Assistive Technology: Speech-to-Text Software

Author: Brett McCardel, MS, CCC-SLP

What kinds of technology supports are available to people with agraphia? โœ๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ’ป โฃ
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๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ allows spoken material captured by a microphone/headset to be transcribed into text for computer programs. ๐ŸŽ™ โฃ
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Though many softwares exist, here are some popular options that you may consider looking into for your clients:โฃ
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๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: @dragonnaturallyspeaking is renowned for its ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ program that adapts to your unique speech and voice qualities so that it can better transcribe what you say. It also features voice commands that allow you to control your computerโ€™s actions such as opening programs or clicking on certain areas.โฃ
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๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Speech-to-Text can be turned on in Google Docs by going to ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ดโ€”>๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จโ€”>๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ. Additionally, you can use over 100 voice commands to utilize all that Google Docs offers, such as making bullet points and bolding/italicizing words.โฃ
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๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ: Offers Speech-to-Text services as well as help with establishing compensatory strategies such as setting alarms/reminders, searching files on your computer, and keeping any notes/audio recordings that you take.โฃ
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Using Speech-to-Text software, our clients can more fully engage in all the programs that computers can offer (whether that be sending emails or writing that long awaited novel ๐Ÿ“ง ๐Ÿ“– )โฃ
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What other Speech-to-Text software do you like to use with your clients? ๐Ÿ—ฃ ๐Ÿ’ปโฃ
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