YOU’LL NEED THIS
ANDROID, IOS, OR WINDOWS DEVICE
Windows 10 or 11
Email software
Headset or desktop mic
VOICE RECOGNITION is improving every year and getting cheaper too. A decade ago, if you wanted to talk to your computer rather than type, you’d have had to spend several hundred dollars on special dictation software. This would intercept everything you said, translate it into characters, and send it on to whichever program you were using. But things have changed considerably since then. Now, you can dictate directly into a Google Docs document using ‘Voice typing’ if you’re logged in through Chrome. To enable it, click Tools at the top of a document, followed by ‘Voice typing’, then click the on-screen microphone and start talking.
Tools such as voice typing are a considerable time-saver if you’re working on a lengthy document, but what if you’re a slow typist who just wants to send a few emails and text
