Are you tired of writing long papers to meet fast-rushing deadlines? Or perhaps you're tired of typing all day on your laptop or desktop that you wish your device could just pick up whatever it is in your thought?
Well, this is no science fiction, but you can do the latter, albeit with your voice.
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Microsoft Words' Voice Commands
Transcribe in Word
You can record and automatically transcribe your discussions in Word for the web using Transcribe in Word. Transcribe distinguishes distinct speakers so you can simply follow the flow of the text after you've finished recording.
You can even go back over parts of the tape by listening back to the time-stamped audio, and you can even modify the transcript if something is wrong.
The transcript will show alongside the Word document and the audio recording. If you wish to use a quote from an interview, you can easily click the plus icon on any line of the transcript, and your chosen quote will appear.
If you want to send the transcript to other people, you can simply click "add all to document" to get your whole transcript in Word format.
Presently, uploaded recordings are limited to five hours per month, and each recording is restricted to 200MB. At the end of the year, Transcribe in Office will be available on mobile, according to Microsoft.
The sole language supported for now is transcribing audio into English (EN-US), but the tech company is currently working on support for other languages.
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Dictate in Microsoft 365
To help you get away from the keyboard, Microsoft added voice commands to Dictate. Employing dictation with voice commands to "add, format, modify, and arrange" your text helps you save more time on a desktop or mobile device.
You may effortlessly utter phrases and instructions like "bold sentence" or "italicize the word" to keep your ideas flowing without having to stop and alter your work.
Voice instructions, according to Microsoft, recognize a range of symbols, including terms like "ampersand" and "percent sign," where you don't have to "sound like a robot" The company has created commands based on how people naturally speak, so that users can simply articulate their thoughts.
Dictation can also help with informal writing-every now and then. A message needs some personality! You can now use phrases like "smiley face" or "love emoji" to personalize your message.
When you're signed in to your Microsoft account, you can use Word for the web and Office mobile to dictate using voice commands for free. Microsoft 365 subscribers will be able to use voice commands in the Word desktop and Word for Mac apps by the end of the year.
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