Voice Typing Changes Everything - So much more than Dictation!
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
- Voice Typing is a gamer changer. Google has provided a platform for free inside of Google Docs that will allow us to type with our voice while still using our keyboard and mouse!
List of Voice Typing Commands
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Table of Contents
00:00 Introduction
00:45 System based dictation
01:30 Finding Voice Typing
02:10 Basic input
03:30 Changing Words
03:54 Languages and accents
05:06 List of Commands
05:45 Basic formatting
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00:00 Introduction
00:45 System based dictation
01:30 Finding Voice Typing
02:10 Basic input
03:30 Changing Words
03:54 Languages and accents
05:06 List of Commands
05:45 Basic formatting
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Doesn't change much in my opinion, still far too clunky for natural usage. What it should do is guess / suggest edits and punctuation on the fly. Think about this with "grammerly" mixed in if you like.
I'd rather have to go back through and change where it gets punctuation wrong because mostly it won't, than have to voice things like "Period" (or "full stop" rather in UK english, try that out to see if it works)
If you have to think in mid-sentence to say "comma" it totally breaks the flow of your mind, so if the software can just apply this stuff after it has a complete sentence with high % accuracy, you can speak normally and go back and correct any decisions it made on your behalf post talking.
it needs to be able to differentiate pauses and speech being directed at it rather than the text too.
For example, "ah crap, can you change that {it needs to be able to}, to {it should be able to} please" the software would understand this in context and find the text I'm referring to and simply change it. I can then say, "nah, not there, further back" (in the text), if it choses the wrong correction. Basically, it needs to understand all that a human typist who's listening to a speaker dictating to them would.
You could also marry this with touch input, so you could point to the place in the text you meant, just like you could over the shoulder of a secretary say. adding yet more utility, so you could point to the text to be corrected while speaking about the correction saying "I mean this bit here".
You want it to be a two way communication , where you can tail off in thought and say "hmm, lets try that last sentence again, doesn't sound good, how about X instead, what do you think? " In other words it needs eyes, ears and comprehension.
When it can do all that, (be at a human secratary level) then it's a game-changer, not before, sorry.
The one thing you are not telling your viewers, is that this voice typing feature ONLY WORKS if you use Google Chrome browser!
Why did you leave out that detail?
If you try Firefox or Safari browsers, it won't work!
What's up with you dude?
I've seen this used with people learning to speak a new language. If the speech to text doesn't catch it, then you know you are pronouncing it wrong. It's another self-teach fantastic tool.
Indeed! Language learners also regularly use it for transcribing podcasts and UA-cam videos. In the online language learning community this tool in Google docs is already well know. Doesn't work well with things that have multiple speakers, though. For example, a podcast that is an interview or a discussion. It will pick up the first person and seems to just ignore the second. No idea why.
@@RobertKaucher As I have hearing loss, I'll keep that in mind if I lose more hearing. (Re: youtube vids)
Yes... sometimes I try in English but despite my level, there are still plenty of words I pronounce not understood by this technology such as AND I guess I need to work more on my pronunciation
@@RobertKaucher If you are using it in a crowded office, you don't want your dictation to be mixed with your colleague making a phone call next to you. That's why it captures just one person's voice.
@@repkamarek that makes perfect sense!
Holy moley! This is EXACTLY what I need and have been looking for for some time. My hands have become arthritic and I can no longer touch type. It's all hunt and peck now, with tonss of editing (see?). You have rescued my 90-year-old finger bones from the trash heap of old age!
Glad I could help!
90?! Nice to meet you!
Me too!! Been looking for this solution
Mid 1997 a dictation software that could do exactly all this was launched: Dragon NaturallySpeaking. I used it back then. Nothing new to see in this video. It was doing all that back in 1997! 27 years ago!
It's a shame really these features aren't highlighted more by companies, this is a game changer for disabled people such as myself. I just found your videos and they're super informative.
It’s a game changer for kids who are still learning to type. It is also far less frustrating for children who are editing their essays, etc. (So many rewrites are needed.) And last but not least, it is a terrific help to students with dyslexia.
As a novelist (Jerry Furnell) I find typing much easier than dictating. Ideas tend to ripen slowly. When I use dictation, I spend way more time going back and doing corrections than if I just typed in the first place. I too was an early user of Dragon, but abandoned it after losing time rather than saving time. I think dictation is perfect for simple emails and basic communication. But typing slows the thoughts and allows the brain to formulate better sentences/phrases for novels.
