{"id":16334,"date":"2019-02-25T10:13:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T15:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=16334"},"modified":"2019-02-25T10:13:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T15:13:52","slug":"speak-up-and-write-how-to-use-googles-voice-typing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/speak-up-and-write-how-to-use-googles-voice-typing\/","title":{"rendered":"Speak Up and Write! How to Use Google’s Voice Typing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speak Up and Write<\/span><\/h1>\n

How to Use Google’s Voice Typing<\/span><\/h2>\n

Just a few years ago, if you wanted a good speech-to-text software you had to be prepared to pay… and some of the best text-to-speech applications were on the expensive side. And, to be brutally honest, some of the earlier attempts to create accurate speech-to-text conversion were not very good – or very accurate. Some were downright awful.<\/p>\n

I’m happy to tell you that speech-to-text programs have improved greatly over the years and text to speech software has become amazingly accurate – especially once it gets use to the way you speak.<\/p>\n

And how fortunate for all of us who have had occasion to use speech-to-text software that we have easy access to excellent free speech-to-text software.\u00a0 We’ve featured a free online speech-to-text application called SpeechTexter<\/span><\/a> , and we showed you how to use the speech-to-text features in Windows 10.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Today, we’re going to show you another free speech-to-text application and it’s also something most of you already have. If you have a Gmail address, you have a Google account – and if you have a Google account you can use Google’s excellent speech-to-text technology to create a Google document or Google presentation.<\/p>\n

Google calls it “voice typing” and I guess that sums it up pretty well. If you have a Google account and have Google Chrome browser installed, you can use “voice typing”.<\/p>\n

Here’s how:<\/p>\n

1.) Make sure your Microphone is on and working.
\n2.) Use Google Chrome to sign into your Google account
\n3.) Open a document in Google Docs with a Chrome browser.
\n4.) Click Tools and then Voice typing. \"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

A microphone box appears…<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

5.) When you’re ready to speak, click the microphone.
\n6.) Speak clearly, at a normal volume and pace …<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

When you’re done, click the microphone again.<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

That’s it. Now save your masterpiece and you’re done.<\/p>\n

Here are some other things you need to know about Google’s voice typing straight from Google’s voice typing page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You Can Correct mistakes while voice typing<\/span><\/h3>\n