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SpeechAgent - Live Voice Typing

Speech to text converter to fill active text area with your voice using the built-in speech recognition engine of your browser

This browser extension brings native speech-to-text recognition to any webpage. It accurately converts voice to text in many languages. Select a text area or input box on the current page, then click on the toolbar button to open the interface. The extension converts your speech to a transcript and inserts it directly into the input box on your behalf. This extension uses the built-in API for speech recognition. There is no server interaction related to this extension. It is also possible to copy the recognized text to the clipboard. Features: Recognizes speech with one click Uses the built-in engine (no server code related to this extension) No background activities whatsoever (only works when the interface is open) Select the preferred language for the recognition engine Select the maximum number of alternative results used during text recognition Shortcuts: Open the interface: chrome://extensions/shortcuts Close the interface: Escape Select the next language: Ctrl + K or Command + K Select the previous language: Ctrl + J or Command + J Search for a language: Ctrl + F or Command + F What is Speech to Text extension? This extension provides continuous speech recognition that helps you create long notes, dictations, essays, posts, and reports. How does speech to text work? In general, the engine breaks your speech down into tiny, recognizable parts called phonemes. In its database, the software then fits the analyzed words with the text that best matches the words you spoke. Machine learning is used to weight the phonemes and to improve matching.

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John Weiss Aug 4, 2024

THE BEST. I've tried many STT extensions. This one is awesome. Well integrated with the browser, loads text into the page when it can, easy copy button, activates the target after you copy, and TINY 66k! Only thing missing is punctuation/auto-cap.

Haider Zaman Khan Jun 24, 2024

As a hearing disability person, this is great feature for me and helped me in many hard time during presentation and it still need some improvement. If possible, can you care to tell us which algorithm\model were used in making the speech to text methond. From you'r description you mention about API, can you kindly provide more details about it. This can be great help. Thank!

Gary Gussanian Jun 9, 2024

Great and useful extension. Very responsive and accurate. The only thing needed is Punctuation marks (period, comma, exclamation mark, question mark).

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This extension listens to you and copies what you said to the clipboard.

Speech to Text - Voice Typing & Transcription

Take notes with your voice for free, or automatically transcribe audio & video recordings. amazingly accurate, secure & blazing fast..

~ Proudly serving millions of users since 2015 ~

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Dictate Notes

Start taking notes, on our online voice-enabled notepad right away, for free. Learn more.

Transcribe Recordings

Automatically transcribe (& optionally translate) recordings, audio and video files, YouTubes and more, in no time. Learn more.

Speechnotes is a reliable and secure web-based speech-to-text tool that enables you to quickly and accurately transcribe & translate your audio and video recordings, as well as dictate your notes instead of typing, saving you time and effort. With features like voice commands for punctuation and formatting, automatic capitalization, and easy import/export options, Speechnotes provides an efficient and user-friendly dictation and transcription experience. Proudly serving millions of users since 2015, Speechnotes is the go-to tool for anyone who needs fast, accurate & private transcription. Our Portfolio of Complementary Speech-To-Text Tools Includes:

Voice typing - Chrome extension

Dictate instead of typing on any form & text-box across the web. Including on Gmail, and more.

Transcription API & webhooks

Speechnotes' API enables you to send us files via standard POST requests, and get the transcription results sent directly to your server.

Zapier integration

Combine the power of automatic transcriptions with Zapier's automatic processes. Serverless & codeless automation! Connect with your CRM, phone calls, Docs, email & more.

Android Speechnotes app

Speechnotes' notepad for Android, for notes taking on your mobile, battle tested with more than 5Million downloads. Rated 4.3+ ⭐

iOS TextHear app

TextHear for iOS, works great on iPhones, iPads & Macs. Designed specifically to help people with hearing impairment participate in conversations. Please note, this is a sister app - so it has its own pricing plan.

Audio & video converting tools

Tools developed for fast - batch conversions of audio files from one type to another and extracting audio only from videos for minimizing uploads.

Our Sister Apps for Text-To-Speech & Live Captioning

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Reads out loud texts, files & web pages

Listen on the go to any written content, from custom texts to websites & e-books, for free.

Speechlogger

Live Captioning & Translation

Live captions & simultaneous translation for conferences, online meetings, webinars & more.

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Dictation Notepad

Start taking notes with your voice for free

Speech to Text online notepad. Professional, accurate & free speech recognizing text editor. Distraction-free, fast, easy to use web app for dictation & typing.

Speechnotes is a powerful speech-enabled online notepad, designed to empower your ideas by implementing a clean & efficient design, so you can focus on your thoughts. We strive to provide the best online dictation tool by engaging cutting-edge speech-recognition technology for the most accurate results technology can achieve today, together with incorporating built-in tools (automatic or manual) to increase users' efficiency, productivity and comfort. Works entirely online in your Chrome browser. No download, no install and even no registration needed, so you can start working right away.

Speechnotes is especially designed to provide you a distraction-free environment. Every note, starts with a new clear white paper, so to stimulate your mind with a clean fresh start. All other elements but the text itself are out of sight by fading out, so you can concentrate on the most important part - your own creativity. In addition to that, speaking instead of typing, enables you to think and speak it out fluently, uninterrupted, which again encourages creative, clear thinking. Fonts and colors all over the app were designed to be sharp and have excellent legibility characteristics.

Example use cases

• Voice typing
• Writing notes, thoughts
• Medical forms - dictate
• Transcribers (listen and dictate)

Transcription Service

Start transcribing

Fast turnaround - results within minutes. Includes timestamps, auto punctuation and subtitles at unbeatable price. Protects your privacy: no human in the loop, and (unlike many other vendors) we do NOT keep your audio. Pay per use, no recurring payments. Upload your files or transcribe directly from Google Drive, YouTube or any other online source. Simple. No download or install. Just send us the file and get the results in minutes.

• Transcribe interviews
• Captions for Youtubes & movies
• Auto-transcribe phone calls or voice messages
• Students - transcribe lectures
• Podcasters - enlarge your audience by turning your podcasts into textual content
• Text-index entire audio archives

Key Advantages

Speechnotes is powered by the leading most accurate speech recognition AI engines by Google & Microsoft. We always check - and make sure we still use the best. Accuracy in English is very good and can easily reach 95% accuracy for good quality dictation or recording.

Lightweight & fast

Both Speechnotes dictation & transcription are lightweight-online no install, work out of the box anywhere you are. Dictation works in real time. Transcription will get you results in a matter of minutes.

Super Private & Secure!

Super private - no human handles, sees or listens to your recordings! In addition, we take great measures to protect your privacy. For example, for transcribing your recordings - we pay Google's speech to text engines extra - just so they do not keep your audio for their own research purposes.

Health advantages

Typing may result in different types of Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI). Voice typing is one of the main recommended ways to minimize these risks, as it enables you to sit back comfortably, freeing your arms, hands, shoulders and back altogether.

Saves you time

Need to transcribe a recording? If it's an hour long, transcribing it yourself will take you about 6! hours of work. If you send it to a transcriber - you will get it back in days! Upload it to Speechnotes - it will take you less than a minute, and you will get the results in about 20 minutes to your email.

Saves you money

Speechnotes dictation notepad is completely free - with ads - or a small fee to get it ad-free. Speechnotes transcription is only $0.1/minute, which is X10 times cheaper than a human transcriber! We offer the best deal on the market - whether it's the free dictation notepad ot the pay-as-you-go transcription service.