I agree with you. Once sentence after another. However I think this will be great tool for me for the part of the process of running with the imagination. Sometimes my imagination runs so fast I cant follow it. I lose it when I try to type everything down. Didint write for a while now, can wait to start again.
@@tihomirjolic2632 Ah... but when you slow down the imagination it ferments and allows unforeseen ideas to mature and take over so that the original idea seems shallow.
@@JerrySuneagle Also, some people are naturally more vocal while for others being vocal takes away part of the thought process. I'm an artist, and sometimes I do voice chats with colleagues while I work. I've found out that I can't really do much while I talk. I can while I listen, but talking somehow takes too much of my brain. But I see other people who have no problem at all with it. Like those gaming streamers who talk non-stop for hours while playing games.
@@germangarcia6118 It's just practice, they just spend way more talking than pretty much anyone else on the planet. If you wanna get good at it, spend a few hundred hours talking while doing work, just to yourself, then you can introduce other people for a few hundred hours... after all that you can start trying to explain things.
Same here.
Voice dictation is cool, but for those who type a lot, in the long run typing is both faster and easier.
The reason is that when you type you don't have to wait for the program every few seconds to make sure all was correctly typed in. When you constantly keep control over what computer types when you speak, it makes you tired quite fast and much harder to concentrate on what you actually have to say. Voice dictation for a 10 minut demo is all fine, but try to do it 2 hours every day.
You will be exhausted.
Keyboard does not require any extra attention on your part.
So as cool as voice recognition is, it is not a game changer. Great toy though!
I have used Dragon Naturally Speaking for at least13 year. It was way ahead of it's time back then and does all this and more. Having this now integrated into Google docs without having to buy a third party application is great. Just felt like they need their props here. After all they were one of the pioneers of speech to text, at least one of the good ones !
I bought Dragon long ago, was never able to get it working satisfactorily for my purposes.
Everything today is driven by AI and it's far, far more accurate and usable!
I use Dragon too. It's ok. This does look way more versatile though.
You just reminded me of great software (that's what we used to call apps back then 😜)! Nostalgia!
I’ve been using Dragon actually speaking since 2000 nothings new
@@lisamays912 Even Microsoft Office 2000 had voice typing.
This is definitely a game changer and improvement in technology. My husband has Parkinson's and typing has become most difficult. He can, however, still use his voice. It has been an enormous benefit for him to remain, somewhat, independent. Thanks for your detailed explanations and information.
Be blessed.
I have Parkinson’s also and it is helping me just got a remember the commands
As someone with carpal tunnel problems, and a writer who works in google docs with my co-author, I can't believe I've never heard of this and I'm so thankful I stumbled over your video! I'll definitely be giving it a try.
What's your take one year later?
Voice typing is great for keeping a diary where the quality of sentence structure and punctuation doesn't have to be optimal. And keeping a diary or similar is a good way to practise organising your thoughts in a consistent, logical manner orally - not as easy as it sounds but worth it in the end.
Have you used Voice commanding in Microsoft word online?
Apart from the commands that you've showed, it has even more commands like
- Bold last three words
- Select hello world (selects the words 'hello world' in document)
- Quote last sentence
- Insert a 3 by 4 table
- Go to next paragraph
- Insert numbered list
- Next
- Exit list
- Exit table
- Insert comment this is nice
and so much more...
I remember being able to do that using voice recognition in Windows 7.
Good to know, thanks. I need all the formatting options I can get.
Makes a lot of sense since MS BOUGHT Nuance/Dragon in 2016. BAM! Dictate shows up in MS Office 365 both desktop apps and online MS Office. I've not used my Dragon v15 since this came about in MS 365, and I was a very long time user of Dragon (1993 through all its versions and publishers).
As a 59-year-old professional who never learned to touch-type, this technology is a boon to me. And, like most new systems, the more I use it, the easier it is to execute. Great stuff!
I (62-year-old) took typing in high school, one of three male students, in a class of 150=ish) and took some grief from friends for taking it. I even entered contests. This is a cool (and free) tool but even at 59 you can easily learn to type. It takes little time and pays dividends. I watched my youngest "thumb type" on her mobile and - WOW - that was a skill that I needed. Honestly, it is more difficult to thumb type than it is to touch type. I spent at least 40 hours practicing thumb typing to get just "good enough", nowhere near a typical Gen-Z.
It's also important to try out a variety of keyboards to find one that works well for you.
Some have the keys placed too close together & I end up hitting the sides of nearby keys. Go to an office store with some available to try out. Makes a huge difference.
