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Type using your voice to your computer. OK Google - Android voice assistant

One of useful functions in Android is voice dialing. By learning to use it skillfully, you can save a lot of time and perform many operations without resorting to a standard keyboard.

This type of typing will make it possible not to be distracted by sometimes pressing very small keys. This is very convenient, for example, when you are driving a car. To perform the necessary actions, you just need to dictate your instructions to the device. But this is preceded by several basic actions that must be carried out in advance.

To begin, place the cursor so that the standard keyboard. Click on the microphone image and the device will switch to voice input mode. This action performed differently depending on the device and system version. In most cases, you need to find the microphone icon on one of the buttons (spacebar or change language) and hold it down.


After these steps, a ready-to-use voice input panel will appear on the screen. You can use it not only for calls or dialing SMS messages, but also in the browser. This is very convenient, especially when you need to type long message to send or any other text.

At this moment, an indicator in the form of a microphone will appear on the device screen. Pay close attention to the red frame around it. Its thickness indicates the volume of your voice. After pronouncing a word, it will be instantly processed and recognized, after which it will be displayed in a special field.

Speech recognition is a technology that can significantly increase productivity both at work and at home. You can dictate a document three times faster than typing it.

Online speech recognition

To convert speech to text, you can use the appropriate online service in your browser. Speech recognition sites, as a rule, do not require registration or payment, and they are very easy to use. First of all, you need to install a browser Google Chrome. This is due to the fact that all services run on the same speech recognition engine from Google. The quality of recognition depends on the microphone, as well as the rhythm and clarity of speech.

Read also: Enabling the microphone on Windows 8

Method 1: Speechnotes

Matchnuts is the most popular service online speech recognition, providing big choice languages, advanced options for setting punctuation marks and sending dictated text to third-party applications.

Speechnotes online service

Procedure:

    1. Click on the microphone icon on the right.
    2. Select "Allow" in a pop-up browser window. A flashing red circle will appear on the left above the microphone icon - this means that recording is enabled.


    1. Select Russian language from the drop-down menu.


    1. Start dictating.
    2. To stop recording, click on the microphone icon again.
    3. Copy the text to the clipboard (A) or send to third party services using the toolbar on the left (B).


There are three ways to place punctuation marks:

    1. Dictation: on the right there is a list of signs with the corresponding pronunciation;


    1. Typing on the keyboard is the most quick way, since it adds a sign even before the speech ends. The main thing here is to wait until the dictated speech appears in the buffer (see screenshot) and only then press the button, otherwise the punctuation mark will appear before the dictated speech, and not after;


  1. Button on the website - just click the corresponding punctuation mark in the panel on the right (see point 1).

Recognition results will largely depend on the quality of the microphone and dictation. For best result you need to speak slowly and clearly. This applies to all speech recognition services.

Method 2: Speechlogger

Speechlogger is a multifunctional speech recognition service with which you can not only dictate texts, but also translate them into other languages ​​in real time with Google Translate, and also transcribe audio files.

Speechlogger online service

To start recording on the Speechlogger website, follow these steps:

    1. Go to the site, scroll down a little to the block with a blue background and click on the microphone icon.
    2. Select "Allow".
    3. Find Russian in the list if necessary.
    4. Click on the button at the top right so that the speech recognition block fills the entire screen (this is not necessary, but it is more convenient to work with).


    1. Start dictating.
    2. Text that may contain an error is highlighted in red. This allows you to quickly find inaccuracies and correct them.


    1. After the work is finished, click on the microphone icon again.
    2. Select all text using the button All(A) and copy by right-clicking and selecting "Copy"(keyboard shortcut Ctrl+C doesn't work), or use the toolbar (B) to send a text to e-mail, save in .txt, .doc format, upload to Google Drive or print.


Ways to place punctuation marks:

    1. Dictation: to learn how to pronounce a particular punctuation mark, hover over it and a hint will appear in a pop-up window.
    2. Just click on the punctuation mark in the panel located above the text area.


    1. Auto-punctuation: on the site you can set settings for automatic punctuation. Not good convenient option, since at every pause the system puts a period, while the Russian language is too flexible and diverse - it is impossible to set clear conditions for setting certain punctuation marks. Therefore, it is recommended to disable this feature by unchecking the corresponding box.