Dictation - Free

• Online dictation notepad
• Voice typing Chrome extension

Dictation - Premium

• Premium online dictation notepad
• Premium voice typing Chrome extension
• Support from the development team

Transcription

$0.1 /minute.

• Pay as you go - no subscription
• Audio & video recordings
• Speaker diarization in English
• Generate captions .srt files
• REST API, webhooks & Zapier integration

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Privacy Policy

We at Speechnotes, Speechlogger, TextHear, Speechkeys value your privacy, and that's why we do not store anything you say or type or in fact any other data about you - unless it is solely needed for the purpose of your operation. We don't share it with 3rd parties, other than Google / Microsoft for the speech-to-text engine.

Privacy - how are the recordings and results handled?

- transcription service.

Our transcription service is probably the most private and secure transcription service available.

• HIPAA compliant.
• No human in the loop. No passing your recording between PCs, emails, employees, etc.
• Secure encrypted communications (https) with and between our servers.
• Recordings are automatically deleted from our servers as soon as the transcription is done.
• Our contract with Google / Microsoft (our speech engines providers) prohibits them from keeping any audio or results.
• Transcription results are securely kept on our secure database. Only you have access to them - only if you sign in (or provide your secret credentials through the API)
• You may choose to delete the transcription results - once you do - no copy remains on our servers.

- Dictation notepad & extension

For dictation, the recording & recognition - is delegated to and done by the browser (Chrome / Edge) or operating system (Android). So, we never even have access to the recorded audio, and Edge's / Chrome's / Android's (depending the one you use) privacy policy apply here.

The results of the dictation are saved locally on your machine - via the browser's / app's local storage. It never gets to our servers. So, as long as your device is private - your notes are private.

Payments method privacy

The whole payments process is delegated to PayPal / Stripe / Google Pay / Play Store / App Store and secured by these providers. We never receive any of your credit card information.

More generic notes regarding our site, cookies, analytics, ads, etc.

• We may use Google Analytics on our site - which is a generic tool to track usage statistics.
• We use cookies - which means we save data on your browser to send to our servers when needed. This is used for instance to sign you in, and then keep you signed in.
• For the dictation tool - we use your browser's local storage to store your notes, so you can access them later.
• Non premium dictation tool serves ads by Google. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings . Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting https://youradchoices.com/
• In case you would like to upload files to Google Drive directly from Speechnotes - we'll ask for your permission to do so. We will use that permission for that purpose only - syncing your speech-notes to your Google Drive, per your request.

Voiceitt for Chrome

Dictate text directly into a website, Google Workplace or Google Classroom. Write emails, blogs or messages using your personalized speech-to-text. Voiceitt for Chrome is a ground-breaking Chrome extension and the first accessible speech-to-text input designed by and for people with non-standard speech, accented English or aging voices. ‍ Voiceitt is a mission-driven voice AI company that makes voice technology accessible.

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Visit the chrome web store.

Link your Voiceitt Account

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Voice to Text (VTT), sometimes called Speech to Text, is more than just a useful feature. For those with hand injuries or disabilities that affect the hands, it's a lifesaver. Modern VTT technology is accurate and smooth-flowing.

It can accommodate accents, speech impediments, and even background noise. You can use them with any kind of microphone, including an internal laptop mic. Voice-typing is easier than ever!

These five Chrome extensions let you use your voice to type online and navigate the internet.

Lipsurf doesn't stop at dictation, it adds full voice control to Chrome. With this extension, you can fill in text fields, click buttons, navigate pages and tabs, and more. You only need your voice. When you first install it, you'll go to its Options page. From there, you can access an easy and quick tutorial.

Several helpful features make Lipsurf easy to use. You can easily select anything on the page with the Tags command, which applies a simple letter tag to every object. You can then name the tag to select the associated button, image, link, text field, or other item.

Lipsurf has a robust support system. The built-in Help command opens a contextual pop-up menu, showing support for the feature you're currently using. Any feature you could expect from a full VTT app is in this extension. This includes text formatting, custom shortcuts, and more.

Related: The Best (Free) Speech-to-Text Software for Windows

The Custom Shortcuts are how Lipsurf gets around individual voice quirks. With them, you can fix issues such as the extension misunderstanding the word you say. You can also speed up long-form typing by using Shortcuts . For example, you can tell it to insert a prepared paragraph promoting your website when you say “website plug”.

Lipsurf also has several helpful background features. For instance, it can automatically disable itself if Chrome isn't in focus. That is, if you speak while Chrome isn't selected, Lipsurf will ignore it.

Download: Lipsurf - Voice Control for the Web for Google Chrome (Free)

2. Speech Recognition Anywhere

This extension from Sea Breeze Computers leverages Google Voice to Text. This is the same software that powers Voice Typing in Google Docs . It's lightweight and simple, focusing on text alone. If you still want to use the mouse for clicking and scrolling, it might be the solution for you.

Clicking the extension icon will open a tab for it. You need to keep that tab open for Speech Recognition Anywhere to work. Once it's running, the extension will automatically detect text boxes, including search bars. You can also use the Click On command to click things, but this is somewhat less reliable.

Like many VTT Extensions, this one offers a variety of language and accent options. Unlike many, it also includes a lightweight Text-to-Speech function. This allows it to double as a simplified screen reader.

Download: Speech Recognition Anywhere for Google Chrome (Free)

3. DictationBox

DictationBox focuses on long-form text rather than fillable forms or web navigation. It opens a floating box that takes down your dictation. It also has a one-click Copy button that selects all your text and copies it into the clipboard for easy pasting.

It also allows you to pre-format text, save it, and set up a command word to insert it. This is very similar to Lipsurf's Custom Shortcuts . You can further automate it using a bit of code.

For instance, if you add [*] into the template, DictationBox will select that bracket. Then you can replace it by voice typing. This makes it especially good for composing long-form text or fillable forms.

However, this extension is not a voice control extension. It can't answer commands like “undo” or “select [text]” or click “submit” for you. So, this extension is only recommended if you are still able to use the mouse and backspace key.

Download: DictationBox for Google Chrome (Free)

4. SpeechAgent

Speech Agent detects the active text field and allows you to feed dictation into it. Your dictation also appears in the Speech Agent pop-up. Lastly, there's a one-click copy button for cases when it can't find the text field.

This software works on a wide variety of social media websites. However, it doesn't work on Facebook or in word-processing programs like google Docs. Therefore, it's better for short-form communication. Like DictationBox, this extension focuses on removing your need to type.

You'll still need the mouse to click-activate Speech Agent and navigate web pages. But if you can use a mouse, Speech Agent will take care of the keyboard concerns. It doesn't accept speech commands like “undo” or “delete text” though, so you may still need to press the backspace key sometimes.

Download: SpeechAgent - Speech to Text Recognition for Google Chrome (Free)

5. Voice In

Voice In is another dictation app from the developers of DictaNote , a note-taking app made with dictation in mind. Voice In is more polished and robust with its commands than some of the more lightweight options.

It starts you off with a quick four-step tutorial. When you dictate, your dictation appears in a translucent popup before it goes in the text box. The text in this pop-up is larger, which means this app could also be nice for those with vision problems.

It also offers custom shortcuts through Dictation Box. This is a premium feature, though. Premium users can also switch between languages with keyboard shortcuts and use Voice In on more websites.

However, the free version already works smoothly. It functions on Facebook, Reddit, and other popular websites, and integrates with email clients like Gmail and Outlook. As a bonus, Its gray microphone icon looks like a natural part of the Chrome window.

