Writing Tools

Chromebook Dictation

A screenshot of the dictation tool being selected on a Chromebook

Web Tool Details

Description: Chromebook’s built-in Dictation feature lets you talk directly into your microphone to type text wherever your cursor is placed, making writing papers or notes completely hands-free. You can speak naturally while adding punctuation marks like saying "period" or "new line" or use simple voice commands to edit and format your work on the fly. It is a great tool for quickly drafting essays without getting slowed down by typing, helping you get your thoughts onto the page much faster.

Audience: Elementary and Secondary

Type: Chromebook Accessibility Tool

Compatibility: Chromebooks only

Video Tutorial

Voice Typing in Drive

A screenshot of the voice typing tool in Google Docs

Web Tool Details

Description: This is a speech to text feature embedded in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. A microphone is required (most laptops have one built in).

Audience: Elementary and Secondary

Type: Chromebook feature built into Google Docs, Sheets and Slides

Compatibility: Google Docs, Sheets and Slides

Punctuation Phrases:

- Period
- Comma
- Exclamation point
- Question mark
- New line
- New paragraph

Video Tutorial

How to Use Voice Typing.mp4

Grammarly

Web Tool Details

Description: Grammarly is a writing tool detects grammar, punctuation, spelling, word choice and style errors while writing on nearly every site on the web. It is even available on mobile devices for texts, emails, tweets and anything else you write on your phone.

Audience: Elementary and Secondary

Type: Chrome Extension, Apple app or Google Play app

Compatibility: Any device, any browser

Video Tutorial

DocHub

A screenshot that says edit send and sign PDFs with Docub

Web Tool Details

Description: This is an online PDF Editor that students use to edit and share documents. The editor tools include: insert text, draw, highlight, comment, erase, sign, insert image, stamp and undo/redo.

Audience: Secondary

Type: Chrome Extension

Compatibility: Chrome computer browser

How to use it:

Click here to add the DocHub Chrome Extension and view a tutorial

Video Tutorial

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