My brother actually prefers chicklet style keys, whereas I like mechanical.
I (59M) took high school typing and worked in radio back then, too, so can type competently. I also viscerally love keyboards as a communication device. Nonetheless, I'm really impressed with this stuff and am thinking maybe I should try using it once in a while.
@@JohnnyC10071959 Fantastic perspective, the fact that you did typing when it was "uncool" and the fact that you embraced and wanted to learn thumb-typing both speak volumes about your character. So many folks get caught up in whatever was the latest when they learned it, and just stop wanting to learn about new techniques.
Many of the greatest artists and inventors to grace our planet were very big on always learning. 😊
@@JohnnyC10071959 I'm proficient with slide-typing on my phone (but you need to check twice for autocorrect typos), however, my problem with Gen-Z communication is that they are not communicating in English and it takes me more time to descypher their lingo and abbreviations! SMH...
What a breath of fresh air this video was. Being visually impaired is no fun when it comes to typing but, Google Docs voice dictation opens up a new world. After losing Dragon 13 I could not justify the amount for Dragon 15 or 16. Thanks to this video, I am able to communicate in many more ways. Great job.
Trying to write has been challenging for me. I can type fairly well but my mistakes and the desire to fix them get in the way of my thought process. I've been using Microsoft dictation lately and it has improved my work flow. Being able to dictate my story lines out, having less errors, going back later and edit with keyboard is great. Haven't tried Google docs yet.
I don't know if it was mentioned during this video or the previous one, but apparently, as of now, this doesn't work when you open Google Docs on Firefox but works perfectly well on Google Chrome. So if (like me) you don't see the option under the tools menu, chances are that you're not using Google Chrome.
Thanks Antonis. I have a large project, remembered this video, then couldn't find the tool and my heart sank. I'm on Safari, so I really appreciate the heads up and all the time you and Dotto are going to save me.
I'm not going back to chrome. SO bummer.
@@GeoZero Yes, the page he links to specifically says that this only works in Chrome.
@@GeoZero there are plenty of other Chromium-based browsers out there such as Brave, Vivaldi, Chromium, and arguably the best, Ungoogled Chromium, if you need compatibility with certain tools. I haven’t used Chrome in years and solve this kind of problem using a combination of Ungoogled Chromium and Vivaldi.
That’s your first problem lol
This reminds me of the original "Dragon Naturally Speaking" one of the first voice-to-text software from the 90s. We had to train it with our voice by reading passages from traditional stories it selected, but once done you could real-time edit and control all formatting by voice. SO this to me is how it should have always worked. Finally we're back to something as decent!
Via Voice
I bought that, it cost a fortune but I didn’t really get on with it even after training
I was on the team that invented that. I didn't see any features in this video we didn't have in DNS in the 90s and we had many others too. My favorite is "resume with..." where you repeat something you already said that you want to correct and it overwrites the old text and replaces it with the new all in one command.
I got it as a gift, but never got past training to use it
Right!! I think I toyed with this but not sure!. I agree that although this is better than the default software, why not enhance it far more using today/tomorrow’s tech?
Use artificial intelligence. Give the ai a name, eg Siri, such that hearing the name -pauses dictation mode/enters command mode-
This eliminates having to memorize commands & we can use the ai more broadly in command mode eg you have a brain fart or are tired …
“Siri, find me a word to use instead of ‘more than enough’ -Siri opens a thesaurus & gives suggestions verbally &/or written (cuz blindness or multi tasking away from screen) “The best choice in the sentence as u have it written, Amy, is ‘overabundance’, but if u want the word that fits you & your writing style, u would normally choose ‘plethora’. Other choices are ‘plenty’, ‘surplus’, (etc). Which would u like me to replace it with?”
Me: “overabundance. Ok, now dictate from where I left off”
-Siri goes back to the end of my doc-in-progress & I resume dictation
“Siri, this is an article for a politically-liberal media. Do u have any recommendations regarding my tone or content? Where am I at, in relation to an ideal length?
“Ideally, double your current length. You might have to dumb it down & replace your pronouns with gender-neutral ones. Would u like me to fix it? Also, your opinions as currently stated will be perceived as racist & offensive & the article will get u canceled unless u completely revamp it”
Welcome to the 21st century & beyond!
I'm 82....have hand written (and typed) journalings/poetry/observations/essays - for decades! Techno- savy I am not......plus fingers no longer nimble. YOUR info inspires me. (Actually I came across your
UA-cam site when searching info about photo scanning). MANY thanks!!!
