speech to text translator

Audio Translator

Breaking language barriers with AI audio translator: Transcribe and translate your audio

Revolutionize communication with VEED’s AI audio-to-text translator

Need to translate content to foreign languages? VEED’s AI audio-to-text translator is a groundbreaking solution to language barriers. Our audio translator uses artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to translate audio files accurately. It’s the perfect tool for content creators and companies that must translate their internal communications.

Transcribe voice recordings, meetings, interviews, and more! VEED’s powerful audio translator can automatically detect any language in your audio files and transcribe it to text instantly. Use our auto-subtitle tool to transcribe your recordings. Feel free to edit and reword the transcription when it’s ready. Use VEED’s audio translator to fast-track speech recognition to transcription. Use our transcription software instead of relying on Google Translate.

How to auto translate transcripts:

Upload or record

Upload your audio to VEED or start recording using our online audio recorder. You can also transcribe your videos and download the transcript file.

Transcribe, translate, and refine

Click auto-subtitle from the Subtitle menu. Select a language and translate your transcript. You can edit and refine the wording by clicking on a line of code.

Export the TXT file or keep creating

You can export the transcript as either a TXT or VTT file. Or you can keep using our wide range of video and audio editing tools to create awesome videos and audio clips!

Watch this walkthrough of our audio translator tool:

Fast, accurate, and reliable translations!

Accuracy and reliability are crucial in translations. You can be sure of optimal quality with the advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning technology in VEED's Audio Translator. Our speech-recognition software will automatically transcribe your audio or video, saving you hours of manual transcription work. For 100% accuracy, simply edit and reword the text.

Perfect for podcasts, interviews, and business meetings

VEED’s audio translator can transcribe various audio content—podcasts for Spotify, interviews, speeches, and more. Captions of your video content make it more accessible to a wider audience. Generating a transcription also lets you reformulate content into blogs and articles. You can also translate videos instantly.

Highly customizable: translations tailored to your needs!

VEED’s Audio Translator offers customizable options to tailor your audio translation to your needs. Translate your media into over 100 languages, including Chinese, Dutch, German, Spanish, American English, British English, and more! Transcribe audio to text and add subtitles to create globally accessible content.

• Upload Audio (or video)
• Click ‘Subtitles’ on the left
• Select ‘Auto Transcribe Subtitles’
• Choose your language and press ‘START’
• Edit text, style, font and more
• Download as text (or SRT

Simple! Upload your voice recording, follow the instructions above, and download it as text or SRT. Or, attach it to a video as commentary.

Transcription is free. Translation and converting files to text or SRT formats require a premium subscription. Check our pricing page for more info.

VEED is a fully online tool; no app or software to download! Upload, transcribe, and download without ever leaving your browser.

VEED accepts all major file formats for audio - MP3, AAC, WMA, M4A, and many more. You can also upload files in multiple video formats like MP4, AVI, MPEG, and so on.

Of course! VEED is a mobile-friendly tool; all features can be easily used on mobile. Use VEED on Safari, Chrome, and any other mobile browser. VEED recognizes all mobile file formats, including MP3 and MOV.

Discover more

• Belarusian to English
• Cebuano to English
• Chichewa to English Voice Translator
• Dutch to French
• English to Armenian Translation Audio
• English to Assamese Translation
• English to Finnish Translation Audio
• English to Haitian Creole Audio
• English to Hausa
• English to Hawaiian Translation Audio
• English to Hmong Audio Translation
• English to Igbo Voice Translation
• English to Krio
• English to Kurdish Audio Translation
• English to Lithuanian Translation
• English to Maltese
• English to Mizo Translation Audio
• English to Mongolian Translation Audio
• English to Norwegian Translation Audio
• English to Pashto Audio
• English to Sanskrit Translation with Audio
• English to Serbian Translation Audio
• English to Sindhi Translation Audio
• English to Somali Translation Audio
• English to Swahili Translation Audio
• English to Tajik
• English to Tigrinya Translation Audio
• English to Welsh Translation Audio
• French to Italian Translation
• Listen and Translate
• Marathi to English Translation Audio
• Shona to English
• Spanish to French
• Spoken Irish Translator
• Telugu to English Audio Translation
• TikTok Translation
• Translate Arabic Audio To English
• Translate Audio To German
• Translate Audio To Japanese
• Translate Chinese Audio To English
• Translate Dutch To English
• Translate Dutch to Italian
• Translate English To Arabic Audio
• Translate English To Chinese Audio
• Translate English To Dutch Audio
• Translate English to Estonian
• Translate English To French Audio
• Translate English To German Audio
• Translate English To Greek Audio
• Translate English to Hebrew Audio
• Translate English To Hungarian Audio
• Translate English To Indonesian Audio
• Translate English To Italian Audio
• Translate English To Japanese Audio
• Translate English To Korean Audio
• Translate English To Malayalam Audio
• Translate English To Polish Audio
• Translate English To Portuguese Audio
• Translate English To Romanian Audio
• Translate English To Russian Audio
• Translate English To Spanish Audio
• Translate English To Thai Audio
• Translate English To Turkish Audio
• Translate English To Ukrainian Audio
• Translate English To Urdu Audio
• Translate English To Vietnamese Audio
• Translate French Audio To Spanish
• Translate French To English Audio
• Translate from Corsican into English Audio
• Translate German To English Audio
• Translate German to French
• Translate German to Spanish
• Translate Greek To English Audio
• Translate Hindi To English Audio
• Translate Italian To English Audio
• Translate Italian to Spanish
• Translate Japanese Audio To English
• Translate Japanese to Chinese
• Translate Korean To English Audio
• Translate Polish To English Audio
• Translate Portuguese To English Audio
• Translate Portuguese to French
• Translate Portuguese to Spanish
• Translate Romanian To English Audio
• Translate Russian To English Audio
• Translate Spanish To English Audio
• Translate Spanish to Portuguese
• Translate Spanish to Russian
• Translate Swedish to English Audio
• Translate Tamil To English Audio
• Translate Turkish To English Audio
• Translate Ukrainian Audio To English
• Translate Vietnamese To English Audio

What they say about VEED

Veed is a great piece of browser software with the best team I've ever seen. Veed allows for subtitling, editing, effect/text encoding, and many more advanced features that other editors just can't compete with. The free version is wonderful, but the Pro version is beyond perfect. Keep in mind that this a browser editor we're talking about and the level of quality that Veed allows is stunning and a complete game changer at worst.

I love using VEED as the speech to subtitles transcription is the most accurate I've seen on the market. It has enabled me to edit my videos in just a few minutes and bring my video content to the next level

Laura Haleydt - Brand Marketing Manager, Carlsberg Importers

The Best & Most Easy to Use Simple Video Editing Software! I had tried tons of other online editors on the market and been disappointed. With VEED I haven't experienced any issues with the videos I create on there. It has everything I need in one place such as the progress bar for my 1-minute clips, auto transcriptions for all my video content, and custom fonts for consistency in my visual branding.

Diana B - Social Media Strategist, Self Employed

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More than an AI audio translator!

Our audio translator is only one of many tools you can use on VEED. You can create your own captions, hard-code subtitles into your video, and lots more! Plus, it’s a professional, all-in-one video editor. Use VEED to edit videos, add background music, stickers, progress bars, and much more. Cut, split, and compress your videos for faster rendering. VEED is a browser-based tool that helps creators like you make highly engaging content for your followers. We built VEED so you can focus on creating impactful content without wasting time and energy using complex software.

Speech to Text - Voice Typing & Transcription

Take notes with your voice for free, or automatically transcribe audio & video recordings. secure, accurate & blazing fast..

~ Proudly serving millions of users since 2015 ~

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Dictate Notes

Start taking notes, on our online voice-enabled notepad right away, for free.

Transcribe Recordings

Automatically transcribe (as well as summarize & translate) audios & videos. Upload files from your device or link to an online resource (Drive, YouTube, TikTok or other). Export to text, docx, video subtitles & more.

