Just so you know, I dictated this post with Google Voice Typing, then edited it later in Scrivener. Would I use Google Voice Typing to replace Dragon? Probably not in every case but certainly when I want to dictate into a Google Doc, which I do at least a few times per week.įor me, it means I have two dictation tools available instead of just one and, as far as I’m concerned, that’s a very good thing. It is also extremely fast so there’s no waiting around while it recognizes and changes sentences. However Google Voice Typing, as I’ve mentioned before, is great at understanding the context of your sentences. You can easily indicate a few basic punctuation marks such as commas, new paragraphs and new lines but in my limited test Dragon is much better at discerning your intention with punctuation. If you’re used to using Dragon, you will find the commands limited, as Dragon is pretty rich in this area. (If you exit voice typing, though, the underlines disappear.) In most cases, the alternatives are pretty good. Within the dictated text, it also underlines anything it’s not sure about so that you can highlight the text later and click on a likely alternative.
One of the features that most impresses me is that after it has made its first pass at recognizing your speech it will go back and edit it based on the context. It brings up a large microphone which turns red with a circle around it when you are dictating and it is in the process of recognizing what you say. To start it up, you simply go to the Tools menu within your Google Doc and enable voice typing. Google Voice Smart voice calling on all your devices For personal use For business A smarter phone number A Voice number works on smartphones and the web so you can place and receive calls from. I spent a week testing it out and was pretty impressed. It’s been on mobile devices for a while, but since I’m usually at my desk, the desktop option is better for me. So I was absolutely delighted when the desktop version of Google Docs got the ability to let me dictate directly using Google Voice Typing. So I’ve often had to use workarounds (involving a lot of cutting and pasting) when dictating to a Google doc.
I’ve never found the Dragon browser plugin particularly effective in helping me to create content and using the dictation box has not always worked either. For years now, I have used Dragon NaturallySpeaking as my go-to tool to save my wrist and help me be more efficient in creating content for my writing clients.īut using Dragon with Google Docs has always been difficult.
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