The voice recognition technology in the Google Home was impressive on paper. However, it was difficult to use and required a lot of patience. Even with the best of results, you would only achieve about 70% accuracy.
Voice recognition has been struggling to take off as a mainstay of computer usage, with some people finding it difficult to get used to the technology and others finding it difficult to use effectively. While there is potential for this technology to be a huge boon for the future, it is still in its early stages and there are many ways that it can be improved.
While voice assistants like Siri and Google Assistant get daily use for quick searches, questions, or common device functions, physical interfaces are still where it’s at. When it comes to typing up documents, it’s almost unheard of that anyone prefers voice dictation.
The Google Docs cloud application is a great way to have a voice dictation solution that is nearly 100% accurate.
Typing With Your
Voice in Google Docs
Chrome is the only browser that has proper voice dictation, so if you’re using a Google Docs app on a mobile device, you can’t use it. ..
In macOS, open the System Preferences and click on the microphone icon. Then click on the Properties button.
This is a microphone level indicator that changes as you speak into the mic.
If you’re using a laptop with a built-in mic or a desktop webcam with the same, then it may not always be possible to get the results that you want. While these mics are pretty good these days, a good condenser desktop mic or good quality headset mic can make a dramatic difference in how well you’re understood.
Now that we’ve verified that the microphone is working, we can head over to any Google Docs document to begin dictating. Place the cursor where you want to insert the text, and press record. ..
Now, click on Tools and then Voice Typing. You can also use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+S.
You can start dictating right now by clicking on the mic icon.
Voice recognition is possible on cloud systems, but you’ll need a working Internet connection to use it.
Fixing Mistakes
If you spot a mistake in Google’s search results, don’t panic. Just move the cursor with your mouse and fix the incorrect word as usual. This will help Google learn from your corrections and make its search results more accurate in the future. ..
Editing With Your
Voice
Voice controls let you do extensive formatting and editing with just your voice. There’s an extensive list of commands that let you (among others things) select text, apply formatting, cut, copy, paste and so on. ..
You can use your computer to write without ever having to touch it.