Speechnotes is a reliable and secure web-based speech-to-text tool that enables you to quickly and accurately transcribe your audio and video recordings, as well as dictate your notes instead of typing, saving you time and effort. With features like voice commands for punctuation and formatting, automatic capitalization, and easy import/export options, Speechnotes provides an efficient and user-friendly dictation and transcription experience. Proudly serving millions of users since 2015, Speechnotes is the go-to tool for anyone who needs fast, accurate & private transcription. Our Portfolio of Complementary Speech-To-Text Tools Includes:

Voice typing - Chrome extension

Dictate instead of typing on any form & text-box across the web. Including on Gmail, and more.

Transcription API & webhooks

Speechnotes' API enables you to send us files via standard POST requests, and get the transcription results sent directly to your server.

Zapier integration

Combine the power of automatic transcriptions with Zapier's automatic processes. Serverless & codeless automation! Connect with your CRM, phone calls, Docs, email & more.

Android Speechnotes app

Speechnotes' notepad for Android, for notes taking on your mobile, battle tested with more than 5Million downloads. Rated 4.3+ ⭐

iOS TextHear app

TextHear for iOS, works great on iPhones, iPads & Macs. Designed specifically to help people with hearing impairment participate in conversations. Please note, this is a sister app - so it has its own pricing plan.

Audio & video converting tools

Tools developed for fast - batch conversions of audio files from one type to another and extracting audio only from videos for minimizing uploads.

Our Sister Apps for Text-To-Speech & Live Captioning

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Reads out loud texts, files & web pages

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Live Captioning & Translation

Live captions & translations for online meetings, webinars, and conferences.

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Dictation Notepad

Start taking notes with your voice for free

Speech to Text online notepad. Professional, accurate & free speech recognizing text editor. Distraction-free, fast, easy to use web app for dictation & typing.

Speechnotes is a powerful speech-enabled online notepad, designed to empower your ideas by implementing a clean & efficient design, so you can focus on your thoughts. We strive to provide the best online dictation tool by engaging cutting-edge speech-recognition technology for the most accurate results technology can achieve today, together with incorporating built-in tools (automatic or manual) to increase users' efficiency, productivity and comfort. Works entirely online in your Chrome browser. No download, no install and even no registration needed, so you can start working right away.

Speechnotes is especially designed to provide you a distraction-free environment. Every note, starts with a new clear white paper, so to stimulate your mind with a clean fresh start. All other elements but the text itself are out of sight by fading out, so you can concentrate on the most important part - your own creativity. In addition to that, speaking instead of typing, enables you to think and speak it out fluently, uninterrupted, which again encourages creative, clear thinking. Fonts and colors all over the app were designed to be sharp and have excellent legibility characteristics.

Example use cases

• Voice typing
• Writing notes, thoughts
• Medical forms - dictate
• Transcribers (listen and dictate)

Transcription Service

Start transcribing

Fast turnaround - results within minutes. Includes timestamps, auto punctuation and subtitles at unbeatable price. Protects your privacy: no human in the loop, and (unlike many other vendors) we do NOT keep your audio. Pay per use, no recurring payments. Upload your files or transcribe directly from Google Drive, YouTube or any other online source. Simple. No download or install. Just send us the file and get the results in minutes.

• Transcribe interviews
• Captions for Youtubes & movies
• Auto-transcribe phone calls or voice messages
• Students - transcribe lectures
• Podcasters - enlarge your audience by turning your podcasts into textual content
• Text-index entire audio archives

Key Advantages

Speechnotes is powered by the leading most accurate speech recognition AI engines by Google & Microsoft. We always check - and make sure we still use the best. Accuracy in English is very good and can easily reach 95% accuracy for good quality dictation or recording.

Lightweight & fast

Both Speechnotes dictation & transcription are lightweight-online no install, work out of the box anywhere you are. Dictation works in real time. Transcription will get you results in a matter of minutes.

Super Private & Secure!

Super private - no human handles, sees or listens to your recordings! In addition, we take great measures to protect your privacy. For example, for transcribing your recordings - we pay Google's speech to text engines extra - just so they do not keep your audio for their own research purposes.

Health advantages

Typing may result in different types of Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI). Voice typing is one of the main recommended ways to minimize these risks, as it enables you to sit back comfortably, freeing your arms, hands, shoulders and back altogether.

Saves you time

Need to transcribe a recording? If it's an hour long, transcribing it yourself will take you about 6! hours of work. If you send it to a transcriber - you will get it back in days! Upload it to Speechnotes - it will take you less than a minute, and you will get the results in about 20 minutes to your email.

Saves you money

Speechnotes dictation notepad is completely free - with ads - or a small fee to get it ad-free. Speechnotes transcription is only $0.1/minute, which is X10 times cheaper than a human transcriber! We offer the best deal on the market - whether it's the free dictation notepad ot the pay-as-you-go transcription service.

Dictation - Free

• Online dictation notepad
• Voice typing Chrome extension

Dictation - Premium

• Premium online dictation notepad
• Premium voice typing Chrome extension
• Support from the development team

Transcription

$0.1 /minute.

• Pay as you go - no subscription
• Audio & video recordings
• Speaker diarization in English
• Generate captions .srt files
• REST API, webhooks & Zapier integration

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Privacy policy.

We at Speechnotes, Speechlogger, TextHear, Speechkeys value your privacy, and that's why we do not store anything you say or type or in fact any other data about you - unless it is solely needed for the purpose of your operation. We don't share it with 3rd parties, other than Google / Microsoft for the speech-to-text engine.

Privacy - how are the recordings and results handled?

- transcription service.

Our transcription service is probably the most private and secure transcription service available.

• HIPAA compliant.
• No human in the loop. No passing your recording between PCs, emails, employees, etc.
• Secure encrypted communications (https) with and between our servers.
• Recordings are automatically deleted from our servers as soon as the transcription is done.
• Our contract with Google / Microsoft (our speech engines providers) prohibits them from keeping any audio or results.
• Transcription results are securely kept on our secure database. Only you have access to them - only if you sign in (or provide your secret credentials through the API)
• You may choose to delete the transcription results - once you do - no copy remains on our servers.

- Dictation notepad & extension

For dictation, the recording & recognition - is delegated to and done by the browser (Chrome / Edge) or operating system (Android). So, we never even have access to the recorded audio, and Edge's / Chrome's / Android's (depending the one you use) privacy policy apply here.

The results of the dictation are saved locally on your machine - via the browser's / app's local storage. It never gets to our servers. So, as long as your device is private - your notes are private.

Payments method privacy

The whole payments process is delegated to PayPal / Stripe / Google Pay / Play Store / App Store and secured by these providers. We never receive any of your credit card information.

More generic notes regarding our site, cookies, analytics, ads, etc.

• We may use Google Analytics on our site - which is a generic tool to track usage statistics.
• We use cookies - which means we save data on your browser to send to our servers when needed. This is used for instance to sign you in, and then keep you signed in.
• For the dictation tool - we use your browser's local storage to store your notes, so you can access them later.
• Non premium dictation tool serves ads by Google. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings . Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting https://youradchoices.com/
• In case you would like to upload files to Google Drive directly from Speechnotes - we'll ask for your permission to do so. We will use that permission for that purpose only - syncing your speech-notes to your Google Drive, per your request.

Speech to Text Converter

Descript instantly turns speech into text in real time. Just start recording and watch our AI speech recognition transcribe your voice—with 95% accuracy—into text that’s ready to edit or export.

How to automatically convert speech to text with Descript

Create a project in Descript, select record, and choose your microphone input to start a recording session. Or upload a voice file to convert the audio to text.

As you speak into your mic, Descript’s speech-to-text software turns what you say into text in real time. Don’t worry about filler words or mistakes; Descript makes it easy to find and remove those from both the generated text and recorded audio.

Enter Correct mode (press the C key) to edit, apply formatting, highlight sections, and leave comments on your speech-to-text transcript. Filler words will be highlighted, which you can remove by right clicking to remove some or all instances. When ready, export your text as HTML, Markdown, Plain text, Word file, or Rich Text format.