Having been a typist using fingers for over fifty years, I prefer to type, partly because when I’m writing a book, I like the slower pace, because it gives me a little time to form the sentences, whereas if I’m simply speaking the quality might drop, however I may try voice typing when I need to get something down quickly. Thanks for letting us know.
Using voice dictation might be good for writing dialogue since when you're talking you're writing spoken language.
But the rest of your pros probably should be typed because it's forcing you to think in a written language not a spoken language
Hi Steve, Neal from Thailand here.
Like you, I kind of discovered this gem by accident. My wife and I use this feature in the Thai language to create documents for sharing with our Thai friends. It works amazingly great.
Keep up the good work you do.
This is a game changer for outlining fiction novels and novelas. More accurate note dictation would allow me to focus more on ideas and creativity rather than the task of typing.
Thank you for this video, it has been a big help to me! This year, I have lost the use of one hand and one eye, due to a health situation. So this has given me back control over the things I needed for communicating with and helping my clients. As well as documenting my studies and work.
Long time that I didn't watch your videos, but today I am glad that I saw this Google document voice typing. It is a great tool for people that are acquiering a new language and for my activism. Thanks!
This is such an awesome video Steve, thanks for this info! I still do all of my comedy/script writing using a pen and notebooks, but when I bring it into the digital realm to publish final drafts, this will improve my work flow SO MUCH! Awesome content!! Thanks for doing what you do!!
I had no idea that this was an option. This literally changes everything and it changes my mind about what tools I will use for writing moving forward.
As someone who is currently struggling with wrist pain and thus using dictation this is perfect! Also i always use google docs for school so this is perfect. Thank you
If you are having wrist pain and use the computer a lot, you might have carpal tunnel. My wife just found out that she has it and is scheduled for surgery. It only get worse, not better.
@@PoeLemic I went to get it checked out and I apparently do not have carpal tunnel syndrome. I was told to rest for a month and I feel a bit better. Although I do feel better because I stopped using my hand as much = not doing my hobbies 🤔
I am glad she figured it out!
Steve! Long time no see! I used to be such a massive fan of your show when it was on G4 Tech TV and even prior to that. I am so happy that I found your channel. I have Muscular Dystrophy and I lost the ability to type a couple years ago and I manually use Windows on screen keyboard. I don't like Windows 11 dictation software, this Google talk to text is amazing and a lot easier to recognize my voice as well as edit on the go. This software is definitely a game-changer and I am already a fan. I will be using this tool from now on. This is going to massively increase my production and workflow!
First time hearing about this new voice typing, and first time on this YT channel as well. I have to say, I am very impressed with both, I will be checking out voice typing next time I edit a doc, and I wanna try to make it to the webinar next Wednesday, that sounds really cool honestly!
Wow very impressive! Can't wait to see how this evolves
I love this!
The majority of my dictation needs are when I'm out and about and I DESPISE typing on glass on a phone etc . Mobile dictation capabilities on my phone directly into Google Docs, while I am out and about doing other tasks is a game changer. Previously I had to use voice memos but then I had to go back and listen/dictate from there. Voice typing is fantastic!!
This is so amazing. I teach ESL for refugees/immigrants. I am also a 'story teller' and teach people to write personal stories using Guided Autobiography. I just knew my students have amazing stories of resilience but lack the English skills to tell them. I wanted to collect stories for a book 'Immigration Stories of Resilience'. Through MUCH trial and error, I came across Voice Typing on Google docs. I have the student dictatate their story in their language and then I use DeepL translation to translate to English. VOILA, I can read their amazing life stories. I did NOT know how to help them punctuate so now, after your video, I do, and I will put the commands into a document into all the languages of my students so they can edit their stories. Thank you so very much!
4:48 - It'll be the accents. The UK has a lot of different accents that make English words sound very different to American words. Try using Googles pronunciation tool and setting it to British English and then American English for words like herb, aluminium and oregano, you'll soon hear the difference and that's before you get into regional accents across the UK.
It’s “different from”.
I doubt this dictation application will correct grammar the way a typist would.
Or-regg-anno or oree-garno. Tomaytoe or tomahto
I agree. I have a very strong New York accent… which the computer can’t understand! I have much more success when I speak Spanish.
Long time subscriber here - so glad I got to see this! I am a high school English teacher of Special Education students with a variety of disabilities. We use all the Google products at school, and you can bet I will introduce this feature to my students and fellow teachers. Thank you, Dotto!