Additional settings are located in the upper left corner.


Using them, you can enable or disable the following functions:

    • Auto-save text: if the function is enabled, all sessions can be accessed by clicking on the folder icon in the toolbar;


  • Highlighting words in red font;
  • Timestamps in text (enabled by default).

In addition, you can set settings for auto-punctuation and change the background color.

Method 3: Online Dictation

Online Dictation - convenient service with a laconic interface. The main advantage is ease of use.

Dictation online service

    1. The service automatically detects the default language configured in the browser. If the language is not installed or you are using a guest account Chrome entry, you need to install Russian: the drop-down list of languages ​​is located below the text area.


    1. Click the button "Start Dictation".


    1. Allow the use of a microphone on the site.


    1. Start dictating. To add punctuation, use voice commands: “period”, “comma”, “ question mark», « Exclamation point", the remaining characters are entered using the keyboard. To start a new paragraph, use the voice command “new paragraph”, to go to new line- "new line".
    2. When you finish dictating, press "Stop Listening".


  1. Once the text is ready, you can:
    • Copy by clicking the button "Copy" (1);
    • Save as .txt by clicking the button "Save" (2);
    • Erase by pressing the button "Clear" (3).


Method 4: SpeechTexter

The speech recognition service SpeechTexter has a beautiful compact design and allows you to edit text directly on the website. Formatting is preserved when you transfer text to a third-party editor.

Online service SpeechTexter

    1. To stop recording, press "Stop".


    1. Once the text is written, it can be formatted using the tools in the panel located above the text.


    1. The finished text can be copied (1), saved in .txt format (2) or printed (3).


Code to embed on the site.

Tip: you can change the recognition.lang property and substitute ‘ru-RU’ instead of ‘en-US’, then the Russian language will be set by default.

Each service has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is recommended to try working on each of them and choose the most suitable one based on your goals and preferences.

Hi all! In today's article I want to talk about very useful Google apps. These applications will be useful for bloggers, copywriters and all people who have something to do with working with texts. If you blog, you need to write a lot and often. These applications will make your life easier in many ways.

Weisnot||

One of the extensions is called Weisnot||. Very convenient extension, saves a lot of time, includes a notepad and dictionary. Weisnot|| developed by Google specialists for Google browser Chrome 25 and up.

It’s very easy to work with it, follow the link and this icon, find the extension, install it in your browser, then the icon appears in visual bookmarks, it can also be mounted on the desktop. The installation is very simple, just select the Russian language, and pop-up tips will help you master this voice notepad. After installation, you can change the menu appearance to your liking.


To start recording, you need to click on the button with the image of a microphone. When she changed the color to red, the recording began and all that remains is to say the text that you want to record. As a rule, to work with voice notepads, it is better to connect an external microphone, even for a laptop.

You should speak clearly, pronounce words evenly and clearly, otherwise you will have to spend a lot of time editing the text. This is one of the advantages of voice notebooks for practicing clear diction.

Voice Recognition

First, the site will ask you for permission to use your microphone, click “allow” and the notepad is ready for use. Don’t be afraid that the notepad is in English, at the bottom of the page you set the language to “Russian” and write down everything you need. In the help at the top, when you open it, click right button mouse and select “Translate into Russian”.

What else is Voice Recognition useful for? Google took care of integrating this application with Dropbox ( cloud storage) and Google Drive ( Google drive) to which you can export your documents or simply send them by email.

After a leisurely and clear dictation, the text can be selected and copied using the Ctrl+C key and then pasted into the clipboard.

Try working with these applications, I hope you will like them and find them useful, and I will introduce you to a more serious program that I use myself.

Hello, dear readers. Today I will tell you in detail about the technical settings and nuances of voice typing on a computer. As you know, the method that I proposed in my free video course “” is mobile and does not require a computer and paid programs. Judging by the numerous letters, it can be judged that I really liked the course. But there are also many questions: How to type texts by voice on a computer? Moreover, from the letters I understand that it is not only the method of typing text by voice on a computer that is interesting, but also the translation of audio into text.

Of course, in comments and letters I answered and recommended the only one, in my opinion, suitable for this online service"Notepad for speech input". And now I am already receiving letters asking me to tell about technical settings computer (microphone and sound card) and how to translate audio into text.

