We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Matthew Guay You’re rushing to catch a train, and your phone dings with a ...

If you aren't using voice dictation in Microsoft Word, you're sleeping on one of its best features. It transforms how you interact with the document with hands-free typing, editing, and formatting.

Dictation within Windows has lived in the shadows for years. Finally, with Windows 10 and the Fall Creators Update (see our review!), dictating text is almost as easy as talking to Siri, Cortana, or ...

Using speech-to-text has become a popular way to use dictation on a Mac. It allows you to dictate documents, emails, and even text messages rather than typing them. If you want to try dictation on ...

Microsoft officials touted back in January a new voice dictation capability for Microsoft Office. On March 12, Microsoft began testing this feature with its Office Insider testers. The @OfficeInsider ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Matthew Guay It took computers nearly a half-century to catch up with science ...

Sometimes a word can be so hard to spell that any attempts are too garbled for autocorrect to offer helpful suggestions. Whenever I find myself struggling to spell a word, I double-tap the Command key ...

Gboard is a pretty good choice for voice dictation. It has a mic icon that you press. From there, just speak your sentences, and the app types it out. You can do this in a variety of apps, including ...

Business owners who use the Apple iPad for work when away from the office may find the virtual keyboard restrictive and slow when typing documents and messages. The Dragon Dictation application for ...

Talking to Siri may be hit or miss, but Apple's iPhone is actually pretty good at understanding what you're saying to it. In fact, Apple's speech-to-text software can be extremely useful outside of ...

Dragon has been around conceptually since 1975 and was incorporated into systems going all the way back to DOS. Still, it didn’t really start to shine until 1997 with the release of NaturallySpeaking ...