Voice Input for Microsoft Word

Open Microsoft Word, click where you want text, press ⌃+⌥+R (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+R (Windows/Linux), and speak. AICHE transcribes your speech and inserts it at your cursor. With Message Ready enabled, the output gets AI cleanup - proper punctuation, removed filler words, and structured sentences. Works in desktop Word, Office 365 web, and any .docx template.

Word documents carry real stakes - contracts, quarterly reports, SOWs, client proposals, compliance filings. The editor surfaces where you spend the most time (the document body, Track Changes comment replies, table cells, header fields) all accept AICHE input because AICHE types text wherever your cursor is. That means dictating a reply inside a Review tab comment, filling in a Mail Merge description field, or drafting body text under a Heading 2 style all work the same way: click, hotkey, speak.

Here is what drafting a report section looks like. You have a quarterly business review open in Word with Heading 1 styles already applied. You click below "Q1 Revenue Summary," press ⌃+⌥+R, and speak for about 45 seconds: "Revenue for Q1 came in at 4.2 million, up 14 percent year over year. Enterprise segment drove most of the growth with three new contracts closed in February. SMB was flat. Churn ticked up slightly in January but recovered by March after the onboarding changes shipped." You press the hotkey again. AICHE inserts clean, punctuated text at your cursor. The Heading 1 style above it stays intact. You move to the next section and repeat.

How to use AICHE in Microsoft Word

1. Open Microsoft Word - desktop app or Office 365 in your browser. Both work.
2. Click where you want text to appear. This can be the document body, a comment reply box, a table cell, a header/footer field, or a Mail Merge description.
3. Press ⌃+⌥+R (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+R (Windows/Linux) to toggle AICHE on.
4. Speak your content. For reports, dictate one full section at a time. For contracts, do one clause per recording.
5. Press the hotkey again to stop. AICHE transcribes and inserts the text at your cursor position.
6. Review the output. Word's Editor pane (grammar and style checker) can catch anything that needs a second pass.
7. Move to the next section and repeat.

If you enable Message Ready in AICHE settings, the AI cleans up filler words, adds punctuation, and structures your speech into written sentences before inserting. If you leave it off, you get a raw transcript.

First drafts vs. Word's built-in Dictate

Word has a built-in Dictate button (Office 365 only, in the Home tab). It does real-time transcription - words appear as you speak, and you say "period" or "new line" to add punctuation. It is a live stream that requires you to think about formatting while talking.

AICHE works differently. You speak a full block (30 seconds, 90 seconds, whatever feels natural), and the transcription happens after you stop. This means you can focus entirely on content while speaking. With Message Ready on, the AI restructures your speech into written English. "So basically the quarterly revenue was up around fourteen percent compared to last year mostly because of the enterprise segment" becomes "Quarterly revenue increased 14% year-over-year, driven primarily by growth in the enterprise segment."

The practical difference: Word Dictate is fine for short notes. AICHE is better when you need to produce structured paragraphs across a multi-page document, because you speak in natural bursts and the output is already edited.

Track Changes and comment replies

A 30-page proposal comes back from review with 40 comments. Each needs a reply. Typing individual responses is the kind of task people defer for days.

Click a comment, click Reply, press the hotkey, and speak: "Good point. I will update the pricing table in section 4 to reflect the new volume discounts. Should be ready for your review by Thursday." That takes about 8 seconds to say. Your replies end up containing actual substance instead of "will fix" because speaking a full response costs almost no effort.

For Track Changes reviews, accept or reject changes as usual, then dictate an explanation in a new comment so collaborators understand your reasoning. AICHE inserts the text directly into Word's comment thread.

Contract clauses and legal drafting

Contract language needs to be precise, but the thinking happens in plain English. You know what a clause should accomplish before you know the exact phrasing.

Dictate the intent. Click below your clause heading, press the hotkey, and speak: "This section should cover termination provisions. Either party can terminate with 30 days written notice. If the client terminates early, they owe payment for work completed to date. If we terminate, we deliver all work product created up to the termination date." AICHE captures this cleanly, and you or your legal team refine the language into formal terms.

Enable Content Organization in AICHE settings for longer sections. It structures your spoken stream into logical paragraphs, which matters for multi-paragraph clauses.

Mail Merge and template fields

Mail Merge documents have description fields, letter body templates, and variable text blocks that all need to be filled in. Click into the body of a Mail Merge template, dictate the standard letter text, and move between fields. AICHE inserts at your cursor, so it respects the field boundaries Word has set up.

The same applies to .docx templates with Developer tab content controls (drop-downs, rich text blocks, date pickers). Click into a rich text content control, press the hotkey, and dictate. The text goes inside the control, and the template structure stays intact.

Copilot Inputs In Word

Word Copilot has explicit prompt fields where dictation helps:

• Draft with Copilot prompt box for net-new content
• Rewrite selected text prompts (shorter, formal, structured)
• Summarize/fine-tune prompts in Copilot compose box

AICHE is most useful for long, specific Copilot prompts that include audience, source references, and output format. Copilot generates the draft. AICHE inserts text only.

What you get

• Cursor-position insertion - text lands exactly where you clicked in Word, whether that is the body, a comment, a table cell, or a template field.
• Message Ready cleanup - optional AI formatting that turns spoken language into written sentences with proper punctuation and structure.
• Content Organization - longer dictations get split into logical paragraphs automatically.
• Custom Vocabulary - add industry terms, client names, or legal terminology so AICHE transcribes them correctly.
• Style preservation - Word keeps whatever style (Heading 1, Normal, Quote, custom) is active at your cursor. AICHE does not override it.
• Works across Word versions - desktop Word on Mac and Windows, plus Word for the web on Linux or any browser.

Pricing

AICHE Personal costs $3.99/month on the annual plan. Includes a 7-day free trial, no credit card required.

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FAQ

Does AICHE work with Office 365 web or only desktop Word?
Both. AICHE inserts text at your cursor in any application, including Word running in your browser through Office 365.

Will dictated text keep my document's formatting and styles?
Yes. AICHE inserts plain text at your cursor position, and Word applies whatever style is active there (Heading 1, Normal, a custom style, etc.). Your document formatting stays intact.

How is AICHE different from Word's built-in Dictate button?
Word's Dictate does real-time transcription where you speak punctuation commands aloud. AICHE lets you speak naturally in blocks, then transcribes and optionally applies AI cleanup (Message Ready) before inserting. AICHE works in desktop Word on Mac and Windows, plus Word for the web on Linux or any browser.

Is my audio stored anywhere?
No. Audio is streamed to Groq for cloud transcription and discarded immediately after processing, within 1 second. No persistent audio copy.

Can I dictate into Track Changes comments and replies?
Yes. Click into any comment reply box or new comment field, press the hotkey, and dictate. AICHE inserts text wherever your cursor is in Word.

Result

A 1,200-word report section that takes 25 minutes to type becomes about 7 minutes of dictation. The editing pass focuses on refining arguments, not fixing grammar.

Try it now: open a Word document, click below a heading, press ⌃+⌥+R (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+R (Windows/Linux), and dictate three paragraphs about your current project status.