In general, the secret to working with this service is very simple - you must have a good, sensitive microphone. Otherwise, the quality of recognition is very poor. But there is a way out for this case too.

1. Typing via microphone.

2. Typing via virtual audio cable.

Before you start typing by voice using Voice Notepad, you need to make some settings in the Google Chrome browser. On this moment, only in this browser is the ability to type text by voice available. We will need to install two additional extensions.

How to type text by voice in voice notepad

For the first method, additional settings no need to do it. Everything is ready for typing by voice using a voice notepad.

Let's go to home page notepad, display required parameters, and you can dictate the text by voice. The microphone icon is used to enter individual phrases or sentences. To enter text continuously, use the "Enable Recording" button.

Note: The first time you try to type by voice, a warning message will appear at the top of the browser asking you to access your microphone. You need to click on the “Allow” button.

How to fill out any fields and forms with your voice in the Google Chrome browser

Using the previously installed “Voice Text Input” extension, you have access to the function of filling out any fields in the browser. For example, in registration form or leaving a comment.

In order to fill out a separate field in the form, right-click in this field and select “SpeechPad” in the context-sensitive menu.

Allow access to the microphone and dictate text.

And if you need to dictate a few sentences, for example, a comment or a forum post, you need to follow these steps.

Click the right mouse button next to the input field and select the same “SpeechPad” item in the context-sensitive menu. But this time a new window will open and the recording will start. Dictate the text, and then use the clipboard to transfer the text into the desired form.

Keyboard shortcut for working with the clipboard:

Ctrl+A – select text

Ctrl+C – copy to clipboard

Ctrl+V – paste from clipboard

This is how, without any special settings, if you have access to the Internet, you can enter text by voice on the computer. The quality of recognition will depend on the microphone and your diction.

Now let’s look at the possibility of translating audio into text. This method is called transcription. This service allows you to translate audio into text from audio and video files. Again, the emphasis is on a good microphone.

But in technical specifications I didn’t understand microphones, and I won’t say which ones are good and which ones are not. Let me just say that I had a regular Genius desktop microphone and it suited me. Yesterday I started preparing for this article using this microphone; there were not many errors in voice recognition. During the night, our pet (cat) committed sabotage and chewed through the microphone wire. Don’t think that it’s just a microphone - no, not only that.

And to continue preparing for the article, I used headphones with a microphone. And I must say, it's just earth and sky. The microphone on the headphones is just a pipe. Either from old age, or perhaps he was so poor, well, it’s just a killer of nerve cells. So, draw your own conclusions.

Well, okay, let's move on to completing the task at hand.

How to Convert Audio to Text

Method No. 1

This method does not require any settings. The principle is as follows. You are reproducing sound file or video, the sound goes through the speakers, and the microphone captures the sound from the speakers. You can also enable recording on your voice recorder or smartphone, and the microphone will capture audio from those devices.

The service provides the ability to capture audio from YouTube videos, video files and audio files. Video and audio files can be located both on the Internet and on your computer.

First, let's look at an example of opening a video from YouTube. To do this, you will need the ID of this video. This ID must be inserted into the “URL of the media file to play” field and click the “Update” button.

Every video on YouTube has this unique ID. You can see him in address bar browser.

Now let's look at an example of opening a file on your computer.

First, specify the file type, audio or video. Then click on the “Select file” button and select a file on your computer. After selecting the file, click the “Open” button.

The next step is to place the microphone next to the speakers of your computer or, say, a voice recorder or smartphone, and turn on the recording.

Method No. 2

This method allows you to exclude the microphone from the audio-to-text conversion chain. The sound will be directly transmitted from the player to the voice notepad. And it doesn’t matter what kind of microphone you have.

But this will require separate program- Virtual Audio Cable. This program creates a virtual audio cable and transmits the audio stream between applications. This program is paid, costs from $25 to $50. But you can use the free version. The free version has a limit on the number of virtual cables. Only 3 cables can be created. And also female voice constantly reminds me that this is free version if you use an audio repeater. But I’ll tell you honestly, you can do without it. But trial version not limited in time. In the video tutorial I will show you the trick.

So, first, download the “Virtual Audio Cable” program, link above.

After you download archive file on your computer, you need to unpack it. To do this, you can use an archiver or simple copying files from the archive to a new folder.

