Correct speech recognition errors

This feature is available in the Simplified Chinese, English (U.S.), and Japanese language versions of Microsoft Office.

Dictate over errors

  1. Select the error by using your mouse or keyboard, including one or two surrounding words on both sides of the error.

    For example, if you dictate, "This is another example sentence," and you see, "This is an utter example sentence," select "is an utter example."

  2. Say the words that you selected, including the correct version of the error.

    For example, say "is another example" to correct the error "is an utter example."

Note   You can also select just the incorrect word, but recognition accuracy is likely to be higher when you dictate more than one word.

Spell over errors

  1. Select the error by using your mouse or keyboard.
  2. In Dictation mode, say "spelling mode," pause slightly, and then spell the correction.

    For example, if you dictate "sun," but the text is inserted as "son," spell over the error by saying "s-u-n."

Retype errors

  1. Select the error by using your mouse or keyboard.
  2. Type the correction by using your keyboard.

Tip

If you are working in the Simplified Chinese or Japanese language versions of Office, you can also correct errors by clicking Correction Final Correction on the Language bar.