Download: Voice In Voice Typing for Google Chrome (Free, subscription available)

Start Typing With Your Voice

With a VTT extension, you can continue to use all your favorite websites, even when you can't use one or more hands. With all these options and how efficient VTT technology has become, you're sure to find an extension that works for you.

And of course, voice control is also a great option for your mobile device.

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7 Top Speech-to-Text Chrome Extensions for Effortless Transcription [Free & Paid]

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Speech-to-text tools have become critical assets for professionals across various industries. Whether you're dictating emails, transcribing long lectures, or capturing meeting minutes, they ensure that your spoken words are accurately converted into written text.

To further improve the productivity of their users, many of these tools offer Chrome extensions that effortlessly transcribe audio content — right within their browsers!

In this blog post, we'll explore seven top speech-to-text Chrome extensions. We'll highlight their features and pricing so you can easily decide which fits you best.

7 Best speech-to-text Chrome extensions

Now, here's our list of the top 7 speech-to-text Chrome extensions available in 2024:

• Fireflies.ai
• Voice In - Speech-To-Text Dictation
• SpeechText.AI
• Transkriptor
• Speechnotes

1. Fireflies.ai

Powered by AI, Fireflies is an intelligent meeting assistant that joins your meetings to automatically transcribe , summarize , and analyze your discussions.

It offers a Chrome extension that auto-captures and transcribes your Google Meet calls directly from your browser.

Once your meeting concludes, the transcript is processed and sent to you via email, and you can access all your transcripts through the Fireflies Notebook.

Key features

• Generates 90%+ accurate transcripts with speaker labels and time stamps.
• Supports transcription in over  60 languages  (and 3 English accents), including  Portuguese ,  Spanish ,  French ,  Arabic ,  German ,  Dutch ,  Korean ,  Russian ,  Japanese ,  Hindi , and  Italian . 
• Provides customizable AI-generated meeting summaries .
• Can transcribe videos created on Loom , Bubbles, or Soapbox.
• Offers a user-friendly transcript editor.
• Allows you to collaborate with teammates by letting you create short, impactful audio clips called Soundbites . You can also leave comments on your transcripts using Threads .
• Lets you search for action items and key meeting details using Smart Search .
• Extracts deeper insights from your meetings with  conversational intelligence . With Fireflies, you can track 10+ metrics, including speaker analytics, total time spent in conversation, talk-to-listen ratio, and call sentiment .
• Lets you playback recordings at 5 speeds for quicker review: 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x, and 2x.
• Stores your meetings in a central location for easy reference.
• Integrates  with over 40 business apps including productivity tools and CRM software.
• Lets you export your transcripts in PDF, DOCX, SRT , VTT, or JSON formats.
• Fireflies follows the highest security standards. It is  SOC 2 Type II ,  HIPAA , and  GDPR  compliant and also provides  private storage  for extra security.
• Free forever (Unlimited transcription; 800 minutes of storage per seat)
• Pro: $18/seat/month ($10/seat/month billed annually)
• Business: $29/seat/month ($19/seat/month billed annually)
• Enterprise: $39/seat/month billed annually

A 7-day free trial  of the Business plan is available.

Streamline Your Transcription Process With Fireflies!

This AI notetaker effortlessly captures, transcribes, and stores your meetings to save you precious time and take your productivity to new heights.

2. Voice In - Speech-To-Text Dictation

With its AI speech recognition engine, this Chrome extension transcribes speech to text in real-time.

It allows you to dictate directly into virtually any text field on the internet—from emails and documents to social media posts.

• Supports dictation on over 10,000 websites, including Gmail , ChatGPT , Google Docs, and WhatsApp .
• Recognizes 50+ languages and 100+ dialects.
• Allows you to define custom commands to automate repetitive text entry, correct dictation errors, and perform other actions.
• Includes automatic text formatting.
• Offers built-in commands for punctuation.
• Lets you dictate across multiple tabs.
• Free (60 minutes of dictation per day)
• Monthly: $9.99/month
• Yearly: $4.99/month
• Lifetime: $149.99 for life

3. SpeechText.AI

SpeechText.AI's Chrome extension records and automatically transcribes audio and video files.

All you have to do is upload your file and let the tool convert your content into text and subtitles in seconds.

• Supports more than 30 languages and non-native speaker accents.
• Identifies speakers in multi-participant conversations.
• Allows you to search audio data in natural language.
• Automatically punctuates your transcripts.
• Aids easier proofreading by providing editing tools.
• Allows you to export transcripts in multiple formats: TXT, PDF, DOCX, etc.
• Free trial (15 minutes of transcription; 60 MB maximum file size)
• Starter: $10
• Personal: $19
• Standard: $49
• Business: $99

This next speech-to-text Chrome extension captures, transcribes, summarizes, and generates action items from online meetings across platforms like Google Meet , Zoom , and Microsoft Teams.

• Can screen capture meetings and store the screenshots with the meeting transcripts.
• Supports 30+ languages.
• Can identify speakers in conversations.
• Allows you to export transcripts to Google Docs , Notion and Slack , or as PDFs.
• Lets you search your transcripts.
• Allows you to comment on your transcripts.
• Provides meeting engagement analytics.
• Offers an AI meeting assistant powered by GPT-4 that can answer queries, save meeting prompts, write follow-up emails, and more.
• Free forever (10 meeting transcriptions per month)
• Pro: $12/user/month ($8/user/month billed annually)
• Team: $20/user/month ($16.7/user/month billed annually)

5. Transkriptor

Transkriptor's Chrome extension leverages AI to convert audio and video into text in over 100 languages.

Its meeting assistant can automatically join, record, and transcribe your online meetings.

• Allows you to export your transcripts as TXT, SRT, Word, or plain text.
• Provides a text editor for proofreading.
• Supports all audio and video file formats.
• Offers an AI assistant that can answer any questions about your conversations, videos, and voice recordings.
• Can translate your transcripts to other languages.
• Detects and separates different speakers in a recording.
• Allows you to share and collaborate on transcripts with your teammates.
• Free trial (90 transcription minutes)
• Lite: $9.99/month ($4.99/month billed annually)
• Premium: $24.99/month ($12.49/month billed annually)

6. Speechnotes

Speechnotes is a versatile tool that offers both speech-to-text and transcription capabilities. With its Chrome extension, you can dictate on any form and text box across the web, including on Gmail.

• Works on any site across the web.
• Generates transcripts that have timestamps and are automatically punctuated.
• Offers speaker diarization in English.
• Can generate captions in .srt files
• Allows you to upload your files or transcribe directly from Google Drive, YouTube , or any other online source.
• Integrates with Zapier .
• Allows you to convert audio & video files from one type to another.
• Dictation Free (Unlimited dictation)
• Dictation Premium: $1.90/month billed annually
• Transcription: $0.1/minute

Notta's speech-to-text Chrome extension captures and transcribes audio from websites like YouTube . It can also convert all your uploaded audio and video files to text.

• Records and automatically transcribes  Zoom ,  Google Meet ,  Microsoft Teams , and  Webex  meetings.
• Supports transcriptions in 104 languages and translates them into 42 languages.
• Can generate AI summaries and action items.
• Allows you to play your recordings back at different speeds.
• Lets you review, edit, and export your transcripts in several formats, including PDF, TXT, and SRT.
• Free (120 transcription minutes/month)
• Pro: $13.99/month ($8.25/month billed annually)
• Business: $59/month ($44/month billed annually)
• Enterprise: Custom

Final Thoughts

Remember, choosing the right extension depends on your specific needs and preferences.

