Digital Inspiration Technology Blog: Introducing Dictation

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Introducing Dictation Aug 10th 2012, 20:10 → Ever noticed that microphone icon on some web pages? The newer versions of Google Chrome include an impressive speech recognition engine that even works offline but with one limitation – the feature is only available to text input fields (like the Google search box) and you can’t use Chrome’s speech recognition to write longer pieces of text (say a message inside Gmail). Meet Dictation, a speech recognition app powered by Chrome itself but one that is not limited to text boxes. Here’s a quick getting started guide: Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + . (period) or click the big microphone icon to activate dictation mode and talk. If you make a mistake, or if Chrome makes an error in transcription, simple click the incorrect word and edit it inline. You can say “new line” to insert a new line or “delete everything” to make a fresh start. Dictation requires the Google Chrome browser. The full source code is available at ctrlq.org and what follows is a brief video demo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ijsta6fBMM This story, Introducing Dictation, was originally published at Digital Inspiration on 10/08/2012 under Google Chrome, Speech Recognition, Internet.

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