Love that! let me know how well it works and if there are any unexpected consequences (as there so often are!)
Dude shout out to you in a huge thank you. I didn't realize that you could enter act that way and Google docs. And you're absolutely right that the tool is kind of hidden away. I don't think I ever would've found that. So, now I am pretty excited to start looking into how to use that for myself. I'm not much of a writer, but I do right for journaling and taking notes for self improvement purposes. Also, there is just something very powerful about being able to speak something out instead of type it, like I did this note.
Steve, I really enjoyed your video and your enthusiasm in helping people learn about Google Docs. I been a long time user of Dragon Naturally Speaking but have grown frustrated with the total lack of customer support. I'm also having a little difficulty learning how to use Windows dictation. But Google Docs seems to be well designed and smooth to use so far. Thanks again, from a new subscriber!
I have a nerve condition that causes mayhem with my typing and speed and lets not talk about auto correct.
I have used other speech translators before but the amount of time editing my mistakes, or the programs misinterpretation made them frustrating to use. Also I never knew my speech changes between being fresh and tired.
I appreciate you bringing this video to us and am happy to say it works better than anything I have used before, so..
Thank you indeed.
That is great to hear!
This is a game changer for when I am writing up notes and report writing, thanks for sharing! Most appreciated.
Been using dictation for years. The biggest caveat is it's very easy to be overly verbose. Spoken language is much different from written language that's very easy to quote right and quote spoken language.
This can be a real problem for your readers and it's also going to inflate word counts and make editing harder.
Even for myself when I'm just taking notes for playing a D&D game I end up having three paragraphs of text whereas if I hit typed it it probably would have only just been one
It also picks up your little mannerisms or your little idiosyncrasies your little catchphrases that you might say a lot you know like saying things like you know or like.
Absolute game changer for those with motor function issues! THANK YOU!
Great video, thank you for sharing 🥳 It's funny that I stumbled over this somewhere, added it to my Watch Later playlist & when I wrote English subtitles for a German interview recently I tried out dictating for the first time & felt like these things exactly were missing for me to actually use my voice more instead of typing everything. Glad I saved this for later 🙌
Very excited to try it out. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
Been able to do this on galaxies for about 5 years since the note 8. As long as you are in typing mode, holding down the button and speaking will auto transcribe your words.
There's also been a note to self plug in to the voice recorder that automatically transcribes your note to yourself along with the words for quick searches.
The 3 phase Bixby button was attacked so heavily because of its elegance. It works like a walkie talkie button so it starts and stops exactly when you want and you can use it securely rather than waiting for it to detect a silence.
In busy rooms you can hold the button and it'll switch between the final word if it's unsure and cycle through then you can simple let go. Mix use and text to speak had been part of the note 8 series for 5 years now.
Game Changer!
Having to start over each time after interacting with the keyboard was a huge inconvenience for me and the reason that I tend to just type. This new voice typing approach though is sure to become my main method of writing now. Google Docs has finally presented something to win me over.
Thanks for this video!
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. While dictation is convenient I agree that it can be a little bit annoying when trying to edit something that you’ve dictated or you want to modify something in the document. I have a spinal injury which affects my neck and both arms with pain and my left arms range of motion. I’m not able to do much these days but typing definitely takes a significant toll on me with the positioning of my arms and neck so this could be extremely useful for those occasions where I do you need to type something out. I’ll definitely be looking in to it a bit more. Thanks.
Oh wow! Thank you so much, I've been using Google Docs pretty much on hourly basis for the past three years and had no idea that option existed!! This is gonna make things so much easier! 🤘🥳
When I first used it I didn't think it's any good, but the way you describe it, makes it look way better than I thought.
This is a great feature! Especially if one has arthritic hands or any other disability where using the keyboard is difficult or impossible. It might just be the impetus for me to start on an autobiography or other forms of prose which I have been putting off for so long.
Writing poetry with this might be fun too.
The funniest thing happened when I tried this out using English and my German-speaking husband began to speak to me close by. It was hilarious to see how the German speech was being "interpreted" into English words. Silly but so much fun!
I've been using voice typing for over a year, but you really emphasized a few features I did not know about. For example, I was mainly using it for writing in my native language, taking notes from my reading, etc. But now I think I will start using it for foreign language learning! Thanks Dotto!
Steve, your videos are great, well presented and very professionally made, I am really enjoying the Google content. Thanks for creating them and sharing them, I can see from the comments how popular your video tuition style is. Looking forward to many more.