Installing the VAC program

The installation is standard and does not require additional knowledge and skills from you. Just follow the installation wizard.

Now you won’t hear a single sound from your speakers, but all the sound will be transmitted through a virtual audio cable to the voice notepad. Just what we need.

Note: if you still want to hear the sound, then you should go to the folder where you unpacked the program archive and launch the audio repeater. By specifying a virtual cable as the input device, and speakers as the output device.

That's all technical points typing text by voice on a computer using a voice notepad, disclosed. If something I said is not clear, write in the comments, I will try to complement it and help with advice. And also, if you can’t write articles for the site yourself for some reason, then you can on the stock exchange. Today, many website owners do this, entrusting the job to professionals.

I wish everyone good luck.

If you type too slowly on the keyboard and learn ten-finger method too lazy to type, you can try using modern programs and voice text input services.

The keyboard is undoubtedly sufficient handy tool computer control. However, when it comes to typing long text, we understand all of its (and, to be honest, ours :)) imperfections... You also need to be able to type quickly on it!

A couple of years ago, wanting to simplify my job of writing articles, I decided to find a program that would allow me to convert voice into text. I thought how nice it would be if I just said everything I needed into the microphone, and the computer typed for me :)

Imagine my disappointment when I realized that at that time there were no really working (let alone free) solutions for this matter. There were, however, domestic developments, like “Gorynych” and “Dictograph”. They understood the Russian language, but, alas, the quality of speech recognition was quite low and required long setup with the creation of a dictionary according to your own voice, and it was also quite expensive...

Then Android was born and the situation moved a little from the dead point. In this system voice input appeared as a built-in (and quite convenient) alternative to virtual input on-screen keyboard. And recently in one of the comments I was asked if there is a voice input option for Windows? I answered that not yet, but I decided to look and it turned out that, maybe not entirely full-fledged, but such an opportunity exists! Today’s article will be about the results of my research.

Speech recognition problem

Before we begin analyzing the current solutions for voice input in Windows, I would like to shed some light on the essence of the problem of computer speech recognition. For a more accurate understanding of the process, I suggest taking a look at the following diagram:

As you can see, converting speech into text occurs in several stages:

  1. Voice digitization. At this stage, the quality depends on the clarity of diction, the quality of the microphone and sound card.
  2. Comparing an entry with entries in a dictionary. The “more is better” principle works here: the more recorded words the dictionary contains, the higher the chances that your words will be recognized correctly.
  3. Text output. The system automatically, based on pauses, tries to identify individual lexemes from the speech stream that correspond to template lexemes from the dictionary, and then displays the found matches in the form of text.

The main problem, as you might guess, lies in two main nuances: the quality of the digitized segment of speech and the volume of the dictionary with templates. The first problem can be realistically minimized even if there is cheap microphone and a standard sound card. It is enough just to speak slowly and clearly.

With the second problem, alas, not everything is so simple... A computer, unlike a person, cannot correctly recognize the same phrase said, for example, by a woman and a man. To do this, both versions of voice acting with different voices must exist in its database!

This is where the main catch lies. Creating a dictionary for one person, in principle, is not so difficult, however, given that each word must be written in several versions, it turns out to be very long and labor-intensive. Therefore, most of the speech recognition programs that exist today are either too expensive or do not have their own dictionaries, leaving the user to create them themselves.

It’s not for nothing that I mentioned Android a little higher. The fact is that Google, which is developing it, has also created the only publicly available global online dictionary for speech recognition today (and multilingual!) called Google Voice API. Yandex is also creating a similar dictionary for the Russian language, but so far, alas, it is still unsuitable for use in real conditions. Therefore, almost everything free solutions, which we will look at below, work specifically with Google dictionaries. Accordingly, they all have the same recognition quality and the nuances lie only in additional capabilities...

Voice input programs

There are not many full-fledged programs for voice input for Windows. And those that exist and understand Russian are mostly paid... For example, the cost of a popular user system RealSpeaker voice-to-text conversion starts at 2,587 rubles, and the professional Caesar-R complex starts at 35,900 rubles!

