How to use voice typing on Windows 11 (Win+H and beyond)
Windows 11 ships a decent ear behind Win+H. Here is how to use it well, and what to add when you need writing rather than words.
- Win+H works in any text field
- Turn on auto-punctuation, it's off by default
- Ctrl+Alt+C for the finished version
uh tell Alex I like the direction but the design still feels a bit too busy and maybe we should simplify the top section before Friday
Hey Alex, I like the direction overall. The top section still feels a little busy, so I think we should simplify it before Friday. Can you take another pass?
Tap a tone, same thought, reframed.
Start voice typing with Win+H
Click into any text field, press the Windows key + H, and a small listening bar appears. Talk, and words land where your cursor is. In the bar's settings gear, turn on automatic punctuation, it is off by default and makes a big difference. A microphone that sits close to you beats a laptop mic across the desk.
What Win+H cannot do
Voice typing transcribes; it does not write. You get the words you said, in the order you said them, false starts included. There is no tone control, no paragraphs, no "actually make this an email". For anything longer than a sentence or two, you end up editing the transcript into shape by hand.
Voice typing that formats: Speechy for Windows
Speechy sits in the system tray with two global hotkeys. Ctrl+Alt+D types what you said, cleaned up. Ctrl+Alt+C reads the situation and pastes the finished, sendable version: a Slack reply, an email, a tidy note, into whatever window you are in.
Free to start with no account and no API key, and the same engine runs on your phone and your Mac.
More than transcription, it frames the message.
Speak or type the messy version, and Speechy hands back the sendable one: the right tone, structure and context, in whatever app you're already in.
Framing, not transcription
Most voice apps stop at words on a page. Speechy gives you the message: the right tone, structure and context, ready to send.
Voice or messy text in
Speak it or type it. Either way you skip the part where you decide how to phrase it, and go straight to a sendable draft.
Native everywhere you think
macOS, Windows, iPhone and Android, including a real framing keyboard on mobile. Capture the thought wherever it happens.
Frames you can reuse and share
Turn the messages you dread into one-tap structures. Save your own, and (soon) share the best ones with everyone else.
Good questions, straight answers.
What is the shortcut for voice typing in Windows 11?
Windows key + H, with your cursor in a text field. Turn on auto-punctuation in the voice typing settings for much better output.
Why does my Windows voice typing have no punctuation?
Auto-punctuation is off by default. Open the settings gear on the Win+H bar and enable it. For real formatting (paragraphs, tone, structure), you need an AI layer like Speechy.
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Stop rewriting your thoughts.
Say the messy version. Send the clean one. Speechy turns it into something sendable in seconds, on every device you think on.