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• 3 Create a new project Drag your file into the box above, or click Select file and import it from your computer or wherever it lives.

Expand Descript’s online voice recognition powers with an expandable transcription glossary to recognize hard-to-translate words like names and jargon.

Record yourself talking and turn it into text, audio, and video that’s ready to edit in Descript’s timeline. You can format, search, highlight, and other actions you’d perform in a Google Doc, while taking advantage of features like  text-to-speec h, captions, and more.

Go from speech to text in over 22 different languages, plus English. Transcribe audio in  French ,  Spanish , Italian, German and other languages from around the world. Finnish? Oh we’re just getting started.

Yes, basic real-time speech to text conversion is included for free with most modern devices (Android, Mac, etc.) Descript also offers a 95% accurate text-to-speech converter for up to 1 hour per month for free.

Speech-to-text conversion works by using AI and large quantities of diverse training data to recognize the acoustic qualities of specific words, despite the different speech patterns and accents people have, to generate it as text.

Yes! Descript‘s AI-powered Overdub feature lets you not only turn speech to text but also generate human-sounding speech from a script in your choice of AI stock voices.

Descript supports speech-to-text conversion in Catalan, Finnish, Lithuanian, Slovak, Croatian, French (FR), Malay, Slovenian, Czech, German, Norwegian, Spanish (US), Danish, Hungarian, Polish, Swedish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese (BR), Turkish.

Descript’s included AI transcription offers up to 95% accurate speech to text generation. We also offer a white glove pay-per-word transcription service and 99% accuracy. Expanding your transcription glossary makes the automatic transcription more accurate over time.

Free Voice To Text

Ai-powered voice to text, type with your voice in, voice to text features.

Voice to Text AI perfectly convert your native speech into text in real time. You can add paragraphs, punctuation marks, and even smileys. You can also listen you text into audio formate. Speech-To-Text (STT) allows you to transcript your voice or speech to text in one click, With more than 30 languages supported.

AI SPEECH RECOGNITION

Powerful speech-to-text AI technology that automatically real time converts your voice to text in seconds

MULTI LANGUAGE

More than 30 languages supported, Audio to text converter supports more than 30 languages and non-native speaker accents

EDITING TOOLS

Edit your test after transcribe like Bold, and Underline

EXPORT TRANSCRIPT

Export audio transcription results in the format of your choice (txt, docx, etc.)

Audio Recoder

Recourd your audio online and save file on your computer.

Text To Speech

Our application Convert your text into speech in real time.

State-of-the-Art Accuracy

Improvements in our algorithms, we can guarantee that your speech recognition will be extremely accurate. Our STT enables your speech to be correctly and swiftly converted to text.

Voice to Text perfectly convert your native speech into text in real time. You can add paragraphs, punctuation marks, and even smileys. You can also listen you text into audio formate.

• 95% accuracy.
• It's Real time no dealy.
• Audio and video file also convert into text.

30+ Languages Support

Voice to text support almost all popular languages in the world like English, हिन्दी, Español, Français, Italiano, Português, தமிழ், اُردُو, বাংলা, ગુજરાતી, ಕನ್ನಡ, and many more.

Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tsonga, Tswana, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Venda, Vietnamese, Xhosa, Zulu.

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• Works On Google Chrome Only
• Need Internet connection.
• Works on any OS Windows/Mac/Linux.

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Translate by speech

If your device has a microphone, you can translate spoken words and phrases. In some languages, you can hear the translation spoken aloud.

Important: If you use an audible screen reader, we recommend you use headphones, as the screen reader voice may interfere with the transcribed speech.

Translate with a microphone

Important: Supported languages vary by browser. You can translate with a microphone in Chrome and there’s limited support in Safari and Edge.

• On a Mac: Microphone settings are in the System Preferences .
• On a PC: Microphone settings are in the Control Panel .

• On your computer, go to  Google Translate .
• Translation with a microphone won’t automatically detect your language.

• Speak the word or phrase you want to translate.

Listen to translations spoken aloud

• Go to Google Translate .
• Choose the languages to translate to and from.
• In the text box, enter content you want to translate.

Troubleshoot error messages

Need permission to use microphone, voice input isn't supported on this browser, voice input isn't available, we're having trouble hearing you.

If you get an error message that says "We're having trouble hearing you," try these steps:

• Move to a quiet room.
• Use an external microphone.
• Turn up the input volume on your microphone.

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AUDIO TO TEXT CONVERTER

Convert audio to text here for instant, accurate audio transcriptions.

No credit card. No subscriptions. Free.

Convert audio to text

Save your typing hands' energy. This audio to text converter gives you accurate, downloadable, and editable transcriptions so you can use them any way you want.

Transcribe audio to text accurately

Worried that an auto-generated transcript will be riddled with errors? Our audio transcriber uses speech recognition and machine learning to accurately convert audio to text. It learns from past mistakes and misspellings. Plus, in your Brand Kit, you can save the correct spelling and capitalization of words, phrases, and product names to ensure high accuracy in every transcription you create.

Get a quick summary from either audio or video files

Once you’ve got an accurate transcript, it’s time to use it. Our audio to text converter supports multiple file formats that are widely compatible. Download your transcript as a TXT file so you can use it for anything you like. Share it with your audience, repurpose it, or save it in your digital asset management system so your audio files are searchable. 

Directly edit your transcript, audio, and video all in one place

Punctuate and capitalize text exactly the way you want. Inside of Kapwing, it’s super easy to edit your auto-generated transcript to perfection. And, you can even remove parts of the transcript to cut the corresponding clips out of your audio and video file, making your editing workflow faster than ever.

"Kapwing is incredibly intuitive. Many of our marketers were able to get on the platform and use it right away with little to no instruction . No need for downloads or installations—it just works."

Eunice Park

Studio Production Manager at Formlabs

Get the most out of one recording

You’ve found an audio to text converter that makes transcribing audio easy. That’s all, right? Wrong! Explore the rest of our video editing and collaboration features all-in-one place. 

Get a summary, show notes, and an article

Putting the finishing touches on your content is so time-consuming that it leaves little room for promotion. Create accurate transcripts with Kapwing with the click of a button. Then, use them for show notes, or turn snippets of your transcript into blog post paragraphs and social media posts. 

Grow your audience in over 75 languages

Translating costs you a ton of time—or a ton of money. Well, not anymore. You can rely on Kapwing’s automated translation features for audio and text. Just upload any audio file, generate subtitles in one click, and select the language you want to translate the text into. Generate translations for all of the languages that matter to your brand.

Cut turnaround time in half with an audio transcription

The world is full of content, so let’s make yours stand out. After you transcribe your videos with Kapwing, you can auto-generate subtitles or captions in an instant. Choose one of our attention-grabbing subtitles to apply to your video or create a custom look with fonts, colors, and animation styles that match your brand. 

“Kapwing is probably the most important tool for me and my team. [It's] smart, fast, easy to use and full of features that are exactly what we need to make our workflow faster and more effective. We love it more each day and it keeps getting better.”

Panos Papagapiou

Managing Partner at Epathlon

How to Convert Audio to Text

Click the 'Upload audio' button and select an audio file from your computer. You can also drag and drop a file inside the editor.

Open Transcript in the left-hand toolbar and select "Trim with Transcript." From there, select the audio file you want to transcribe and click on Generate Transcript.

Click on the download icon that's just above the transcript editor (downwards-facing arrow). Choose the transcript file format you prefer. You can download your transcript as an SRT, VTT, or TXT file.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I convert an audio recording to text?

Converting an audio recording to text is easy with Kapwing’s AI-powered video editing platform. Just upload any audio or video file. Then, head over to the Subtitles tab and select the correct language. Kapwing will auto-generate an accurate transcript that you can edit and download. 

How do I transcribe audio to text for free?

With Kapwing, you can generate text for up to ten minutes of audio per month. Use our AI-powered audio-to-text features to add subtitles and download transcripts. To unlock more minutes, choose one of our affordable plans.

Is there a tool that automatically transcribes my audio so I don’t have to manually type it out?

