-ins cannot access the microphone. On the web, use your operating
14> system's built-in dictation or your Office application's dictation
15> feature instead.
16>
17> Dictation is also available only for organizations using direct Claude
18> authentication. It is not supported when Claude for M365 connects through
19> a third-party platform such as Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI,
20> Azure AI Foundry, or an LLM gateway. See
21> [Use Claude for M365 with third-party platforms](/docs/office-agents/third-party-platforms)
22> for platform support details.
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16 Dictation is also available only for organizations using direct Claude
17 authentication. It is not supported when Claude for M365 connects through
18 a third-party platform such as Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI,
19 Azure AI Foundry, or an LLM gateway. See
20 [Use Claude for M365 with third-party platforms](/docs/office-agents/third-party-platforms)
21 for platform support details.
22</Note>
23
2424## Use dictation
2525
26<Steps>
27 <Step title="Start listening">
28 Click the microphone icon on the right side of the chat input. The
29 placeholder changes to "Listening..." and the button highlights.
30 </Step>
26**1. Start listening**
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32 <Step title="Speak your prompt">
33 Words appear in the composer as you talk.
34 </Step>
28Click the microphone icon on the right side of the chat input. The
29placeholder changes to "Listening..." and the button highlights.
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36 <Step title="Stop or send">
37 Click the microphone again to stop, or press Enter to stop and send
38 in one step.
39 </Step>
40</Steps>
31**2. Speak your prompt**
32
33Words appear in the composer as you talk.
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35**3. Stop or send**
36
37Click the microphone again to stop, or press Enter to stop and send
38in one step.
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4240To select a different microphone, hover over the microphone icon and
4341click the arrow that appears.
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