SpeechTexter

SpeechTexter is a multilingual speech-to-text web application for dictating documents, emails, books, reports and blog posts by voice. Nothing needs installing: users open the page, press the microphone button and speak. It uses Google speech recognition, so it works in desktop Chrome and some Android browsers.

What SpeechTexter offers

• Continuous dictation — real-time speech recognition for long passages of text.
• Voice commands — custom spoken commands for punctuation and actions such as undo, redo and new paragraph.
• Many languages — support for more than 70 languages.
• Editor options — autosave in the browser, capitalisation settings and plain-text copy and paste.

Who it works with

Students, teachers, writers and bloggers. It is also aimed at people with dyslexia or conditions that make typing difficult, and at learners practising foreign-language pronunciation.

Key facts

• Accuracy: Says results above 90 percent should be expected, varying by language and speaker
• Limits: iPhones and iPads are not supported
• Registration: None required