Yes, Kapwing automatically transcribes audio into text. Through speech recognition and machine learning, the automated transcriptions are highly accurate. Download the transcript for any purpose, or use this feature to automatically generate subtitles for a video.

Can I edit my transcript after I transcribed the audio?

Yes, after you use Kapwing’s automated audio-to-text capabilities, you can easily edit the transcript to perfect it. Kapwing even lets you edit your audio (trim and cut) simply by deleting the text you want to remove. Or, if you don’t want to alter the original audio track, you can always download the transcript as a TXT file and edit it on your computer.

What's different about Kapwing?

Kapwing is free to use for teams of any size. We also offer paid plans with additional features, storage, and support.

Speech to Text, Live Captions & Translations

Enhance any meeting, speech or event, in-person or online, with automatic live captioning & translations..

* Alpha (α) release

About Speechlogger Live Captions

Speechlogger started in 2015 as a pioneer in live captioning and instant translations. The traditional version of Speechlogger is still available today. Many of our users were using Speechlogger in order to broadcast their captioned speech via screen share. In addition, many requested us for live captions (and translations) for phone calls, meetings and events - whether in-person, live or online. That's where Speechlogger Live Captions comes in. Speechlogger Live, transcribes and translates in real time, just as the traditional Speechlogger, but in addition it enables broadcasting live captions to other participants and attendees, as well as having multiple speakers sharing a live-captions room.

This opens the use of Speechlogger Live for many use cases - such as:

• Meeting protocols - generate meeting notes of online or phone-based meetings with a single click
• Live, hybrid and online conferences & webinars - broadcast speakers' captioned speech as well as live translations
• Accessibility for the hard-of-hearing - use in live events, speeches, online and regular phone calls, webinars, etc.
• Accessibility for different language speakers - use in live events, speeches, online and regular phone calls, webinars, etc.

Currently in alpha version - go ahead - give it a try - and please let us know if you have any feedback for us. Thank you!

Limited time for testing this alpha release - this service is 100% free!

Main Features

Automatic transcriptions (Speech to Text)

Share, broadcast live captions, real time translations, read out loud translated captions, multilingual, speaker tags and font color, download / print transcript, dark mode, settable font size and more, works in parallel to any other online meeting app, attendees can join in from any platform, including their personal phones.

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Speechnotes Dictation Notepad

Probably the most loved, reliable and battle tested online voice enabled notepad. Lightweight, simple to use and robust. Loved by millions worldwide.

TTSReader - Text to Speech

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Voice Typing for Chrome

Voice-type anywhere, on any website with this Chrome extension. In addition, add emojis with a single click.

Live Captions

Broadcast live captions and instant translations

Legacy Speechlogger

The good old first edition of Speechlogger.

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Automatic Transcription, Captioning & Instant Translation

Transcribe, translate (voice-to-voice), generate video captions & more using speechlogger's high accuracy with auto-punctuation, auto-save, timestamps, read out loud & more..

- Simply click the mic and start talking. - For the first time only, you'll be asked for microphone-permission.

Looking for dictation notepad, that includes editing capabilities? Switch to Speechnotes - our designated dictation web app , which is free and offers better design & features specifically for dictating. For automatically transcribing recordings, audio & video files use our new service Speechnotes Files

Click here for a short how-to video & guide

• Connect a mic to your computer. Check that the mic is connected and working properly.
• Make sure you are using a Chrome browser. If you're not here already, open the app (https://speechlogger.appspot.com/)
• Choose the language for dictation
• [Optional:] Click "Auto-punctuation" and set it up
• Click the large mic icon in the center of the app.
• [For the first time only:] Once you click on the mic, the browser will ask for permission to listen to your mic. Chrome will show you the question in a line underneath the address bar. Click "Allow". If the line did not appear, look for a small camera icon in the address bar itself. This is done to protect your security.
• Start dictating. Start slowly at first to become familiar with the app's pace. The transcribed text will appear on the screen as you talk in real time.

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• Auto-Punctuation
• Red font for results Speechlogger is unsure about.
• Keep 'fullscreen' contained in window
• Read-Out Translated
• Time-labels  
• Background color

• Upload to Google Drive
• Export to Text (.txt)
• Word Document (.doc)
• Export to Captions (.srt)
• Save to Local Disk
• Export to Google Translate

• Open file from disk

Click or speak the following punctuation marks, to append to dictation results

Press "Enter"  ↵  to finalize speech results while dictating

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Features & Use Cases

Here are some of the most common use cases for Speechlogger and our other speech-to-text related services:

Generate Captions for Videos

Generate .srt files, using Speechlogger’s automatica transcription for your own speech, movies, or other audio files. Then you may take the file and automatically translate it into any language to produce international subtitles. For best results it is best to listen to the movie and dictate it yourself in real time.

Instant Translation = Automatic Interpreter

Meeting with foreign guests? Bring a laptop (or two) with speechlogger and a microphone. Each party will see the other’s spoken words translated into their own language in real time. It is also useful on a phone call in a foreign language, to make sure you fully understand the other side. Connect your phone’s audio output to your computer’s line-in and start Speechlogger.

Hearing Impaired Assistance

Both for face to face interactions, and as a caption-phone, Speechlogger can assist the hard of hearing by showing them on the big screen whatever is being said. It is completely automatic, with no human-typist hearing your conversations. Are the grandparents finding it hard to hear family and friends over the phone? Turn on Speechlogger for them and stop yelling over the phone. Simply connect the phone’s audio output to your computer’s audio input and run Speechlogger. Use this phone adapter for connecting any land line to your PC.

Automatic Transcription

Have you recorded an interview? Save some time on transcribing it, with Google’s automatic speech to text. Either upload it to our new service for transcribing files or use your browser with Speechlogger (somewhat cumbersome): Play the recorded interview into your computer’s microphone (or line-in) and let speechlogger do the transcription. Speechlogger saves the transcribed text along with the date, time and your comments. It also lets you edit the text. Phone conversations can be transcribed using the same method. You can also transcribe audio files directly from your computer, as described further

Dictate in Any Website

Bring speech recognition capabilities into ANY text box on ANY website using SpeechnotesX Chrome extension . Voice Type directly into most common website’s text-boxes. Including Gmail, WordPress (using the TEXT tab), any text area input and more. We promise 100% Satisfaction guaranteed. If it doesn’t work as you expected - we’ll give you full refund - no questions asked.

Instructions

In short: insert text into the text-box and click play. That's all the basics.

Some more advanced tricks:

• Change voices using the language-voice select options.
• Change speech-rates using the rates select options. Speech can be in defferent degrees between very fast and very slow.
• Record audio / export to audio files - available for premium users, on Windows only at this point. Hover the mouse on top of the Record button to see full recording steps.
• Cloud sync: You can sign-in and then upload your current state to our cloud storage. Then, you can download it using the download-from-cloud button.
• Cloud sync: Always upload to cloud checkbox - when this is checked - ANY change you do in the reader will automatically be uploaded to cloud. Careful: it will erase previous data.
• Cloud sync - be careful as uploading erases previous data.
• File types: you can upload to ttsreader online text files, pdf files and ebooks of epub format.
• File upload - use the upload button or drag files to the box.
• Edit text - feel free to edit the text in the box.
• Questions? See our FAQ page, or contact us at [email protected]

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• Audio Translator

Translate Audio

Upload an audio file to translate it to more than 80 languages.

Please select the source and target languages that you want to translate

*No credit card or account required

Supports media files of any duration, 2GB size limit only during trial.

1 Upload audio files to Maestra's Cloud

Users can upload various types of files to Maestra's cloud. Aside from different file formats, you can also upload from Instagram, Youtube, Google Drive, or Dropbox directly to Maestra or drag a file directly from your folders.

2 Automatic Audio Translator

After uploading the audio file to Maestra's transcription software, the transcription process will automatically begin. Users can select a target language to simultaneously finish the transcription and translation. You can also translate the audio files to more languages after this step while using Maestra's advanced editor.

