First introduced at Ignite 2019, Microsoft’s Office Mobile app combines the best aspects of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Forms to give users a complete productivity suite on the go. While Office Mobile currently does a great job for mobile users, it has become even more useful with a recent update. Microsoft has now added a powerful tool to let users capture and transcribe voice recordings within Office Mobile, and it’s reminiscent of the Google Recorder app. Today, we will be testing out this new feature, and you will learn how to use Office Mobile’s new voice notes tool.
According to Microsoft, the new voice notes feature is available on the Office Mobile app for Android, running version 16.0.14026.20096 or later. And the device language should be set as English (United States). I tried the feature on Office Mobile version 16.0.14131.20036. So let’s see how the voice notes feature works.
- Steps to Access Microsoft Office Mobile’s Voice Notes Tool
- Edit Transcribed Text in Office Mobile
- Share Transcribed Text or Voice Notes with Others
Steps to Access Microsoft Office Mobile’s Voice Notes Tool
Open the Microsoft Office app (Free, with in-app purchases) on your Android device and tap on the “+” button present at the center of the bottom navigation bar.
Microsoft will now save your voice recording to your OneDrive account. You should also note that you need an active internet connection for live transcription to work as intended. However, you will get transcription after you sync the recording to OneDrive. That is unlike the Google Recorder app, where the transcription works offline as well.
In case Office Mobile has incorrectly predicted some of the words in the transcription, you can manually make corrections. Here’s how:
You can share the voice recording as an audio file or export the transcription to a Word document. Here’s how to get started:
