Speech to Text- Voice to Text App Review
By: Alexa Splagounias, EC-SEAT Scholar
Speech to Text- Voice to Text
Evaluation
This app is easy to use- just click the microphone button and start talking, and this app will transcribe what you are saying. A limitation or con of this app is that if this student has to be talking out loud to take notes or type something, then it could be distracting to other students. Additionally, if there are other voices or noises going on in the background, the app may pick up on those noises or voices and it may mess up the transcription. So, this app would be more helpful if the user was in a quiet space with no other noises or people. Ultimately, this makes this type of app a little bit limiting and sometimes challenging to use in a typical classroom setting. Overall I feel that this app would benefit someone with a physical disability, as it allows them more independence in being able to type or write things on their own without having to use their bodies.
Speech to Text- Voice to Text
I
explored a speech to text app called Speechto Text- Voice to Text. This app can be used on iPhones and iPads. The cost
of this app is free to download. This voice to text app provides continuous
speech recognition that allows the user to create long essays, posts, or notes
using only the user’s own voice. It also:
- Transcribes videos and voice memos into text.
- Allows for speech typing and taking notes.
Trying Out the App
When I found this app, I had in mind a high school student I met
who experiences a physical disability and is in a wheelchair. He is a
quadriplegic and is paralyzed from the chest down, so he is unable to walk or
use his arms, but he is able to talk. He uses this speech or voice to text app
during his school day and at home to do his writing related homework. This app
allows him to take notes and write essays for school independently, without
having to move his body at all. Using
this app, he is able to export his text into a text editing app, export it as a
PDF and save it.
This app is easy to use- just click the microphone button and start talking, and this app will transcribe what you are saying. A limitation or con of this app is that if this student has to be talking out loud to take notes or type something, then it could be distracting to other students. Additionally, if there are other voices or noises going on in the background, the app may pick up on those noises or voices and it may mess up the transcription. So, this app would be more helpful if the user was in a quiet space with no other noises or people. Ultimately, this makes this type of app a little bit limiting and sometimes challenging to use in a typical classroom setting. Overall I feel that this app would benefit someone with a physical disability, as it allows them more independence in being able to type or write things on their own without having to use their bodies.
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