How to Fix Voice Typing Not Working Problem on Google Docs: Both App and Website

a year ago

There are many things that come to our mind that is the best to put in the words than being forgotten lately. However, many people out there are not fast enough to type everything in their minds or take notes.

This is when Voice Typing on Google Docs becomes life saviour. It will convert anything you speak into words with its text-to-speech feature without worrying if you missed anything or not. Google Docs voice typing also comes very handy when you take notes of something to take down some personal data.

However, we have received many complaints regarding Google doc's voice-to-text typing feature. May users have reported that the tool sometimes does not show. Even in some cases, Google doc's voice-to-text typing feature does not work at all. The application keeps stopping for mobile users as well. And you can't find the required features of it on Google Chrome sometimes.

How to Fix Voice Typing Not Working:

Not Showing up Error on Google Docs Because of App or Microphone Issue

There are multiple ways that you can use to troubleshoot these problems so you can start using Google doc's voice-to-text typing feature again.

You can access Google Docs on any device you want. You can access it using your Android Phone, tablet mobile devices or iPhone. You can also log in to Google Docs via its online version using Windows 10 S or MacBook OS. Let's dig deep into the troubleshooting methods one by one.

Method No. 1: Switch to a Different Platform

If you are using Google docs on your mobile, switch it to the online web version. Voice typing is currently dedicated to the web, and you cannot use it properly over smartphones or now. Make sure to use Google Chrome to utilize the voice typing feature. It's currently not compatible with many other web browsers as well.

Method No. 2: Give Google Docs Permission to Access Microphone

For Windows 10 PC

Open the Settings Menu of Your Windows 10 PC
Go for Privacy
Select App Permissions
Click on Microphone
Look for the application that allows using microphone option
Select Change
Confirm if Allow option can use the microphone. Ensure it is set to enable.
Check the Allow desktop applications to have access to the microphone or not.

For Mac Computer

Open System Preferences on your Mac PC
Go for Security and Privacy
Check around the Privacy tab
Choose Microphone
Check the box next to the Google Chrome browser

For Google Chrome Browser

Click the three-dotted icon on Chrome Browser to check permission on Google Chrome.
Check around the Settings
Go to Privacy and Security
Choose Site Settings
Look for the Permissions menu
Choose Microphone
Make sure to check the Allow section to ensure if Google Docs is in it
Click to open it if you see Google Docs under the blocked section
Tap the drop-down menu after selecting the Microphone
Choose Allow

Method No. 3: Clear Google Chrome's Cache, Cookies, and Browsing Data

Click the three-dotted icon on Chrome Browser to check permission on Google Chrome.
Select More Tools
Go for Clear Browsing Data
Set the time range to all-time now
Make sure o check all the boxes next to Cache, Cookies and Browsing Data
Select the Clear Data Button

Method No.4: Check the Microphone Input Volume on your Computer

For Windows 10

Open the Setting Menu of Your Windows 10 PC
Select System
Choose Sound
Go to the Input option
Select your microphone under your input device
Select Device Properties
Here you can adjust the volume of your microphone using the given slider

For macOS

Open System Preferences on your Mac PC
Double click on the Sound icon
Go for the Input tab
Choose your microphone
Here you can adjust the volume of your microphone using the given slider

Method No. 5: Update Google Chrome Browser to the Latest Version

Click the three-dotted icon on Chrome Browser
Choose Update Google Chrome
After installing updates, restart your chrome browser

You may contact Google support to assist you if none of the given solutions work.