Talk and Type/Speech Input

Talk and Type/Speech Input

GoogleDocs:

What does it do?

Turns the spoken word into text in a Google Doc. To have speech typed on a Google Doc, click on the icon, and speak clearly and distinctly into microphone. Click icon again to turn off.

PDF and ePUB 

Turns spoken word into text inside of Typewriter Annotations.

When typing in a Typewriter Annotation, click this icon below the annotation, and then speak clearly and distinctly into your microphone. Click icon again to turn off.  

Supporting learners:

The talk and type/speech input feature in the toolbar for Read and Write is
beneficial for students who struggle with getting their thoughts on a page due to
keyboarding skills, dyslexia, or physical limitations.

Speech Input helps to get students' initial thoughts down for editing. Children with motor skills issues can write more easily and accurately. This includes kids who have trouble typing on a keyboard. Learners with poor handwriting can use dictation to create text that’s easier for others to read. Students who struggle with spelling can say a word or sound it out, and then see how it’s spelled on-screen. Learners who think faster than they can write by hand or type on a keyboard are able to get all their thoughts into words more easily. This helps to shift the focus from the mechanics of composition to that of expression of thoughts and knowledge

Using it in the classroom:

A teacher could lecture and then have it be made into a document that could later be referenced

by students. A teacher could create documents without being constrained to a keyboard. The teacher

can also circulate around the classroom while they are speaking, checking for understanding

and provide clarifying statements as they speak. This would all be "captured" in the document.