Whether you opt for the robust features of Fireflies AI or the simplicity of Speechnotes, incorporating speech-to-text Chrome extensions into your workflow can make a world of difference.

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How to use Chrome's speech-to-text

Chrome 11 comes with a new feature that converts your mellifluous voice into surprisingly accurate text in the browser, and we've got a quick guide on how to use it.

Google has introduced a way that you can talk to your browser, as long as that browser is Chrome. It won't talk back, but it will do your bidding. These instructions cover the basics of the new speech-to-text feature, which is functional but has yet to be implemented widely.

First off, be sure that you're using Google Chrome 11 ( download for Windows | Mac | Linux )or later, and that you've got a microphone. Next, you have to navigate to a site that supports the new speech API. Currently, that's limited to Google Translate , which itself is limited to translations that originate in English. Expect that to change as site developers begin to implement the feature. One other hitch is that because this is a brand-new feature, it's also limited at present in Google Translate to translations originating in English.

So: Set Google Translate to English, then click the microphone that appears in the lower right-hand corner of the input box. Speak the sentence you want translated. When you're done talking, Google will automatically translate it. You can also use the site's Listen option (to the right of the text field) to hear what's the translation sounds like.

Web sites that currently use the speech API • Google Translate • Web2Voice , which demonstrates embedded video playback, control, and search • HTML5 demo Web site

There are currently some unofficial options for playing with the Speech-to-HTML API. The Web2Voice site that I discovered in a Chromium HTML5 Google groups forum has implemented basic YouTube compatibility using the new speech API. Click the microphone icon and say, "Green Lantern trailer," to search for trailers from the upcoming movie. If you click and say, "Play official trailer" it will play the trailer with those words in the title. To pause it, click and say "stop." To resume, click and say "play."

This isn't an official implementation, since that would appear on the YouTube site. But this certainly gives a strong indication of what the API is capable of. Unfortunately, having to click the microphone for every input is a bit of a pain. You might as well just click the pause button yourself. Also annoying is that the feature has trouble distinguishing between audio playback from the computer and your voice.

What this likely will be extremely useful for is accessibility within the upcoming Google Chrome OS. If you're spending you're entire computing time in the browser, as you will be in Chrome OS, and using the keyboard isn't easy for you, then having on-demand speech-to-command options are a must.

If you discover more options for the API, let me know in the comments below.

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SpeechTexter is a free multilingual speech-to-text application aimed at assisting you with transcription of notes, documents, books, reports or blog posts by using your voice. This app also features a customizable voice commands list, allowing users to add punctuation marks, frequently used phrases, and some app actions (undo, redo, make a new paragraph).

SpeechTexter is used daily by students, teachers, writers, bloggers around the world.

It will assist you in minimizing your writing efforts significantly.

Voice-to-text software is exceptionally valuable for people who have difficulty using their hands due to trauma, people with dyslexia or disabilities that limit the use of conventional input devices. Speech to text technology can also be used to improve accessibility for those with hearing impairments, as it can convert speech into text.

It can also be used as a tool for learning a proper pronunciation of words in the foreign language, in addition to helping a person develop fluency with their speaking skills.

Accuracy levels higher than 90% should be expected. It varies depending on the language and the speaker.

No download, installation or registration is required. Just click the microphone button and start dictating.

Speech to text technology is quickly becoming an essential tool for those looking to save time and increase their productivity.

Powerful real-time continuous speech recognition

Creation of text notes, emails, blog posts, reports and more.

Custom voice commands

More than 70 languages supported

SpeechTexter is using Google Speech recognition to convert the speech into text in real-time. This technology is supported by Chrome browser (for desktop) and some browsers on Android OS. Other browsers have not implemented speech recognition yet.

Note: iPhones and iPads are not supported

List of supported languages:

Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tsonga, Tswana, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Venda, Vietnamese, Xhosa, Zulu.

Instructions for web app on desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux OS)

Requirements: the latest version of the Google Chrome [↗] browser (other browsers are not supported).

1. Connect a high-quality microphone to your computer.

2. Make sure your microphone is set as the default recording device on your browser.

To go directly to microphone's settings paste the line below into Chrome's URL bar.

chrome://settings/content/microphone

To capture speech from video/audio content on the web or from a file stored on your device, select 'Stereo Mix' as the default audio input.

3. Select the language you would like to speak (Click the button on the top right corner).

4. Click the "microphone" button. Chrome browser will request your permission to access your microphone. Choose "allow".

5. You can start dictating!

Instructions for the web app on a mobile and for the android app

Requirements: - Google app [↗] installed on your Android device. - Any of the supported browsers if you choose to use the web app.

Supported android browsers (not a full list): Chrome browser (recommended), Edge, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi.

1. Tap the button with the language name (on a web app) or language code (on android app) on the top right corner to select your language.

2. Tap the microphone button. The SpeechTexter app will ask for permission to record audio. Choose 'allow' to enable microphone access.

3. You can start dictating!

Common problems on a desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux OS)

Error: 'speechtexter cannot access your microphone'..

Please give permission to access your microphone.

Click on the "padlock" icon next to the URL bar, find the "microphone" option, and choose "allow".

Error: 'No speech was detected. Please try again'.

If you get this error while you are speaking, make sure your microphone is set as the default recording device on your browser [see step 2].

If you're using a headset, make sure the mute switch on the cord is off.

Error: 'Network error'

The internet connection is poor. Please try again later.

The result won't transfer to the "editor".

The result confidence is not high enough or there is a background noise. An accumulation of long text in the buffer can also make the engine stop responding, please make some pauses in the speech.

The results are wrong.

Please speak loudly and clearly. Speaking clearly and consistently will help the software accurately recognize your words.

Reduce background noise. Background noise from fans, air conditioners, refrigerators, etc. can drop the accuracy significantly. Try to reduce background noise as much as possible.

Speak directly into the microphone. Speaking directly into the microphone enhances the accuracy of the software. Avoid speaking too far away from the microphone.

Speak in complete sentences. Speaking in complete sentences will help the software better recognize the context of your words.

Can I upload an audio file and get the transcription?

No, this feature is not available.

How do I transcribe an audio (video) file on my PC or from the web?

Playback your file in any player and hit the 'mic' button on the SpeechTexter website to start capturing the speech. For better results select "Stereo Mix" as the default recording device on your browser, if you are accessing SpeechTexter and the file from the same device.

I don't see the "Stereo mix" option (Windows OS)

"Stereo Mix" might be hidden or it's not supported by your system. If you are a Windows user go to 'Control panel' → Hardware and Sound → Sound → 'Recording' tab. Right-click on a blank area in the pane and make sure both "View Disabled Devices" and "View Disconnected Devices" options are checked. If "Stereo Mix" appears, you can enable it by right clicking on it and choosing 'enable'. If "Stereo Mix" hasn't appeared, it means it's not supported by your system. You can try using a third-party program such as "Virtual Audio Cable" or "VB-Audio Virtual Cable" to create a virtual audio device that includes "Stereo Mix" functionality.

How to use the voice commands list?

The voice commands list allows you to insert the punctuation, some text, or run some preset functions using only your voice. On the first column you enter your voice command. On the second column you enter a punctuation mark or a function. Voice commands are case-sensitive. Available functions: #newparagraph (add a new paragraph), #undo (undo the last change), #redo (redo the last change)

To use the function above make a pause in your speech until all previous dictated speech appears in your note, then say "insert a new paragraph" and wait for the command execution.

