The accuracy is amazing! The accents are properly placed. Start speaking in Spanish and watch the words flow on to the page. You will have to click “Allow” so that your microphone can be accessed by Google Docs. Notice all of the languages (and dialects) that are available! Am I repeating myself?Ĭlick on the microphone to start recording. I saved the best for last! Under the “Tools” menu you will find “Voice Typing”.Ĭlick on the arrow next to the language and select “Español”. Tip #3: Practice Spanish accents with Voice Typing Simply click on an accent or special character when you need it and it will be inserted into your document next to the cursor. You now have access to all of the accents and special characters that you will need to quickly compose a Google Doc in Spanish. Notice all of the languages that are available! Once Easy Accents has been added, go back to the “Add-ons” menu and select it and then select “Easy Accents – Start”Ĭhoose your language – Spanish.Search for “Easy Accents” or you can simply click on the link above. Go to the “Add-ons” menu and select “Get add-ons…”.The Google Doc add-on Easy Accents does the trick quite well. Students (and teachers) also need an easy way to add accents and special characters to their Spanish documents. Tip #2: Adding Accents and Special Characters Students can right-click on the underlined words to correct them. Notice how the spell checker recognizes the Spanish words that require accents or that are misspelled. The second Google Doc shown below has “Español” selected.

The first Google Doc shown below has “English (United States)” selected. Go to “File” > “Language” and select “Español”. Tip #1: Change the language of your Google Doc to Spanish Using Google Docs in your Spanish class can be frustrating since you need easy access to all the accents and special characters (¿, ¡) that you don’t have readily available on a typical keyboard.

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