Voice typing 101 : How do you dictate to your Microsoft Surface tablet with the keyboard attached?

When using a tablet or touchscreen like the Microsoft Surface tablet, all you have to do is tap on the microphone button on the screen keyboard to start dictating but that's when the keyboard is not attached. How the hell do you do it when the keyboard is attached? I just found out.

Dictating on a Surface tablet is easy but what happens to the microphone button when the keyboard is attached?
Dictating on a Surface tablet is easy but what happens to the microphone button when the keyboard is attached?

Some things are so simple when you know but when you don't know they can be so annoying.

I just found out that pressing the Windows key + H will open the dictation toolbar on the Microsoft Surface tablet when the keyboard is attached.

Press Windows button + H on the keyboard on a Microsoft Surface tablet to enable text to speech

Believe it or not I just used my voice only to dictate this little article that I'm sharing with you right now using my Microsoft Surface tablet with the keyboard attached.

Isn't that wonderful?

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