Found a mistake in the voice commands list or want to suggest an update? Follow the steps below:

• Navigate to the voice commands list [↑] on this website.
• Click on the edit button to update or add new punctuation marks you think other users might find useful in your language.
• Click on the "Export" button located above the voice commands list to save your list in JSON format to your device.

Next, send us your file as an attachment via email. You can find the email address at the bottom of the page. Feel free to include a brief description of the mistake or the updates you're suggesting in the email body.

Your contribution to the improvement of the services is appreciated.

Can I prevent my custom voice commands from disappearing after closing the browser?

SpeechTexter by default saves your data inside your browser's cache. If your browsers clears the cache your data will be deleted. However, you can export your custom voice commands to your device and import them when you need them by clicking the corresponding buttons above the list. SpeechTexter is using JSON format to store your voice commands. You can create a .txt file in this format on your device and then import it into SpeechTexter. An example of JSON format is shown below:

{ "period": ".", "full stop": ".", "question mark": "?", "new paragraph": "#newparagraph" }

I lost my dictated work after closing the browser.

SpeechTexter doesn't store any text that you dictate. Please use the "autosave" option or click the "download" button (recommended). The "autosave" option will try to store your work inside your browser's cache, where it will remain until you switch the "text autosave" option off, clear the cache manually, or if your browser clears the cache on exit.

Common problems on the Android app

I get the message: 'speech recognition is not available'..

'Google app' from Play store is required for SpeechTexter to work. download [↗]

Where does SpeechTexter store the saved files?

Version 1.5 and above stores the files in the internal memory.

Version 1.4.9 and below stores the files inside the "SpeechTexter" folder at the root directory of your device.

After updating the app from version 1.x.x to version 2.x.x my files have disappeared

As a result of recent updates, the Android operating system has implemented restrictions that prevent users from accessing folders within the Android root directory, including SpeechTexter's folder. However, your old files can still be imported manually by selecting the "import" button within the Speechtexter application.

Common problems on the mobile web app

Tap on the "padlock" icon next to the URL bar, find the "microphone" option and choose "allow".

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How to Use Speech to Text or Dictation on Chromebook

The speech-to-text aka dictation is an accessibility feature on Chromebook that lets you type text with your voice instead of using the keyboard. Anything that you say will be automatically converted to text. It’s known by many names such as speak to type, voice typing, voice to text, and voice dictation. If you enjoy typing using your voice, let’s check how to enable, disable, and use speech-to-text on Chromebook.

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How to Enable and Use Chromebook Voice Typing

You can type using voice on Chromebook in two ways. Firstly, use the system-wide speak-to-type feature, and secondly, use the voice typing on the on-screen keyboard. Let’s dive into both methods.

Method 1: Use System-Wide Speech to Text

You will need to enable the Dictation feature in Chromebook accessibility settings before you can start using this method.

Note: This method works on both touch and non-touchscreen devices.

Here are the steps in detail:

1. Click on time at the bottom-right corner to open Quick Panel . From the Quick Panel, click on the Settings icon to open Chromebook Settings.

2. Expand the Advanced section from the left sidebar and click on Accessibility .

3. Go to Manage accessibility features from the right panel.

4. Scroll down to the Keyboard and text input section. Turn on the toggle next to Enable dictation (speak to type).

5. Click on the Change button next to the Language option under Dictation to choose a language for voice typing.

6 . As soon as you enable the dictation toggle in step 4, a microphone icon will appear on the Chromebook’s Shelf aka Taskbar. Click on this icon whenever you want to start typing using your voice. Or, use the Search + D (or Launcher key + D ) keyboard shortcut to activate the voice typing feature without clicking on the microphone icon in the taskbar.

Let’s say, for instance, you want to search in Chromebook settings using your voice. Place the mouse cursor in the settings search box. Then, click on the microphone icon on the Chromebook’s shelf and start speaking. Whatever you speak will automatically be converted into typed text.

Dictation will end automatically if you stop talking. In addition to that, Chromebook will stop listening if it meets one of the two conditions:

• If you navigate away from the text field where you were typing.
• If you click on the microphone icon again.

Method 2: Using Voice Typing With On-Screen Keyboard

The voice typing feature is also available on the Chromebook’s on-screen keyboard. It comes in handy on touchscreen devices where you don’t need to rely on the keyboard shortcut or Chromebook’s shelf to activate voice typing. You can start using it directly without enabling any option. Here are the steps for the same:

1. Open the on-screen keyboard on your Chromebook. You might need to enable it first by going to Chromebook Settings > Advanced > Accessibility > Manage accessibility features > Enable on-screen keyboard.

2. When the on-screen keyboard shows up, click on the Microphone icon on it and start speaking whatever you want to type.

Tip : Learn how to use Chromebook’s on-screen keyboard like a pro.

How to Edit Text Using Voice Commands

When you type using voice, say the following commands to perform text editing operations like copy-paste text, delete text, select, undo, etc.

• Select all: Selects everything in the text field.
• Unselect: Clears the selected text.
• Copy: Copy the selected text to the clipboard.
• Cut: Copies and deletes the selected text.
• Paste: Paste the text from the clipboard.
• Delete: Delete selected text or the previous character.
• Undo: Clears previous text-editing action.
• Redo: Repeats previous text-editing action.
• New line: Move the cursor to a new line.
• Move to the next line: Moves the cursor to the next line.
• Move to the previous line: Moves the cursor to the previous line.

How to Turn off Dictation on Chromebook

If you don’t want to use the dictation feature, you can disable it by going to Chromebook Settings > Advanced > Accessibility > Manage accessibility features. Turn off the toggle next to Enable dictation (speak to type).

Note : Disabling Dictation in accessibility settings will not turn off voice typing on the on-screen keyboard.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. Does Chromebook have text to speech feature?

Yes, Chromebooks offer native text-to-speak functionality. You can use it to listen to selected text or the entire text on the screen. Learn how to use text-to-speech on Chromebook .

2. How to fix speak-to-type not working in Chromebook?

If you are unable to type using voice, make sure the speak-to-type feature is enabled in the accessibility settings. Apart from that, update your Chrome OS and restart it at least once.

3. How to use voice typing in Google Docs ?

Google Docs offers a native voice typing feature that you can use to speak text in addition to the two methods mentioned above. Go to Tools > Voice typing in Google Docs to use the native feature.

Explore Your Chromebook

Chromebook is a capable device once you start exploring and using it. It’s loaded with hidden features in addition to speech-to-text that will amaze you once you discover them. For instance, you can set up Chromebook for a child , let someone borrow your Chromebook without accessing your Google account, download Android apps, and much more.

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Best Speech to Text Chrome Extensions

By Med Kharbach, PhD | Last Update: May 10, 2024

Speech to text Chrome extensions are the topic of our blog post today!

Speech to text, or voice to text, technology uses the power of speech recognition to enable you to navigate the web using simple voice commands. Several platforms have already adopted this technology popular among them is Google Search. 

With a single click on the mic icon in Google Search box you will be able to voice type your query as Google types it out for you. The same with Google Docs, you can use its built-in voice recognition service to voice type an entire article.

There are also a wide variety of speech to text extensions to use on your Chrome for voice dictation. Below are some of the best titles to try out. Using these extensions, you and your students will be able to use voice commands to browse the web the way you want. 

You can watch videos, click on hyperlinks, switch between opened tabs and web pages, fill in forms, write emails and blog posts, and more. 

Related: Best text to speech iPad apps for teachers and students

Also, these speech to text extensions provide you with the possibility to create custom voice commands so that you can easily voice type your frequently used phrases and expressions. And yes, the extensions support different languages and dialects and some of them even work offline.

