You can pick a custom keyboard shortcut, and you can decide to simply press that shortcut instead of pressing and holding it.

Typing with your voice – dictating text – has become an extremely common way to communicate. Better yet, you don't even need a stenographer. (Now I'm dating myself) I recently watched a friend quietly ...

Just like you would ask Google Assistant or Siri to accomplish tasks on your phone, you can also talk to your Windows PC to get things done hands-free. While you can use basic commands to perform ...

Back in April, I raved at length about Jott, which was then a free beta service. I found the voice-to-text service to be so useful, I couldn’t imagine why any mobile professional would not use it. For ...

If you've ever needed or wanted free software to handle dictation or to control your PC using voice commands, look no further than Windows 11 itself. Microsoft's latest OS comes with three tools that ...

My voice was ready. I’d been waiting, compulsively checking my inbox. I opened the email and scrolled until I saw a button that said, plainly, “Use voice.” I considered saying something aloud to mark ...

Physical keyboards are great, but microphone input has long been a staple for many PC power users. Sometimes, you can just speak faster than you can type. And it’s not just about typing with your ...

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Remember when the notion of typing with your voice seemed downright revolutionary? ‘Twas a time when Android’s voice input felt frickin’ futuristic. No more pecking out sentences on the go with the ...

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