What an absolutely amazing free feature this is, I have typed this with just my voice thank you so much this video.
VERY pleased that this accepts the Australian standard 'full stop' rather than the American 'period'. Just wish the command list would indicate that there are options available.
This is truly a game changer. Thanks for bringing this up for us. Google should give this a wide publicity.
Hi Steve! It is the first video I have watched in your channel and it is amazing. Thank you for sharing such a nice content and feature. You know, I have tried to use dictation feature when annotating some books and it has not worked out. The main reason was that I couldn't interact with the text the way you show us on this video. When I tried it before I realized it would take to long to correct everything so I stopped using this kind of feature. I will definitely give it a try! Once again, thank you and congratulations for the content you share!
Wow, this is so cool. I've used Google docs for years and on my current novel. I've done tons of text-to-speech but never knew there was such a simple solution for Google Docs. Thank you!
I regularly use voice typing for creating blog posts and articles. Unfortunately, I find I have to make so many corrections it's only marginally helpful with Google. It regularly changes correct versions of what I said into incorrect ones. I've come to the documentation and can't figure out why it does that. Dragon speaking is better but expensive (I'm using that now}. It also doesn't work well in Google Docs. I usually prefer a plug-in for Google docs called Speech Recognition Sound Writer. Unfortunately, it has fewer editing features.
I am glad your experience with Dragon is good. I found Dragon to be insanely buggy and prone to crash (as in about 80% of the time). I have heard many people review it well, but there is a host of deeply unsatisfied customers out there who take a very dim view of the product and the company (and their lack of customer service). And all that's without mentioning the cost! Pretty sure were mainly in business due to the lack of competition, but that is changing rapidly now.
Uninstall Google app updates. After that you can easily correct rubbish produced by Google voice typing through a pull-down menu. Doesn't work with the updated version.
Amazing! Reminds me several years ago, I said to my tech support staff that I wanted to try Naturally Speaking because my typing was so bad. My tech rep said not so fast because naturally Speaking was only about 80% effective at the time. I responded that my keyboard was only about 30% effective, so that would be a real gain for me! Everything’s relative! I’ll try Google Docs! Geoff
Your video suddenly popped in my feed and I like your style! I had to subscribe!
I've been fantasizing about this for years, now's the time, thanks.
Greetings from Germany! I agree with you: the functionality of this kind of voice typing is really phenomenal and must be the dream of every writer and translator (I am both)! And think about people who have a handicap and cannot use their hands properly: Being able to make corrections with your voice instead of having to use the mouse opens a new world of possibilities for them! That's a real blessing!
Wow thank you so much! So glad I found this video. Going to check it out right now. Thank you so much again.
Loved it, have been looking for such app from long time. Now I'm gonna enjoy using Google docs. Thanks to you.
When it comes to using this on my phone, yes. It's essential. I'm more taken aback at how accurate the voice to text technology is. There are some aspects that I hope change, like figuring out names of people. I will dabble a bit more based on what you've educated me on here. I personally love voice to text when it comes to the desktop and Google search bar. Sometimes it just takes too much effort to reach up to the keyboard when surfing the web...
This is really cool to see working. My first encounter was on Windows XP, back in the day where I would play around with issuing commands for actions across the ecosystem of my computer. It wasn't fully integrated like what I would imagine it is now as I have moved to Linux since and really haven't thought about this since then.
This video has brought this to mind again. I guess it is time to check out this method of typing again; it might just make it easier to write all those books I have been putting off.
This is a game changer for writers. It's another great tool for the repertoire.
Paper and pencil, the diagram, the flow chart diagram, recordings and this gives more layers to the writer.
Yes this is definitely a game changer. In fact this message is done by what I learned from watching your video. I really appreciate that this is a game-changer for somebody who's dyslexic. Copy and paste, not too hard.
Keep up the good work.
Great content as always. This IS a game changer. Having to deal with post Covid issues like Covid brain fog. I'm a little slower in getting things from thought to text. If I can skip a step and lose the typing I can work so much faster and freer because now it just flows. Thanks for posting this as it is a great help to me.
I remember back in the Windows XP days I purchased a software called "Dragon Naturally Speaking" and because of Windows 10 I had to fork over another $200 just to dictate in a word document. Now, with Google Docs, the voice typing is so much better!
I remember Dragon as well, and we needed to spend a lot of time training it!
@@dottotech Yes, that's right!