Speech to Text Chrome Extensions

Here are our favourite speech to text Chrome extensions:

1. Speech to Text

As its name indicates, Speech to Text enables you to convert your voice to text. The way it works is simple: First install the extension from Chrome Web Store, click on the microphone icon, grant access to your microphone, start voice typing. 

You can copy your captured text and use it anywhere online. Speech to Text recognizes various languages and dialects and, best of all, it works offline. No need for Internet connection to use it.

2. Speech Recognition Anywhere 365

Speech Recognition Anywhere is a speech to text Chrome extension that enables you to voice type anything you want using simple voice commands. 

The extension works on several websites and platforms including Google Docs, Microsoft Word online, Gmail, Outlook, and more. Users can create custom commands as shortcuts to type whatever they want. 

Some other things you can do with Speech Recognition extension include text to speech, select the language or dialect of your choice, use voice commands to toggle between next and previous web pages or to switch tabs, scroll page up and down, highlight text, copy and paste, scripting, and many more.  

LipSurf is another speech to text Chrome extension that allows you to browse the web using your own voice. You can open web pages, watch videos, click on links, etc., using voice commands. 

Like other extensions, LipSur supports multiple languages with the ability to add more languages via the extension forum. The app offers  over 100 built-in commands to choose from. It is also integrated with several applications including: Gmail, YouTube, Duolingo, Reddit, and more.

Using LipSurf you can write emails and dictate forms (premium), control videos (e.g., play, pause, mute), voice activation via push-to-talk key, navigate tabs, zoom in and out, add custom corrections to your transcripts, and many more. 

4. Voice in Voice Typing

Voice in Voice Typing enables you to easily voice type in your browser. The extension supports over 40 different languages including English, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, French, among others. Voice in Voice also supports various integrations including Gmail, Outlook, Slack, and many more. 

The basic free plan allows you to dictate but comes with very limited features. Premium plans offer more functionalities including custom voice commands and the ability to unlock dictation on more than 1000 sites using advanced mode. 

5. DictationBox

DictationBox is a voice to text Chrome extension which supports over 100 languages and dialects. The way it works is similar to the previous ones: install the extension, grant access to your microphone, click on the icon to start speaking. 

DictationBox instantly converts your voice to text. You can adjust the settings of the extension to your preferences (e.g., you can add your own auto-text commands). 

Handy voice commands include ‘go to sleep’ or  ‘wake up’ to ‘switch microphone between standby and listening modes, and ‘Next field’ to navigate to next field’.

Final thoughts

The burgeoning field of speech-to-text technology is transforming our interaction with digital spaces, making navigation, content creation, and communication more accessible and efficient. Google’s intuitive voice typing features in Search and Docs have set a high standard, paving the way for innovative Chrome extensions that further streamline our digital tasks. Whether it’s drafting an article hands-free, controlling web navigation, or performing myriad online tasks through simple voice commands, these tools are game-changers.

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Use Speech To Text In Google Chrome With These Extensions

Google introduced a brilliant speech recognition engine in Chrome 11, which uses Chrome’s speech API to translate spoken words to text. All you have to do is click the small microphone icon on a webpage and you can type in words with your voice. This can be really useful when you are dealing with form fields, when you don’t want to type all the data and can use the microphone to communicate with the browser.

For example, if you are using the latest version of Google Chrome, you will notice a small microphone icon embedded at the right end of the Google search box. Connect a microphone to your computer, click the icon and Google’s speech recognition engine will convert your voice to text. The spoken words will be automatically entered in the Google search box. Here is an example:

Once your speech has been converted to text, you may notice a few aberrations, spelling mistakes or transcriptional errors. For example, “app” may be translated to “map” or “ever” may get translated into “clever”. That’s okay, just click the misspelled word and you can edit it inline or add more words anywhere into the sentence.

And yes, you can copy the entire text to your Windows Clipboard and use the transcribed text wherever you may want to. The following video shows how Dictation actually works ( also refer to the official guide here )

Alternatively, you can use the Speech recognizer extension for Google Chrome which does the exact same thing and has support for more than 32 international languages. The advantage of Speech recognizer extension is that it can be used to translate words other than English e.g German, French, Chinese, Korean, Russian. Although same in functionality and features, I would prefer using Dictation as it is more accurate.

What are the practical uses of using speech to text in Google Chrome? You can write long emails, fill out form data in various sites, type in tweets and do all sorts of creative things, sometimes for fun, sometimes for a change and sometimes for sheer productivity. It takes some practice to get into the swing of the app but once you have learned and mastered the operation, the experience is well worth it. Here are a few tips to use the Dictation app like a pro:

• Pronounce clearly.
• Do not speak too many words one after another.
• Keep pauses between words.
• Use short sentences and break up long phrases into smaller chunks.
• For best performance, use the app in a quiet environment, preferable the music turned off.

Do you use speech to text in Google Chrome or any other browser? Do share your experiences in the comments section.

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Gmail does not understand my voice very well at all. Recently and has started putting periods in at the merest hesitation. I don’t think all that much. Of the future. That should read. , I don’t think all that much of the feature. Also, I distinguish between Aaron and Erin, In my dialect but the dictation feature does not recognize this and will not recognize it.

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Questions & answers

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What are the system requirements to use Dictanote?

Dictanote works on the following platforms: * Desktop: Windows/Linux/Mac in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. You can install it as a standalone app * Android: in Google Chrome. You can install it as a standalone app * iPhone: Safari 12+ (only editing, no voice dictation support) Additional hardware: inbuilt/external microphone

Are Dictanote and Voice In different products?

Yes, Dictanote and Voice In are two separate products built by the same team addressing different use cases. Dictanote is a note-taking app with built-in voice-to-text integration. Writers use it to write their books, students use it to take notes, etc. Dictanote automatically syncs your notes to the cloud and makes them available on all your devices. Learn more about Dictanote . Voice In is a chrome extension that lets you use speech-to-text to type on any website in Chrome. Use it to type emails in Gmail, enter data into Teladoc, write blogs in WordPress, etc.

Can I convert audio files to text?

Yes, checkout Dictanote Transcribe . Transcribe lets you convert pre-recorded audio files to text.

How does Dictanote keep my data safe?

At Dictanote, we take your privacy seriously. All your notes are stored securely encrypted on Dictanote servers. We do not store or process any of your audio. We rely on Chrome's speech to text API to convert audio to text.

How do I manage my subscription?

To manage your account, go to Account Settings .

To cancel your subscription, on the same page click on “Cancel Subscription” within your account profile. Follow the instructions and the subscription will be cancelled immediately afterward. If you cancel before the end of your subscription period, you will still be able to use your Dictanote Pro account (up to the last day of the subscription).

I need help with Dictanote

Need help with Dictanote? You may find answers to your questions in our Help Center .

Also you can checkout the user forum or contact us via email at [email protected] , we’ll be glad to help!

We may take a few hours to answer your message depending on the time of the day. Usually we answer right away or under 24 hours.

Can I use Dictanote offline?

Dictanote does come up offline-support. You can access and edit your notes while offline. Dictation requires a working internet connection .

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Type & edit with your voice

You can use your voice to type and edit your document in Google Docs and your speaker notes and captions in Google Slides.

This feature works with the latest versions of:

When you turn on voice typing or captions, your web browser controls the speech-to-text service. It determines how your speech is processed and then sends the text to Google Docs or Google Slides.

Tip: If this feature is not enabled in your organization, it may have been turned off by your administrator .

