How to enable Direct Insert?

In this article, you’ll learn how to enable and disable Direct Insert in Voice In.

Some websites automatically remove or alter spaces that Voice In adds before your dictated text, causing phrases to run together—e.g., turning “Hello world” and “how are you” into “Hello worldhow are you.” Direct Insert bypasses this interference by placing text directly at your cursor’s location. We recommend only enabling Direct Insert if you notice spaces disappearing between separately dictated phrases. Otherwise, leave it turned off.

Enabling Direct Insert

Before you begin, ensure you have not hidden the Voice In page pop-up. If you have hidden it, follow the instructions on the page below to unhide it.

How to hide/show the Voice In page pop-up?

Click on the Voice In icon on the address bar to start dictation.

The page should display a Voice In settings button. Click on the button, and a settings window will open.

Under Advanced, you will find the Enable Direct Insert setting. Select the checkbox to enable Direct Insert on the current website, or uncheck it to disable it.

Once you enable/disable, refresh the page to apply the setting.