@@dottotech I disagree. DNS in its early iterations did require a fair amount of training to dictate accurately, and you had to learn several, often unintuitive commands. It improved dramatically over the years, and I would still be using it if they had a product for Apple computers. Perhaps Google Docs voice typing has reached a level of accuracy equivalent to DNS.
Also, I have found, and DNS's user manual states, that the major advantage of typing by voice is getting words on the page quickly. By contrast, making corrections by voice is very tedious. Making corrections with the keyboard instead is far more efficient.
@@dottotechit's working only for English
A great video description. From reading the comments below it aligns with what I, as an abstract thinking dyslexic experience, but I and many others experience, swimming around in that universe of abstraction, streams of thought and solve problems by just voicing them in conversation, they just appear as the subconscious is not blocked by the difficulties and linear forces of grammar and spelling. And thus, when asked to write all of this down it comes out in a stuttery and difficult to interpret mashup. Where as public speaking, no problem. So as a novice researcher writing papers I am going to give this a go!
Thanks for your input, and links. Share the wealth (STW).
YAY!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! As a person with disabilities this is going to be a LIFE saver! I can type fast for others, sure. But I have learned I get too overwhelmed when I want to express myself. I have thoughts but then typing them does not go well. It is very difficult for my Emotional & Logic brain to work together when the issue is personal or has me upset/triggered (which I think is common, tbh).
Then there seems to be a HUGE issue with ADHD and MANY other diagnosis that affect executive function, right?.! I think pandem!c made others see how necessary a tool like this was! It's sooo much easier to THINK to dictate, if I am doing something or just walking around. That is why this is SO AMAZING for myself. I can't wait to share & feel productive!!! I can be doing other tasks/multitask my brain to get my ideas/thoughts on paper! 💛💚💜
Thanks Steve!
Google has really improved voice typing and it seems much more accurate than Siri!
I have been using while also doing livestreams so that I get a useful transcrition of the narrative from my live stream too. Nice! :-)
Actually, the dictate feature in MS Word (Microsoft 365) allows you to interact with the keyboard and mouse without disabling the microphone. The auto punctuation is a little wonky, though.
I have word on my Mac Pro with Microsoft 365 so I will try it.
Thank you so much. I had no idea we have come so far with dictation/voice typing. I remember I tried this 10 years ago and didn't work for me back then. Never even considered giving this another shot, but I will!
Thank you so much that was such a helpful video and I will be tuning in. You are fabulous :-)
I discovered Doc's voice typing in 2017 when I was doing a Master's thesis. Even back then, it was leaps and bounds better than iOS or anything else that I had available. I dictated most of my thesis at my computer, getting all my thoughts out there and clean it up section by section. It is great.
I remember when the internet first become mainstream back in the 90s, I always wondered when this would become possible, why has it taken so long?
I stumbled upon this feature when my keyboard was damaged, but I had to finish documents within a time frame. I am so thrilled to find your video explaining more of this feature. than you.
Outstanding!
Thanks for bringing it to our attention!
I am quite used to dictation but this improvement in typing with our voice using commands is, indeed, a game changer! This makes typing journals much easier but I cannot use these awesome features when I want some privacy and I am "typing" in public places. I have tried whispering and it does not always work the way I expect it to.
I absolutely loved this video 🤩 I am going to start using it in Google Docs straight away. I was also admiring your sign, "No Limit Over 50". My only disappointment is that I seem to have missed your webinar "Why Grey is Great"
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Thank you for this tip! You just gained a new FAN! This is perfect for daily journalling!
Okay yeah, this video should be given some kind of award for sharing this AMAZING feature/benefit inside of Google Docs that I just tried and it works really really well.
Thank you Steve!
As someone that writes a lot of articles for websites this is a pretty big deal - as long as you give yourself some time to get used to it. It can REALLY speed up your workflow and makes "writing" much more enjoyable.
If you’re publishing, how can it be faster to speak type then go over it and thoroughly check it for grammar to avoid embarrassment, than to just type it. I can type faster than he could speak type…
This is amazing. .. and wait until they integrate this into the translator too!!! Then we can voice type, and have the AI appropriately translate in to all those other languages!
Great video! I'm very excited to use this at work tomorrow.
I couldn't agree more, this is amazing. Really good video, thank you very much.
I am a retired physician so am used to dictating instead of typing, so I was excited to view this video. However I ran into unexpected problems with what you seemed to think was obvious: My program hears me well enough to type the text I dictate, yet it stubbornly refuses to obey my voice commands. I thought it was the microphone and checked it out. My question is why can my text information be easily transcribed, ie I am being heard, but my voice cannot activate the voice commands to edit my text or move the cursor. when I say "New line". It simply writes"new line".:
I encountered the same issue. So far, I prefer to just type my words.