Step 1: Turn on your microphone

To use voice typing or voice commands, your computer microphone needs to be on and working.

Devices and microphones vary, so check your computer manual for instructions. Typically, microphone settings are in the System Settings on a Mac, or the Control Panel on a PC.

Step 2: Use voice typing

Start voice typing in a document.

• Check that your microphone works.
• Open a document in Google Docs in a supported browser.

• When you're ready to speak, click the microphone.
• Speak clearly, at a normal volume and pace (check below for more information on using punctuation).
• When you're done, click the microphone again.

Start voice typing in Slides speaker notes

• In a Chrome browser, open a presentation in Google Slides.
• The speaker notes open and a microphone box shows.
• When you're ready to speak, click the  Microphone .
• For more information on how to use punctuation, check below.
• When you're done, click the  Microphone .

Correct mistakes while voice typing

• If you make a mistake while you're typing with your voice, you can move your cursor to the mistake and fix it without turning off the microphone.
• After you correct the mistake, move the cursor back to where you want to continue.
• To find a list of suggestions, right-click words underlined in gray.

Voice typing works in these languages and accents:

• Arabic (Algeria)
• Arabic (Bahrain)
• Arabic (Egypt)
• Arabic (Israel)
• Arabic (Jordan)
• Arabic (Kuwait)
• Arabic (Lebanon)
• Arabic (Morocco)
• Arabic (Oman)
• Arabic (Palestine)
• Arabic (Qatar)
• Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
• Arabic (Tunisia)
• Arabic (United Arab Emirates)
• Azerbaijani
• Bahasa Indonesia
• Bengali (Bangladesh)
• Bengali (India)
• Chinese (Simplified)
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Chinese (Hong Kong)
• Dutch English (Australia)
• English (Canada)
• English (Ghana)
• English (India)
• English (Ireland)
• English (Kenya)
• English (New Zealand)
• English (Nigeria)
• English (Philippines)
• English (South Africa)
• English (Tanzania)
• English (UK)
• English (US)
• Italian (Italy)
• Italian (Switzerland)
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Portuguese (Portugal)
• Spanish (Argentina)
• Spanish (Bolivia)
• Spanish (Chile)
• Spanish (Colombia)
• Spanish (Costa Rica)
• Spanish (Ecuador)
• Spanish (El Salvador)
• Spanish (Spain)
• Spanish (US)
• Spanish (Guatemala)
• Spanish (Honduras)
• Spanish (Latin America)
• Spanish (Mexico)
• Spanish (Nicaragua)
• Spanish (Panama)
• Spanish (Paraguay)
• Spanish (Peru)
• Spanish (Puerto Rico)
• Spanish (Uruguay)
• Spanish (Venezuela)
• Swahili (Kenya)
• Swahili (Tanzania)
• Tamil (India)
• Tamil (Malaysia)
• Tamil (Singapore)
• Tamil (Sri Lanka)
• Urdu (India)
• Urdu (Pakistan)
• Exclamation point
• Question mark
• New paragraph

Step 3: Use voice commands

• Voice commands are available only in English. The account language and document language must both be English.
• Voice commands are not available in Slides speaker notes.

To select text, say these commands:

• Select [word or phrase]
• Select all matching text
• Select list item
• Select list items at current level
• Select next character
• Select next [number] characters
• Select last character
• Select last [number] characters
• Select line
• Select next line
• Select next [number] lines
• Select last line
• Select last [number] lines
• Select paragraph
• Select next paragraph
• Select next [number] paragraphs
• Select last paragraph
• Select last [number] paragraphs
• Select word
• Select next word
• Select next [number] words
• Select last word
• Select last [number] words
• Select none

Text formatting

• Apply heading [1–6]
• Apply normal text
• Apply subtitle
• Apply title
• Strikethrough
• Superscript

Text color & highlighting

• Text color [color]
• Highlight [color]
• Background color [color]
• Remove highlight
• Remove background color
• Decrease font size
• Increase font size
• Font size [6-400]
• Make bigger
• Make smaller

Paragraph formatting

• Decrease indent
• Increase indent
• Line spacing [1-100]
• Line spacing double
• Line spacing single
• Align center
• Align justified
• Align right
• Center align
• Right align
• Apply 1 column
• Apply 2 columns
• Apply 3 columns
• Column options
• Insert column break
• Create bulleted list
• Create numbered list
• Insert bullet
• Insert number
• Remove formatting
• Clear formatting
• Remove bold
• Remove italics
• Remove strikethrough
• Remove underline

To edit your document, say these commands:

• Delete last word
• Delete [word or phrase]
• Insert link [then say the URL you want to use]
• Delete link
• Insert table of contents
• Delete table of contents
• Update table of contents
• Insert comment [then say your comment]
• Insert bookmark
• Insert equation
• Insert footer
• Insert footnote
• Insert header
• Insert horizontal line
• Insert page break
• If you say "Delete" by itself, you delete the word before the cursor.
• If you select the text of a URL and say "Insert link," the selected text becomes a hyperlink.

To add and edit tables, say these commands:

• Insert table
• Insert table [1-20] rows by [1-20] columns
• Insert column
• Insert new column
• Insert new column on the left
• Insert new row
• Insert new row above
• Insert new row below
• Delete column
• Delete table
• Remove column
• Remove table

To move around your document, say these commands:

• Scroll down

To move the cursor to the end of the paragraph and start voice typing again, say "Resume."

To move the cursor to the end of a particular word or phrase, say "Resume with [word or phrase]."

Here are all the commands you can say to resume voice typing:

• Resume with [word or phrase]
• Go to the end of the paragraph
• Move to the end of the paragraph
• Go to the end of the line
• Move to the end of the line
• Go to [word]

To open a list of voice commands in your document, say these commands:

• Voice typing help
• Voice commands list
• Find all voice commands

To use these commands, turn on screen reader support . It's best to wear headphones so the screen reader feedback isn't typed into your document.

• Speak cursor location
• Speak from cursor location
• Speak selection
• Speak selection formatting
• Speak table row and column headers
• Speak table cell location
• Speak table column header
• Speak table row header

Troubleshoot

If voice typing isn't working, try these steps.

If you find an error message that says "We're having trouble hearing you," try the following:

• Move to a quiet room.
• Plug in an external microphone.
• Adjust the input volume on your microphone.

If you can't get the microphone to work on your computer, try the following:

• Make sure that the microphone isn't broken.
• Check your microphone settings in your computer system preferences.
• Check that your microphone is plugged in and is not being used by another application.
• Restart your computer.

If voice commands aren’t working, try the following:

• Speak more slowly and clearly
• Pause before and after each command. The text of your command might show in the document for a moment. For example, if you say "select all," the words "select all" show up before your text is selected.
• The microphone shows a bubble containing the most recent command. Verify that Docs or Slides heard the right command. If not, you can simply say "Undo."

Need more help?

Try these next steps:.

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Voice to Text with Chrome Web Speech API

• Speech Recognition

Since 2013, when Google Chrome released version 25, the support of Web Speech API opened up a whole new world of opportunities for web apps to convert voice to text.

With the demo below, you can use Google Chrome as a voice recognition app and type long documents, emails and school essays without touching the keyboard.

• 1 Voice to Text demo
• 2 GitHub repository
• 3.1 Folder structure
• 3.2 # Step 1 : Check browser support
• 3.3 # Step 2 : Create speech recognition object
• 3.4 # Step 3 : Register event handlers
• 3.5 # Step 4 : Language selection
• 3.6 # Step 5 : Start recognition
• 4 Conclusion

Voice to Text demo

Github repository.