3 Edit and Export

In Maestra's editor, users can adjust the text and preview audio files after making changes. To translate audio to text, click "Translate" and choose from over 80 languages. Then, export the audio file in different formats available in Maestra.

Benefits of Automatic Audio Translation

Whether you are a content creator, a professional translator, or a worker who occasionally needs voice translation, Maestra's online voice translator can automatically transcribe voice recordings, audio, or voice notes and translate audio to text to multiple languages in just a few minutes.

Time-Saving

It can take a while to transcribe and translate a voice or audio recording, but Maestra's automatic transcription software allows users to transcribe a voice recording or an audio track in minutes with impressive accuracy, thanks to its speech recognition software. In the translation business, working with bulky files can take a long time. Which can even be longer if you do quality control after translating. If you finish lengthy translations in a smaller amount of time, you will have more time to correct mistakes which will result in doing more work in a smaller time frame. Maestra's audio translator will let you achieve this thanks to its accurate speech recognition software.

Gain More Viewers Through Accessibility

Any kind of content can benefit from audio translation simply because breaking the language barrier allows the content to reach an international audience. Some content creators aren't satisfied with the number of viewers they reach even though they put a lot of work into their content. Maestra's audio translator can translate audio within minutes which allows more people to consume the content. Users can upload multiple audio formats and receive the translated audio in more than 80 supported languages. A wide variety of languages ensures customers can translate voices to less spoken languages if they choose to do so using our voice translator.

Reach Your Content's Potential

Audio content can be consumed anywhere. People listen to podcasts, videos, and recordings while they commute, relax or even work. It is a form of content that is easily consumable anywhere and anytime. This is why an audio translator can be extremely beneficial. Being able to translate audio to a foreign language in a few clicks instantly allows your content to reach a new audience that can carry the accessibility level of the content to the next level.

Maestra's Voice Translator

We all know about translating subtitles, but translating the text and adding AI-generated neural voices through text-to-speech recognition software is a great addition to content that many people aren't taking advantage of. The added accessibility of subtitles and voiceovers is simply too great to miss out on. Maestra's voice translator is an automatic voiceover generator that can also translate the generated voiceovers to more than 80 languages. This is a great way to add accessibility and growth to any kind of content without needing to actually do the manual work that is needed in traditional dubbing. With a few clicks and in minutes, create content with artificially-generated voiceovers and greatly widen the potential of your content. The speech recognition software accurately detects the voices and translates the audio. In addition, users can adjust the volumes of both the voiceover and the original audio of the file through our voiceover editor.

Easily Edit Your Text

With Maestra’s text editor you can easily make changes to the text, and automatically translate the text to 80+ foreign languages at no additional cost.

• Export as MP4 video with custom text styling!
• Export your text as a Word File, PDF or TXT
• Audio Transcript Synchronization
• Automatically Generated Timestamps
• Detect different speakers

While you add subtitles automatically to a video, Maestra also allows you to style your video by offering multiple fonts, sizes, and colors, as well as additional custom subtitle styling tools.

After you add subtitles to a video , you can then have the video content rendered inside the cloud servers of Maestra so your device doesn't have to crumble between the intense load of media encoding. Your video file should be ready to download within minutes and once it is ready you can download the subtitled file right through your browser.

Use Maestra’s embeddable player to share your videos with automatically generated subtitles and closed captions, without having to download or export your video.

Click the icon to view automatically generated captions.

Maestra Teams

Create Team-based channels with view and edit level permissions for your entire team & company. Collaborate and edit shared files with your colleagues in real-time. Translate subtitles with Maestra's online subtitle translator.

Collaborate and edit the subtitle file

Maestra's audio translator allows you to edit and share the translated text in a collaborative environment.

The process is completely automated. Your audio and media files are encrypted at rest and in transit and cannot be accessed by anyone else unless you authorize. Once you delete a file, all data including the media files and the text will be instantly deleted. Check our security page for more!

Multi-Channel Uploading

Translate audio files after uploading from your device, Google Drive, Dropbox, Instagram, or alternatively by pasting a YouTube or public media link.

What people are saying about Maestra

What comes to mind as Maestra being the go-to solution for our company is that it's such a time and money saver.

The best thing about Maestra is how well it creates transcripts. It's so useful for me. It makes my day a lot easier.

Maestra is just amazing! We were able to produce subtitles in multiple languages assisted by their platform. Multiple users were able to work and collaborate thanks to their super user-friendly interface.

The best side of this product is auto subtitling. And most importantly, it supports multiple languages.

It is cloud-based. It allows to automatically transcribe, caption, and voiceover video and audio files to hundreds of languages. It helps to reach and educate people all around the globe.

Start using Maestra's audio translator today.

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Interpre-X beta

Real-Time Speech Translation

Speech-to-speech | speech-to-text | text-to-speech | text-to-text.

Powered by state-of-the-art AI, with unparalleled machine translation. Spoken by natural, human-quality voices with accurate accents.

Voice-to-voice (simultaneous interpreting), text-to-voice (consecutive interpreting), voice-to-text (transcription), and text-to-text (written translation) translation at your finger tips. No additional hardware required. Consistently good translation.

Break down the language barrier from wherever you are

Please note: We are currently carrying out important updates. If you would like to be notified of our next release or if you would like to find out more about Interpre-X, please reach out to us here .

1 person / device

Conversation

2+ persons / devices

Use Socially

Travelling? Watching TV? Learning a language? Conversing with a friend who doesn't speak your language?

Just want to quickly understand something in Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish?

Try Interpre-X . Your time is precious so translate in real-time.

Use Professionally

With our unique algorithm, we possibly have created the most simultaneous real-time translation on the internet whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy.

Can't find a local interpreter in time? The quotes offered are too expensive? Try Interpre-X .

Web-based application, no app download. Only good wifi required.

No special set up or extra equipment required. As long as the sound is clear, we're good to go.

Available 24/7. Our AI won't suffer from exhaustion-led errors.

Available languages: English (UK), English(US) Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish?

Find the right fit for you

How many minutes of speech translation do you think you'll need per month?

120 minutes or more

Try our features as a guest user. No sign ups, no commitment.

• one-off 2,000 words (source text) credit
• 2 curated voices (male and female) per language
• Join a conversation
• Read-only transcript
• Cannot start a conversation
• Unable to edit or save transcript
• Transcript not accessible for later use or sharing

Explore enhanced features as a registered user.

• 5,000 words (source text) credit per month
• Start a conversation
• Better experience, no need to enter the same information each time

Best for recurring uses with more control over audio and transcripts.

• Unlimited words and use time
• More voice choices with option to create custom voices
• Conversation room with unlimited guests
• Select and listen to words and phrases on demand
• Edit, save and share transcripts

Same excellent-quality service across all plans:

Speech Recognition and Transcription

Real-time speech recognition with estimated accuracy of above 80%.

Human-Quality Voices

One of the most accurate translations on the internet spoken to the end-user in human-like voices.

Translation Between 10+ Languages

Our languages include: English, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish.

Benefits of AI-Powered Interpretation / Translation

• Consistency : Being a stickler for rules, AI-powered language interpretation / translation can provide an extremely high level of consistency. In our case, consistently good translation.
• Availability : AI-powered interpreting / translation services can be available 24/7. Whether it's out of business hours meetings or international, remote conferences, we are here any time and anywhere with good Wifi. No need to check for availability, less hassle for everyone involved.
• Accessibility : AI-powered interpreting / translation services can be offered with the full range of speech-to-speech, speech-to-text, text-to-speech and text-to-text. This means it will be much more accessible for the visually or hearing impaired.
• Less Costly : AI resources are usually cheaper than human resources. If you are using interpretation or translation services regularly, you'll know how much you can save. Check out our pricing plan.
• Less errors : Especially when it comes to jargon and technical terms, AI algorithms can produce the translation much more quickly and accurately. No errors due to lack of revision or lack of research or lack of caffeine or lack of sleep here. Tying in with consistency, AI-powered translation can improve the overall quality of interpretation.

