You can use Google Chrome as a free voice recognition software to write longer emails and documents without even installing anything on your Windows or Mac computer.
Meet Dictation v2.0, a web-based speech
recognition app that will transcribe your voice into digital text using the
Chrome Speech API. You can also install Dictation as a Chrome App.
Unlike the regular Chrome web apps that are nothing but fancy
bookmarks, the Dictation App for Chrome will run entirely on your computer.
Dictation Gets New Voice Commands & Auto-Save
Getting started with Dictation in simple. Just
plug in the microphone to your computer, click the Start Dictation button and
watch as your spoken words are magically transformed into text. You can also
use a few voice commands like:
- Say “new sentence” to begin a new sentence. Dictation will automatically add a period to the previous sentence and capitalizes the first letter of your new sentence.
- Say “new paragraph” to move the cursor to the next paragraph.
- Say “stop listening” to exit the dication mode. If you wish to resume recording, hit the “Start” button again.
If you make a mistake, or if Chrome makes an
error while recognizing your speech, simple click the incorrect word and edit
it inline. The entire notepad is editable as it uses the contenteditable
attribute of HTML5.
Dictation 2.0 – What’s New
The first release of Dictation happened in
August 2012 and much has changed since then. The Web Speech API is now part of Google Chrome
though you still need an active network connection for Chrome to connect to the
speech recognition servers.
The new version of Dictation App does sport a
few extra features. One, it will auto-save your work in Chrome’s local storage
so you can close the browser and your session would still be available the next
time you Dictation.
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