Voice Typing: Talk to Twitch, YouTube, and Kick Chat
Sore wrists from typing all day? Hands on a controller? In bed at the end of a long stream and not in the mood to type? Voice Typing puts a microphone button in the Twitch, YouTube, and Kick chat box. Click it, talk, and your speech becomes a chat message. AI-powered, 60+ languages, and built for the moments when typing just is not happening.
When typing in chat is not the move
Twitch chat is fast, and a lot of moments do not survive a two-handed reply. Your streamer hits a clutch and you want to react now, not after you put down the controller. You have been at the keyboard for ten hours and your wrists are done. You are watching IRL on a phone wedged against a pillow.
Voice Typing is a microphone button that lives inside the chat input box. Click it, say what you want to say, and the message types itself. Click again (or just stay quiet for a second) and it stops. Hit Enter and send.
How Voice Typing works
Once Voice Typing is enabled, a small microphone icon appears inside the Twitch, YouTube, or Kick chat text box. The first time you click it, your browser will ask for microphone permission - this is a one-time browser-level prompt and Previews never sees the prompt itself, only the granted access.
After that, every click toggles the mic. Speak and an AI speech-to-text engine transcribes you straight into the chat input box. Click the icon a second time to turn it off, or just stop talking - if no voice is recognized for a few seconds, Voice Typing turns itself off automatically so your mic is not left open in the background.
Where it works
On Twitch
The microphone icon shows up inside the chat input box on every Twitch stream and theater-mode view. It plays nicely with BetterTTV, FrankerFaceZ, and 7TV chat enhancements - the icon lives in the input area, not the message stream, so it does not fight with your emote pickers or chat add-ons.
On YouTube
On YouTube live streams, the same microphone icon appears in the chat input on the right side of the player. Useful for long live Q and A sessions or for jumping into a Super Chat conversation without breaking your viewing flow.
On Kick
Kick gets the same mic icon in the chat input. Each platform has its own independent toggle in Previews settings, so you can enable Voice Typing on one platform and not another if you prefer.
The toggle is hidden in Previews settings when running on Firefox because the underlying browser APIs Voice Typing relies on are not consistently supported there. Voice Typing works on Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, and other Chromium-based browsers. All other Previews features work normally on Firefox.
60+ languages and regional dialects
Voice Typing recognizes more than 60 languages, and many of them with regional dialect options for accuracy:
- English in 12 regional variants (US, UK, Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Philippines).
- Spanish in 20 regional variants spanning Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and most of the rest of Latin America.
- Portuguese in both Brasil and Portugal variants.
- Italian in Italian and Swiss.
- Single-variant support for: Japanese, Korean, German, French, Dutch, Polish, Greek, Hungarian, Czech, and many more.
Pick your language from the dropdown directly under the Voice Typing toggle in Previews settings. Each platform has its own dropdown if you need to dictate in different languages on different platforms.
Auto-send vs. review before sending
By default, Voice Typing puts your transcribed text into the chat input box and waits for you to read it and press Enter. This is the safer default - speech-to-text is not perfect, homophones happen, and a quick glance before sending stops the embarrassing moments.
If you would rather skip that step, turn on the Auto send message to chat on result sub-toggle. The moment the engine has a complete result it fires the message and turns the mic back off. Faster, but trust your microphone.
How to enable it
- Install Previews from the Chrome Web Store, Edge Add-ons, or any Chromium-based browser store. (Voice Typing is not available on Firefox - other features are.)
- Click the Previews icon in your browser's toolbar.
- In the settings panel for the platform you want, find Voice Typing. Toggle it on.
- Pick your language from the dropdown that appears just below it. Optional: also turn on Auto send message to chat on result if you trust your transcription.
- Refresh any open Twitch, YouTube, or Kick tab. A microphone icon will appear inside the chat input box.
- Click the icon. Your browser will ask for microphone permission the first time - allow it. Then talk.
What else Previews can do for you
Voice Typing pairs naturally with the rest of the Previews toolkit. If you watch streams enough that typing-fatigue is a real thing, you will probably also want:
- Multi-Stream & Multi-Chat - watch and chat across multiple Twitch, YouTube, and Kick streams at once. Voice Typing works in every chat box of the layout.
- Sidebar Favorites - pin your top streamers to the top of the sidebar so you spend less time hunting and more time watching.
- FlashBang Defender - dim the player when streamers blast a white screen at 2 AM. Pairs well with end-of-day low-energy viewing.
- Auto-Refresh on Twitch Errors - automatic recovery from #1000, #2000, #3000, #4000, and #5000.
- Plus live hover previews, picture-in-picture, fast-forward to live, predictions sniper, clip downloader, and more.
Frequently asked questions
How do I use voice to type in Twitch chat?
Install Previews and enable Voice Typing in the settings panel. A microphone icon will appear inside the Twitch chat input box. Click it, allow microphone permission when your browser asks, and start talking. Your speech is transcribed into the chat box live - press Enter to send when you are happy with the message.
Does Voice Typing work on Firefox?
No. Voice Typing is hidden in Previews settings when running on Firefox because the underlying browser APIs it relies on are not consistently supported there. Voice Typing works on Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, and other Chromium-based browsers. Every other Previews feature works normally on Firefox.
What languages does Voice Typing support?
More than 60. Major languages cover most of Europe, Latin America, South Asia, East Asia, and Africa. English has 12 regional variants (US, UK, Canada, Australia, India, and more), Spanish has 20 regional variants across Spain and Latin America, and Chinese covers Mandarin (Simplified and Traditional) plus Cantonese. You pick your language and regional dialect from a dropdown in Previews settings.
Will my message send automatically, or do I get to read it first?
By default, your transcribed text lands in the chat input box and waits for you to press Enter. You get to read it first - useful because no speech-to-text engine is perfect. If you want it to send the moment the engine has a result instead, turn on the Auto send message to chat on result sub-toggle in Previews settings.
Can I use Voice Typing on YouTube and Kick chat?
Yes. Voice Typing has its own toggle for each platform in Previews settings, so you can enable it on Twitch, YouTube, Kick, or any combination. Each platform also has its own language dropdown in case your audiences differ.
Can I use Voice Typing while gaming with a controller?
That is one of the main reasons it exists. Click the mic icon, say what you want to say, and the message types itself - hands stay on the controller. The mic auto-stops if no voice is recognized for a few seconds, so you do not leave it on by accident when you go quiet during a clutch.