Interpreting vs Translation

Unless you have a particular interest in translation, most people tend to use interpreting and translation interchangeably. Whilst they both involve converting from one language to another, their similarities end there.

• Translation focuses on written content. So that would the text-to-text part of Interpre-X.
• Interpreting, on the other hand, deals with words spoken orally. That would be the voice-to-voice part of Interpre-X.

Due to the difference in their nature, interpretation and translation require different skillsets in terms of the format, delivery, precision, direction and soft skills. Nonetheless, they both require a deep cultural and linguistic understanding, expert knowledge on the subject matter and the ability to communicate clearly.

In the same way that you would choose an experienced translator for written translation and an experienced interpreter for oral translation, we have adjusted our algorithm accordingly for text-to-text translation and voice-to-voice interpreting.

Text-to-voice and voice-to-text are just options we offer because we can 😌.

We are an AI-first solution but our background is in traditional, human translation and interpreting so if you need a human translator / interpreter, Talk to us .

Simultaneous Interpreting, Consecutive Interpreting and Transcription

Simultaneous interpreting, also known as conference interpreting, occurs in real time. The interpreter begins interpreting while the speaker is still speaking. Simultaneous interpreting is primarily used in formal or large group settings, where one person is speaking in front of an audience.

In consecutive interpreting, the interpreter takes notes and waits until the speaker has finished before relaying the message in the listener's language. This works best for small groups or one-on-one conversations.

Transcription, in linguistics, is the system of converting spoken word into written form. We have enabled this and have added translation on top of transcription as our way of celebrating the beauty of languages. We want to break all boundaries of the language barrier.

The AI speech-to-speech interpreting solution that Interpre-X offers is closer to simultaneous interpreting. By entering text input and listening to the translation, it would be closer to consecutive interpreting. The speech-to-text option is considered transcription and translation. The text-to-text option, as mentioned before, is written translation.

We are continuously improving the accuracy of our translation. On the simultaneous interpreting front, we are tirelessly working on our algorithm to provide even faster translation without hindering the accuracy.

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Now you can transcribe speech with Google Translate

Mar 17, 2020

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Recently, I was at my friend’s family gathering, where her grandmother told a story from her childhood. I could see that she was excited to share it with everyone but there was a problem—she told the story in Spanish, a language that I don’t understand. I pulled out Google Translate to transcribe the speech as it was happening. As she was telling the story, the English translation appeared on my phone so that I could follow along—it fostered a moment of understanding that would have otherwise been lost. And now anyone can do this—starting today, you can use the Google Translate Android app to transcribe foreign language speech as it’s happening.

Transcribe will be rolling out in the next few days with support for any combination of the following eight languages: English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai. 

To try the transcribe feature, go to your Translate app on Android , and make sure you have the latest updates from the Play store. Tap on the “Transcribe” icon from the home screen and select the source and target languages from the language dropdown at the top. You can pause or restart transcription by tapping on the mic icon. You also can see the original transcript, change the text size or choose a dark theme in the settings menu. 

On the left: redesigned home screen. On the right: how to change the settings for a comfortable read.

We’ll continue to make speech translations available in a variety of situations. Right now, the transcribe feature will work best in a quiet environment with one person speaking at a time. In other situations, the app will still do its best to provide the gist of what's being said. Conversation mode in the app will continue to help you to have a back and forth translated conversation with someone.  

Try it out and give us feedback on how we can be better. 

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Being primarily an online video editor, Flixier is compatible with all the popular video and audio formats, from WAV to MP3, WMV, MKV, MP3 or AVI. That means you don’t need to waste time looking for file converters or stress about what format your audio files come in.

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Our online video editor is integrated with the Zoom conferencing platform, meaning that you can bring your Zoom Cloud recordings straight to Flixier using the Zoom button in order to generate accurate meeting transcripts easily and quickly. Of course, you can drag over offline Zoom recordings as well, or simply Import audio from Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive.

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The same technology that allows you to automatically transcribe videos in seconds with Flixier can also be used to generate subtitles for your videos without having to worry about synchronization. Just click the Transcribe button and our cloud-powered editor will take care of the hard work for you! All you have to do is choose the font, size and positioning.

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To start converting your audio to text with Flixier, just click the Transcribe or Get Started buttons above. Then, drag your audio (or video!) files over to the browser window or press the “click to upload” butto

After the file has uploaded just click the “Generate” button, your file will be processed and the transcription will show up on the left side of the screen. If needed you can also make changes to the text before you download it.

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Best speech-to-text app of 2024

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Best for business, best for mobile, best text service, best speech recognition, best virtual assistant, best for cloud, best for azure, best for batch conversion, best free speech to text apps, best mobile speech to text apps, how we test.

The best speech-to-text apps make it simple and easy to convert speech into text, for both desktop and mobile devices.

1. Best overall 2. Best for business 3. Best for mobile 4. Best text service 5. Best speech recognition 6. Best virtual assistant 7. Best for cloud 8. Best for Azure 9. Best for batch conversion 10. Best free speech to text apps 11. Best mobile speech to text apps 12. FAQs 13. How we test

Speech-to-text used to be regarded as very niche, specifically serving either people with accessibility needs or for  dictation . However, speech-to-text is moving more and more into the mainstream as office work can now routinely be completed more simply and easily by using voce-recognition software, rather than having to type through members, and speaking aloud for text to be recorded is now quite common.

While the best speech to text software used to be specifically only for desktops, the development of mobile devices and the explosion of easily accessible apps means that transcription can now also be carried out on a  smartphone  or  tablet . 

This has made the best voice to text applications increasingly valuable to users in a range of different environments, from education to business. This is not least because the technology has matured to the level where mistakes in transcriptions are relatively rare, with some services rightly boasting a 99.9% success rate from clear audio.

Even still, this applies mainly to ordinary situations and circumstances, and precludes the use of technical terminology such as required in legal or medical professions. Despite this, digital transcription can still service needs such as basic  note-taking  which can still be easily done using a phone app, simplifying the dictation process.

However, different speech-to-text programs have different levels of ability and complexity, with some using advanced machine learning to constantly correct errors flagged up by users so that they are not repeated. Others are downloadable software which is only as good as its latest update.

Here then are the best in speech-to-text recognition programs, which should be more than capable for most situations and circumstances.

We've also featured the best voice recognition software .

The best paid for speech to text apps of 2024 in full:

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1. Dragon Anywhere

Our expert review:

Reasons to buy

Reasons to avoid.

Dragon Anywhere is the Nuance mobile product for Android and iOS devices, however this is no ‘lite’ app, but rather offers fully-formed dictation capabilities powered via the cloud. 

So essentially you get the same excellent speech recognition as seen on the desktop software – the only meaningful difference we noticed was a very slight delay in our spoken words appearing on the screen (doubtless due to processing in the cloud). However, note that the app was still responsive enough overall.

It also boasts support for boilerplate chunks of text which can be set up and inserted into a document with a simple command, and these, along with custom vocabularies, are synced across the mobile app and desktop Dragon software. Furthermore, you can share documents across devices via Evernote or cloud services (such as Dropbox).

This isn’t as flexible as the desktop application, however, as dictation is limited to within Dragon Anywhere – you can’t dictate directly in another app (although you can copy over text from the Dragon Anywhere dictation pad to a third-party app). The other caveats are the need for an internet connection for the app to work (due to its cloud-powered nature), and the fact that it’s a subscription offering with no one-off purchase option, which might not be to everyone’s tastes.

Even bearing in mind these limitations, though, it’s a definite boon to have fully-fledged, powerful voice recognition of the same sterling quality as the desktop software, nestling on your phone or tablet for when you’re away from the office.

Nuance Communications offers a 7-day free trial to give the app a try before you commit to a subscription. 

Read our full Dragon Anywhere review .

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2. Dragon Professional

Should you be looking for a business-grade dictation application, your best bet is Dragon Professional. Aimed at pro users, the software provides you with the tools to dictate and edit documents, create spreadsheets, and browse the web using your voice.   

