Voice Dictation

Start dictating

Place your cursor in the chapter where you want the text to appear, then click the Voice button (microphone icon) in the left sidebar. The first time, your browser asks for microphone permission. Allow it. Speak at a normal pace and your words appear in the chapter as you go.

A small recording bar appears at the top of the editor while you dictate. It shows a red dot, a timer, your live transcript, and a label telling you exactly where the text will land: "Inserting at cursor", "Appending to end", or "Replacing selection" (if you had text highlighted when you started).

How to stop

Three ways: click the Microphone icon in the toolbar again, click the Stop button in the recording bar, or press Esc. Any of them ends the recording cleanly and inserts the final text.

Clean formatting toggle

The recording bar has a "Clean formatting" checkbox. When it is on (default), the dictation is tidied: spoken punctuation cues like "comma" or "period" become real punctuation, and stray filler is trimmed. Switch to "Raw transcript" if you want every word exactly as spoken, including the cue words themselves.

Mic isn't working?

If you see a "Microphone is blocked" message, your browser saved an earlier "Block" decision for this site. Click the lock or site-controls icon at the left of the address bar, set Microphone to "Allow", and reload the page. If the mic is busy, close any other app or tab that might be holding it (Zoom, Meet, recording software) and try again. On Mac, also check System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Microphone is enabled for your browser.

Steps

Highlight the rough passage in your chapter, then click AI Assist in the toolbar. Because text is selected, it opens in rewrite mode and shows a "Rewriting: ..." strip at the top so you can see what will change.

Tap the "Fix grammar and flow" quick chip (no typing needed), or write your own instruction like "fix grammar and punctuation, keep my voice". Click Rewrite. Compare the two versions and click Apply to replace your selection.