This is a game-changer.
Many years ago I was certified with IBM's Voice Text Dictation, later called Via Voice.
It was an amazing program, and way ahead of its time.
Any technology like this requires learning and practice. Because of the level of control this technology provides, it is possible to become very efficient.
Further, it is not possible to type as fast as an average person can speak.
My profession was Information Technology, now I am a technical writer. I am a fast typist, however this technology is definitely superior to my typing skills.
Also... There's only a few companies I would trust with developing this technology correctly: IBM and Google.
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I am honestly quite surprised I haven’t been told about this. I really could’ve used this to help with my flow of writing during my last university essay. I’ll definitely have to try this out. It would have been nice though if this was also a feature in Microsoft Word. I’ve found the system on Word to be rather buggy for voice to text so this one here would have been much better. Thanks for this.
Sounds amazing and seems to have great potential. I'm a touch typist and a teensy cell phone keyboard drives me crazy trying to type with one or two fingers when its so 2nd nature to use both hands to type. This sounds ideal. Ill give it a try.
This is an AMAZING video! Thank you so much for sharing this!
Thank you for sharing this, it is going to change a lot of people's lives.
As a quadriplegic (with a neutral North American English accent), I find it frustrating to use Siri, Apple Voice Recognition or Google Voice Recognition. The software and reliability fail in comparison to the Dragon Naturally Speaking I used on my PC back in the early 2000’s. DNS actually learned your voice and your speech patterns. I don’t understand why Apple etc… don’t have it so your device only recognizes the voice of the person who’s logged in. I could watch TV, listen to music or have other people speaking, fairly close by, without it getting confused. It’s like we’ve taken a strep backwards.
I also think that another benefit of doing dictation, or voice typing, is that it helps you clarify your thoughts beforehand and actually makes you a better communicator/speaker.
I believe one of the reasons for this is because, when you dictate, you have to really think about what you want to communicate to your audience, in advance, and then ensure that your vocabulary choice and grammar constructs are in line with your message.
I actually think that dictation should be a mandatory skill taught in formative schools to encourage/enhance people’s ability to better communicate their thoughts.
Great video! Thanks for sharing. 🙏🏻
Strange, I get that from typing.
My thought process is completely different between typing and dictation. When I use dictation, I have to stop and think so much more often, so that's definitely something i have to work on. It may be that I have some sort of mental block which prevents me from finishing a phrase, or maybe typing gives me time to "buffer" what I'm trying to say.
Think back to when we write with ink from a pen, that cand not be erased so easily erased and rewritten, even more so back when it was a quill and took significant time to form every stroke. Just writing this sentence I have been very conscious of the amount of changes, insertions, and rewrites I have made. When I stop to think about it, the time it takes me to type is inconsequential compared to the time it takes me to form a sentence I am happy with. The keyboard is not the bottleneck, and in that sense, it is perfectly fine and no changes are likely to be revolutionary. (until the point the computer can read my mind and disentangel what I want to say from the chaos of my thoughts... and at that point I would need to seriously consider if is still MY thoughts, how would I know?)
I JUST started using this the other day after discovering it in the tool bar. I've always preferred speech to text and used to use Dragon years ago but I'm so glad that Google included it in their docs which I happen to use often. I love it!
Great video. This is awesome and improves my writing incredibly.
Great video. This is really going to be a game changer. Of course it has to work on all apps and platforms and work seamlessly across devices in the future, but an important stepping stone. Would also be helpful for those who are differently abled or do not know typing
Thank you so much for calling us, "differently-abled." I have fought for years for the working world to see me as capable. Now that I am 71 and widowed, I have to fight with my daughter to make her see that I am not an invalid just because I'm in a wheelchair.
is there an auto punctuation tool or do we have to remember to say "comma, full stop" etc etc
Thank you. You have no idea how helpful this is to me.
Thank you for making a video on this. I work a desk job and recently was diagnosed with carpal tunnel in both of my hands. I can type very quickly, but it bothers my hands now so this might be a huge help.
I have a severely dyslectic friend, who - because of that - always procrastinates when it comes to writing. And when she finally does her writing, it costs her loads of time (she has to use multiple spell checkers to deliver a readable text). All of this is quite hindering her business, since she wants to write blogs and has to update patient files.
I shared your video with her.
She is happy. 😁
So thanks! 🙏