According to Nuance, the solution is capable of taking dictation at an equivalent typing speed of 160 words per minute, with a 99% accuracy rate – and that’s out-of-the-box, before any training is done (whereby the app adapts to your voice and words you commonly use).

As well as creating documents using your voice, you can also import custom word lists. There’s also an additional mobile app that lets you transcribe audio files and send them back to your computer.   

This is a powerful, flexible, and hugely useful tool that is especially good for individuals, such as professionals and freelancers, allowing for typing and document management to be done much more flexibly and easily.

Overall, the interface is easy to use, and if you get stuck at all, you can access a series of help tutorials. And while the software can seem expensive, it's just a one-time fee and compares very favorably with paid-for subscription transcription services.

Also note that Nuance are currently offering 12-months' access to Dragon Anywhere at no extra cost with any purchase of Dragon Home or Dragon Professional Individual.

Read our full Dragon Professional review .

Otter is a cloud-based speech to text program especially aimed for mobile use, such as on a laptop or smartphone. The app provides real-time transcription, allowing you to search, edit, play, and organize as required.

Otter is marketed as an app specifically for meetings, interviews, and lectures, to make it easier to take rich notes. However, it is also built to work with collaboration between teams, and different speakers are assigned different speaker IDs to make it easier to understand transcriptions.

There are three different payment plans, with the basic one being free to use and aside from the features mentioned above also includes keyword summaries and a wordcloud to make it easier to find specific topic mentions. You can also organize and share, import audio and video for transcription, and provides 600 minutes of free service.

The Premium plan also includes advanced and bulk export options, the ability to sync audio from Dropbox, additional playback speeds including the ability to skip silent pauses. The Premium plan also allows for up to 6,000 minutes of speech to text.

The Teams plan also adds two-factor authentication, user management and centralized billing, as well as user statistics, voiceprints, and live captioning.

Read our full Otter review .

Verbit aims to offer a smarter speech to text service, using AI for transcription and captioning. The service is specifically targeted at enterprise and educational establishments.

Verbit uses a mix of speech models, using neural networks and algorithms to reduce background noise, focus on terms as well as differentiate between speakers regardless of accent, as well as incorporate contextual events such as news and company information into recordings.

Although Verbit does offer a live version for transcription and captioning, aiming for a high degree of accuracy, other plans offer human editors to ensure transcriptions are fully accurate, and advertise a four hour turnaround time.

Altogether, while Verbit does offer a direct speech to text service, it’s possibly better thought of as a transcription service, but the focus on enterprise and education, as well as team use, means it earns a place here as an option to consider.

Read our full Verbit review .

5. Speechmatics

Speechmatics offers a machine learning solution to converting speech to text, with its automatic speech recognition solution available to use on existing audio and video files as well as for live use.

Unlike some automated transcription software which can struggle with accents or charge more for them, Speechmatics advertises itself as being able to support all major British accents, regardless of nationality. That way it aims to cope with not just different American and British English accents, but also South African and Jamaican accents.

Speechmatics offers a wider number of speech to text transcription uses than many other providers. Examples include taking call center phone recordings and converting them into searchable text or Word documents. The software also works with video and other media for captioning as well as using keyword triggers for management.

Overall, Speechmatics aims to offer a more flexible and comprehensive speech to text service than a lot of other providers, and the use of automation should keep them price competitive.

Read our full Speechmatics review .

6. Braina Pro

Braina Pro is speech recognition software which is built not just for dictation, but also as an all-round digital assistant to help you achieve various tasks on your PC. It supports dictation to third-party software in not just English but almost 90 different languages, with impressive voice recognition chops.

Beyond that, it’s a virtual assistant that can be instructed to set alarms, search your PC for a file, or search the internet, play an MP3 file, read an ebook aloud, plus you can implement various custom commands.

The Windows program also has a companion Android app which can remotely control your PC, and use the local Wi-Fi network to deliver commands to your computer, so you can spark up a music playlist, for example, wherever you happen to be in the house. Nifty.

There’s a free version of Braina which comes with limited functionality, but includes all the basic PC commands, along with a 7-day trial of the speech recognition which allows you to test out its powers for yourself before you commit to a subscription. Yes, this is another subscription-only product with no option to purchase for a one-off fee. Also note that you need to be online and have Google ’s Chrome browser installed for speech recognition functionality to work.

Read our full Braina Pro review .

7. Amazon Transcribe

Amazon Transcribe is as big cloud-based automatic speech recognition platform developed specifically to convert audio to text for apps. It especially aims to provide a more accurate and comprehensive service than traditional providers, such as being able to cope with low-fi and noisy recordings, such as you might get in a contact center .

Amazon Transcribe uses a deep learning process that automatically adds punctuation and formatting, as well as process with a secure livestream or otherwise transcribe speech to text with batch processing.

As well as offering time stamping for individual words for easy search, it can also identify different speaks and different channels and annotate documents accordingly to account for this.

There are also some nice features for editing and managing transcribed texts, such as vocabulary filtering and replacement words which can be used to keep product names consistent and therefore any following transcription easier to analyze.

Overall, Amazon Transcribe is one of the most powerful platforms out there, though it’s aimed more for the business and enterprise user rather than the individual.

8. Microsoft Azure Speech to Text

Microsoft 's Azure cloud service offers advanced speech recognition as part of the platform's speech services to deliver the Microsoft Azure Speech to Text functionality. 

This feature allows you to simply and easily create text from a variety of audio sources. There are also customization options available to work better with different speech patterns, registers, and even background sounds. You can also modify settings to handle different specialist vocabularies, such as product names, technical information, and place names.

The Microsoft's Azure Speech to Text feature is powered by deep neural network models and allows for real-time audio transcription that can be set up to handle multiple speakers.

As part of the Azure cloud service, you can run Azure Speech to Text in the cloud, on premises, or in edge computing. In terms of pricing, you can run the feature in a free container with a single concurrent request for up to 5 hours of free audio per month.

Read our full Microsoft Azure Speech to Text review .

9. IBM Watson Speech to Text

IBM's Watson Speech to Text works is the third cloud-native solution on this list, with the feature being powered by AI and machine learning as part of IBM's cloud services.

While there is the option to transcribe speech to text in real-time, there is also the option to batch convert audio files and process them through a range of language, audio frequency, and other output options.

You can also tag transcriptions with speaker labels, smart formatting, and timestamps, as well as apply global editing for technical words or phrases, acronyms, and for number use.

As with other cloud services Watson Speech to Text allows for easy deployment both in the cloud and on-premises behind your own firewall to ensure security is maintained.

Read our full Watson Speech to Text review .

1. Google Gboard

If you already have an Android mobile device, then if it's not already installed then download Google Keyboard from the Google Play store and you'll have an instant text-to-speech app. Although it's primarily designed as a keyboard for physical input, it also has a speech input option which is directly available. And because all the power of Google's hardware is behind it, it's a powerful and responsive tool.

If that's not enough then there are additional features. Aside from physical input ones such as swiping, you can also trigger images in your text using voice commands. Additionally, it can also work with Google Translate, and is advertised as providing support for over 60 languages.

Even though Google Keyboard isn't a dedicated transcription tool, as there are no shortcut commands or text editing directly integrated, it does everything you need from a basic transcription tool. And as it's a keyboard, it means should be able to work with any software you can run on your Android smartphone, so you can text edit, save, and export using that. Even better, it's free and there are no adverts to get in the way of you using it.

2. Just Press Record

If you want a dedicated dictation app, it’s worth checking out Just Press Record. It’s a mobile audio recorder that comes with features such as one tap recording, transcription and iCloud syncing across devices. The great thing is that it’s aimed at pretty much anyone and is extremely easy to use. 

When it comes to recording notes, all you have to do is press one button, and you get unlimited recording time. However, the really great thing about this app is that it also offers a powerful transcription service. 

Through it, you can quickly and easily turn speech into searchable text. Once you’ve transcribed a file, you can then edit it from within the app. There’s support for more than 30 languages as well, making it the perfect app if you’re working abroad or with an international team. Another nice feature is punctuation command recognition, ensuring that your transcriptions are free from typos.   

