We list the best speech-to-text apps, to make it simple and easy to dictate straight to documents. Speech-to-text used to be regarded as very niche, specifically just used for busy people who needed ...

Handy is a free, open-source app that converts voice input into text. Simply speak into the microphone and a locally running AI model will automatically transcribe it, allowing you to input text ...

Microsoft Word provides a reliable and efficient way to convert audio into text, whether you’re dealing with pre-recorded files or live recordings. This functionality is particularly beneficial for ...

ElevenLabs, a startup developing AI-powered tools to create and edit synthetic voices, is making its Reader app available across the world with support for 32 languages. The app, first released in ...

OpenAI released the AI models 'gpt-4o-transcribe' and 'gpt-4o-mini-transcribe' that can transcribe voice, and at the same time released the voice generation model 'gpt-4o-mini-tts' that reads text ...

Shortcuts, small external keyboards and even improved (and free) dictation software can make long sessions of text input much simpler. By J. D. Biersdorfer J. D. Biersdorfer is the Tech Tip columnist ...