Instructions

🦜 Golos — Voice Input Extension for Chrome

1. Why this extension exists

Golos is a Chrome browser extension that allows you to dictate text by voice and automatically insert it into any editable text field: email, messengers, documents, forms, chats, and other websites.

The extension is designed for:

• fast text input without a keyboard;
• saving time;
• comfortable work with large amounts of text;
• correct punctuation during dictation.

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2. How to install Golos

1. Go to the Chrome Web Store.
2. Find the Golos extension or follow the provided link.
3. Click “Add to Chrome”.
4. Confirm the installation.

After installation, the Golos icon will appear on the browser extensions toolbar.

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3. How to grant permissions in Chrome

For proper operation, Golos requires standard browser permissions:

• access to the active tab;
• access to the microphone.

Chrome will automatically request microphone permission when you start dictation for the first time.
Please click “Allow”.

⚠️ Without microphone access, voice dictation will not work.

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4. How to dictate text?

1. Click inside any text field on a website (for example, WhatsApp, Gmail, or Word Online).
2. Press the keyboard shortcut:

Alt + Shift + G

or click the icon on the extensions toolbar.
A compact Golos widget will appear:

3. Start speaking. You will see how your speech is being recognized inside the widget.
4. Chrome will automatically insert the processed text into the input field, applying commands and replacing them with punctuation marks.

💡 Example
To insert punctuation, simply say its name:

• 🗣 "Hello comma how are you question mark" → Hello, how are you?
• 🗣 "New line" → Moves text to a new line.
• 🗣 "Paragraph" → Moves text to a new paragraph.
• 🗣 "Open bracket" / "Close bracket" → ( )
• 🗣 "Dash" → —

5. To stop dictation, press Alt + Shift + G again,
   or click the icon on the Google Chrome extensions toolbar,
   or use the close button on the widget.

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Appendix: Voice Commands (Punctuation & Symbols)

⚠️ Coming soon

Voice commands for punctuation and symbols are currently available only for Ukrainian.

English voice commands (for example: comma, period, new line, etc.) are planned for a future version of Golos.

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5. How to open Golos options

There are two ways:

Method 1:

• Right-click anywhere on the page.
• Select “⚙️ Golos Settings”.

Method 2:

• Open the Chrome extensions management page.
• Find Golos.
• Click “Options”.

In the options page you can:

• select the recognition language;
• view extension version information.

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Technical support:
📧 support