But among all this expensive software, there is one program that does not cost a penny, but at the same time provides functionality that is more than sufficient for most users. It's called MSpeech:

The main program window has the simplest possible interface - a sound level indicator and only three buttons: start recording, stop recording and open the settings window. MSpeech also works quite simply. You need to press the record button, place the cursor in the window in which the text should be displayed and start dictating. For greater convenience, it is better to record and stop it using hotkeys, which can be set in Settings:

In addition to hotkeys, you may need to change the type of text transmission to windows necessary programs. The default output is set to active window, however, you can specify transfer to inactive fields or to fields of a specific program. From additional features It is worth noting the “Commands” group of settings, which allows you to implement voice control computer using the phrases you specify.

In general, MSpeech is quite convenient program, which allows you to type text by voice in any Windows window. The only caveat in its use is that the computer must be connected to the Internet to access Google dictionaries.

Voice input online

If you don’t want to install any programs on your computer, but want to try entering text by voice, you can use one of the many online services that work on the same Google dictionaries.

Well, of course, the first thing worth mentioning is Google’s “native” service called Web Speech API:

This service allows you to translate unlimited sections of speech into text in more than 50 languages! You just need to select the language you speak, click on the microphone icon in the right top corner form, if necessary, confirm permission for the site to access the microphone and start speaking.

If you do not use any highly specialized terminology and speak clearly, you can get a very good result. In addition to words, the service also “understands” punctuation marks: if you say “period” or “comma”, the required symbol will appear in the output form.

When recording is complete, the recognized text will be automatically highlighted and you can copy it to the clipboard or send it by mail.

Among the shortcomings, it is worth noting that the service can only work in the Google Chrome browser older than version 25, as well as the lack of multilingual recognition capabilities.

By the way, on our website at the top you will find a completely Russified version of the same form of speech recognition. Enjoy it for your health ;)

There are quite a few similar online speech recognition resources based on the Google service. One of the sites that is of interest to us is Dictation.io:

Unlike Web Speech API, Dictation.io has more stylish design in the form of a notepad. Its main advantage over Google's service is that it allows you to stop recording and then start it again, and the previously entered text will be saved until you press the "Clear" button.

Like Google service Dictation.io “knows how” to use periods, commas, as well as exclamation marks and question marks, but does not always start a new sentence with a capital letter.

If you are looking for a service with maximum functionality, then probably one of the best in this regard will be:

Main advantages of the service:

  • availability of Russian-language interface;
  • the ability to view and select recognition options;
  • presence of voice prompts;
  • automatic recording shutdown after a long pause;
  • built-in text editor with functions for copying text to the clipboard, printing it on a printer, sending it by mail or Twitter, and translating it into other languages.

The only drawback of the service (besides the already described general disadvantages of Web Speech API) is an operating algorithm that is not quite familiar for such services. After pressing the record button and dictating the text, you need to check it, select the option that best matches what you wanted to say, and then transfer it to the text editor below. After which the procedure can be repeated.

Plugins for Chrome

In addition to full-fledged programs and online services, there is another way to recognize speech into text. This method is implemented using plugins for the Google Chrome browser.

The main advantage of using plugins is that with their help you can enter text by voice not only in special form on the service website, but also in any input field on any web resource! In fact, plugins occupy an intermediate niche between services and full-fledged programs for voice input.

One of best extensions to translate speech to text is SpeechPad:

I won't lie if I say that SpeechPad is one of the best Russian-language services translation of speech into text. On the official website you will find a fairly powerful (albeit a little old in design) online notepad with many advanced functions, including:

  • support voice commands computer control;
  • improved punctuation support;
  • function to mute sounds on PC;
  • integration with Windows (albeit on a paid basis);
  • the ability to recognize text from video or audio recordings ("Transcription" function);
  • translation of recognized text into any language;
  • saving text to text file, available for download.

As for the plugin, it provides us with the most simplified functionality of the service. Place the cursor in the input field you need, call the context menu and click on the "SpeechPad" item. Now confirm access to the microphone and, when the input field turns pink, dictate the desired text.

After you stop speaking (a pause of more than 2 seconds), the plugin itself will stop recording and display everything you said in the field. If you wish, you can go to the plugin settings (right click on the plugin icon at the top) and change the default parameters:

Oddly enough, in the entire Google extensions online store I haven’t come across a single worthwhile plugin that would allow voice input in any text field. The only similar extension was the English one. It adds a microphone icon to all input fields on a web page, but it doesn't always position it correctly, so it might end up off the screen...