Talk instead of typing

"Teachers who apply these technologies in their classrooms do more than motivate students with the latest cool tool; they prepare students with multiliteracies and for the realities of the technological world." Borsheim et al, 2010

Voicenote II add in for Chrome turns your speech to text quickly and accurately.

Get Voice Note II

Goto : the Chrome webstore

  1. Click on Add to Chrome in the top right corner

  2. To launch VoiceNote Click on the microphone in the URL bar

  3. Select the Language and New Zealand by clicking the world at the bottom

  4. Click the microphone on the right sidebar


Once you have loaded the Voicenote add in either launch straight in or watch this to get started.

Think about ...

Which students in my class might this benefit ? Why?


Where on the continuum does speech to text fit?

More

MS Word on a Mac:

  • To use this facility with Word for Mac you must first turn on dictation. Once this is done you then simply position the cursor in your document at the point you want the text to appear and start talking.

  • Choose System preferences > Keyboard, > Dictation.

  • Turn on Dictation

Google Docs.

Make sure you are working in your chrome browser

Open your google doc

Choose Tools > Voice Typing

Click the Microphone and start recording.

Click the microphone to stop

References

Borsheim, C., Merritt, K., & Reed, D. (2008). Beyond technology for technology's sake: Advancing multiliteracies in the twenty-first century. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 82(2), 87-90.