You can download the complete code of the above demo in the link below:

Implementation

You might be thinking “functionality like Speech to Text is pretty complex to implement.” Well, you’d be right if you train the speech recognition model from scratch. But thanks to Google, they already did the hard work for you, by utilizing the Chrome’s build in Web Speech API, you can turn your Chrome browser into a Voice to Text app. Let’s explore more detail below.

Folder structure

• images – contain mic images
• languages.js – list of languages supported
• web-speech-api.js – main application javascript
• style – contain css style file
• index.html – main html file

# Step 1 : Check browser support

As you can see above, Chrome is the major browser that supports speech to text API, using Google’s speech recognition engines.

You can tell whether the browser supports the Web Speech API by checking if the  webkitSpeechRecognition  object exists.

# Step 2 : Create speech recognition object

The next step is to create a new speech recognition object.

# Step 3 : Register event handlers

The speech recognition object has many properties, methods and event handlers. For the full list, please refer to https://w3c.github.io/speech-api/#speechreco-section

Below I would highlight the import parts for this application.

When recognition.continuous  is set to true, the recognition engine will treat every part of your speech as an interim result. When recognition.interimResults is set to true, interim results should be returned.

Let’s explore this recognition.onresult event below, to get more understand of what would be return.

The recognition.onresult event handler returns a SpeechRecognitionEvent which contains below fields:

• event.results[i]  – the array containing recognition result objects. Each array element corresponds to a recognized word on the  i  recognition stage.
• event.resultIndex  – the current recognition result index.
• event.results[i][j]  – the  j -th alternative of a recognized word. The first element is a mostly probable recognized word.
• event.results[i].isFinal  – the Boolean value that shows whether this result is final or interim.
• event.results[i][ j].transcript  – the text representation of a word.
• event.results[i][j].confidence  – the probability of the given word correct decoding (value from 0 to 1).

# Step 4 : Language selection

Chrome speech recognition supports numerous languages, If your users are speaking a language other than English, you can improve their results by specifying the language parameter recognition.lang

# Step 5 : Start recognition

By calling the recognition.start() , it activate the speech recognizer. Once it begins capturing audio, it calls the onstart event handler, and then for each new set of results, it calls the onresult event handler.

That’s it! The rest of the code are just to enhance user experience. It shows the user some informative messages, and swaps the GIF image on the microphone button.

The Web Speech API is very useful for voice control, dialog scripting, data entry. But at the moment among the major browsers, it is only supported by Chrome on desktop and Android phones. It would be good to see this great feature can be supported by other modern browsers in the future.

Thank you for reading. If you like this article, please share on Facebook or Twitter. Let me know in the comment if you have any questions. Follow me on Medium , GitHub and Linkedin . Support me on Ko-fi .

Thanks for your article, I wonder to know whether it supports to read a local audio file and convert into text? Or should I only to use Google Cloud Speech API to do this? Thanks!

I would suggest you to use Google Cloud Speech API

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Language detection in Chrome with built-in AI

Published: September 24, 2024

Before translating text from one language to another, you must first determine what language is used in the given text. Previously, this required uploading the text to a cloud service. With inference on-device, you can improve your privacy story. While it's possible to ship a specific library which does this, it would require additional resources to download.

The Language Detection API proposal aims to solve this challenge by fine-tuning a model to this task, with an API built-in to the browser.

Example use cases

The Language Detection API is primarily useful in the following scenarios:

• Determine the language of input text, so it can be translated.
• Determine the language of input text, so the correct model can be loaded for language-specific tasks, such as toxicity detection.
• Determine the language of input text, so it can be labeled correctly, for example, in online social networking sites.
• Determine the language of input text, so an app's interface can be adjusted accordingly. For example, on a Belgian site to only show the interface relevant to users who speak French.

Use the Language Detection API

The Language Detection API is part of the larger family of the Translation API. First, run feature detection to see if the browser supports the Language Detection API.

Model download

Language detection depends on a model that is fine-tuned for the specific task of detecting languages. While the API is built in the browser, the model is downloaded on-demand the first time a site tries to use the API. In Chrome, this model is very small by comparison with other models. In fact, it might already be present given that this model is also used by Chrome browser features.

To see if the model is ready to use, call the asynchronous translation.canDetect() function. There are three possible responses:

• 'no' : The current browser supports the Language Detection API, but it can't be used at the moment. For example, because there isn't enough free disk space available to download the model.
• 'readily' : The current browser supports the Language Detection API, and it can be used right away.
• 'after-download' : The current browser supports the Language Detection API, but it needs to download the model first.

To trigger the download and instantiate the language detector, call the asynchronous translation.createDetector() function. If the response to canDetect() was 'after-download' , it's best practice to listen for download progress, so you can inform the user in case the download takes time.

The following example demonstrates how to initialize the language detector.

Run the language detector

The Language Detection API uses a ranking model to determine which language is most likely used in a given piece of text. Ranking is a type of machine learning, where the objective is to order a list of items. In this case, the Language Detection API ranks languages from highest to lowest probability.

The detect() function can return either the first result, the likeliest answer, or iterate over the ranked candidates with the level of confidence. This is returned as a list of {detectedLanguage, confidence} objects. The confidence level is expressed as a value between 0.0 (lowest confidence) and 1.0 (highest confidence).

Preview the Language Detection API in our demo . Enter text written in different languages in the textarea.

Sign up for the origin trial

Register for the Language Detector API trial to start testing this API with your users. This origin trial runs from Chrome 130 to 135.

Learn more about how origin trials work .

Standardization effort

The Language Detection API was moved to the W3C Web Incubator Community Group after the corresponding proposal received enough support. The API is part of a larger Translation API proposal . The Chrome team requested feedback from the W3C Technical Architecture Group and asked Mozilla and WebKit for the particular browser vendor's standards positions.

Share your feedback

If you have feedback on Chrome's implementation, file a Chromium bug . Share your feedback on the API shape of the Language Detection API by commenting on an existing or open a new Issue in the Translation API GitHub repository .

• ChromeStatus entry
• Translation API explainer
• Mozilla Standards position
• WebKit Standards position

Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License , and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License . For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies . Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Last updated 2024-09-24 UTC.

New accessibility tools: Texthelp Read&Write and OrbitNote now available for uOttawa community

Read&Write  is a literacy support software designed to enhance reading and writing across a range of platforms. It includes features like text-to-speech, word prediction, and speech-to-text. This tool is particularly beneficial for individuals with learning disabilities, but it can be used by anyone looking to improve their productivity and comprehension.

OrbitNote enhances PDF accessibility by allowing users to annotate, add voice and text comments, highlight, and collaborate on digital documents. Its key features include text-to-speech, screen masking, and integrated dictionaries, making it a versatile tool for improving reading and interaction with PDF content.

How to access:

Both tools can be downloaded on your preferred platform. To get started, download the software and sign in with your uOttawa Microsoft account.  

For uOttawa students and staff personal devices:

Download Read&Write on your preferred platform (Windows, Mac, iPad/iPhone, Android tablet, and Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge extensions). Once you have downloaded the software, you must sign in and authenticate with Microsoft using your uOttawa email and password to access the full version.  

Download OrbitNote for Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or the WebApp. To access the full version of the software, you must sign in and authenticate with Microsoft using your uOttawa email and password.

uOttawa staff & faculty:

Windows Installation: To install Read&Write on uOttawa-owned computers, submit a request to your IT department.  

Helpful resources:

• Read&Write feature tour
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