This app is underpinned by cloud technology, meaning you can access notes from any device (which is online). You’re able to share audio and text files to other iOS apps too, and when it comes to organizing them, you can view recordings in a comprehensive file. 

3. Speechnotes

Speechnotes is yet another easy to use dictation app. A useful touch here is that you don’t need to create an account or anything like that; you just open up the app and press on the microphone icon, and you’re off.   

The app is powered by Google voice recognition tech. When you’re recording a note, you can easily dictate punctuation marks through voice commands, or by using the built-in punctuation keyboard. 

To make things even easier, you can quickly add names, signatures, greetings and other frequently used text by using a set of custom keys on the built-in keyboard. There’s automatic capitalization as well, and every change made to a note is saved to the cloud.

When it comes to customizing notes, you can access a plethora of fonts and text sizes. The app is free to download from the Google Play Store , but you can make in-app purchases to access premium features (there's also a browser version for Chrome).   

Read our full Speechnotes review .

4. Transcribe

Marketed as a personal assistant for turning videos and voice memos into text files, Transcribe is a popular dictation app that’s powered by AI. It lets you make high quality transcriptions by just hitting a button.   

The app can transcribe any video or voice memo automatically, while supporting over 80 languages from across the world. While you can easily create notes with Transcribe, you can also import files from services such as Dropbox.

Once you’ve transcribed a file, you can export the raw text to a word processor to edit. The app is free to download, but you’ll have to make an in-app purchase if you want to make the most of these features in the long-term. There is a trial available, but it’s basically just 15 minutes of free transcription time. Transcribe is only available on iOS, though.   

5. Windows Speech Recognition

If you don’t want to pay for speech recognition software, and you’re running Microsoft’s latest desktop OS, then you might be pleased to hear that speech-to-text is built into Windows.

Windows Speech Recognition, as it’s imaginatively named – and note that this is something different to Cortana, which offers basic commands and assistant capabilities – lets you not only execute commands via voice control, but also offers the ability to dictate into documents.

The sort of accuracy you get isn’t comparable with that offered by the likes of Dragon, but then again, you’re paying nothing to use it. It’s also possible to improve the accuracy by training the system by reading text, and giving it access to your documents to better learn your vocabulary. It’s definitely worth indulging in some training, particularly if you intend to use the voice recognition feature a fair bit.

The company has been busy boasting about its advances in terms of voice recognition powered by deep neural networks, especially since windows 10 and now for Windows 11 , and Microsoft is certainly priming us to expect impressive things in the future. The likely end-goal aim is for Cortana to do everything eventually, from voice commands to taking dictation.

Turn on Windows Speech Recognition by heading to the Control Panel (search for it, or right click the Start button and select it), then click on Ease of Access, and you will see the option to ‘start speech recognition’ (you’ll also spot the option to set up a microphone here, if you haven’t already done that).

Aside from what has already been covered above, there are an increasing number of apps available across all mobile devices for working with speech to text, not least because Google's speech recognition technology is available for use. 

iTranslate Translator  is a speech-to-text app for iOS with a difference, in that it focuses on translating voice languages. Not only does it aim to translate different languages you hear into text for your own language, it also works to translate images such as photos you might take of signs in a foreign country and get a translation for them. In that way, iTranslate is a very different app, that takes the idea of speech-to-text in a novel direction, and by all accounts, does it well. 

ListNote Speech-to-Text Notes  is another speech-to-text app that uses Google's speech recognition software, but this time does a more comprehensive job of integrating it with a note-taking program than many other apps. The text notes you record are searchable, and you can import/export with other text applications. Additionally there is a password protection option, which encrypts notes after the first 20 characters so that the beginning of the notes are searchable by you. There's also an organizer feature for your notes, using category or assigned color. The app is free on Android, but includes ads.

Voice Notes  is a simple app that aims to convert speech to text for making notes. This is refreshing, as it mixes Google's speech recognition technology with a simple note-taking app, so there are more features to play with here. You can categorize notes, set reminders, and import/export text accordingly.

SpeechTexter  is another speech-to-text app that aims to do more than just record your voice to a text file. This app is built specifically to work with social media, so that rather than sending messages, emails, Tweets, and similar, you can record your voice directly to the social media sites and send. There are also a number of language packs you can download for offline working if you want to use more than just English, which is handy.

Also consider reading these related software and app guides:

• Best text-to-speech software
• Best transcription services
• Best Bluetooth headsets

Which speech-to-text app is best for you?

When deciding which speech-to-text app to use, first consider what your actual needs are, as free and budget  options may only provide basic features, so if you need to use advanced tools you may find a paid-for platform is better suited to you. Additionally, higher-end software can usually cater for every need, so do ensure you have a good idea of which features you think you may require from your speech-to-text app.

To test for the best speech-to-text apps we first set up an account with the relevant platform, then we tested the service to see how the software could be used for different purposes and in different situations. The aim was to push each speech-to-text platform to see how useful its basic tools were and also how easy it was to get to grips with any more advanced tools.

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Butker bemoaned an erosion of traditional Catholic values in daily life, claiming that things like “abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values and media” come from “the pervasiveness of disorder.”

He criticized Biden for proclaiming his Catholic faith while being “delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally,” accusing the president of making it appear “that you can be both Catholic and pro-choice.”

Butker told the women in the class that they’d been told “diabolical lies” about pursuing careers, and that his and his family’s success is a result of his wife’s focus on being a wife and mother, claiming that “her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.”

He accused world leaders of “pushing dangerous gender ideologies onto the youth of America,” and praised the students at Benedictine for embracing their religion with pride, but “not the deadly sin sort of pride that has an entire month dedicated to it.”

He also criticized the Catholic church and bishops and priests for “misleading their flocks” by prioritizing familiarity with their parishioners instead of being teachers, quoting Taylor Swift—girlfriend of teammate Travis Kelce—by saying “familiarity breeds contempt.”

The speech was largely criticized on social media and prompted a change.org petition calling for him to be released from the Chiefs.

Here’s The Full Speech

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of 2024, I would like to start off by congratulating all of you for successfully making it to this achievement today. I'm sure your high school graduation was not what you had imagined and most likely neither was your first couple years of college.

By making it to this moment through all the adversity thrown your way from COVID, I hope you learned the important lessons that suffering in this life is only temporary. As a group you witnessed firsthand how bad leaders who don't stay in their lane can have a negative impact on society. It is through this lens that I want to take stock of how we got to where we are and where we want to go as citizens, and yes, as Catholics.

One last thing before I begin I want to be sure to thank president Minns and the board for their invitation to speak. When President Minnis first reached out a couple of months ago I had originally said no. You see, last year I gave the commencement address at my Alma moer Georgia Tech and I felt that one graduation speech was more than enough, especially for someone who isn't a professional speaker. But of course president Minnis used his gift of persuasion and spoke to the many challenges you all faced throughout the COVID fiasco and how you missed out on so many milestones the rest of us older people have taken for granted.

While COVID might have played a large role throughout your formative years it is not unique. Bad policies and poor leadership have negatively impacted major life issues. Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values and media all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder. Our own nation is led by a man who publicly and proudly proclaims his Catholic faith but at the same time is delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally. He has been so vocal in his support for the murder of innocent babies that I'm sure to many people it appears that you can be both Catholic and pro-choice. He is not alone. From the man behind the COVID lockdowns to the people pushing dangerous gender ideologies onto the youth of America, they all have a glaring thing in common: They are Catholic. This is an important reminder that being Catholic alone doesn't cut it.

These are the sorts of things we are told in polite society to not bring up. You know, the difficult and unpleasant things. But if we are going to be men and women for this time in history we need to stop pretending that the “Church of nice” is a winning proposition. We must always speak and act in charity but never mistake charity for cowardice. It is safe to say that over the past few years I've gained quite the reputation for speaking my mind. I never envisioned myself nor wanted to have this sort of a platform but God has given it to me so I have no other choice but to embrace it and preach more hard truths about accepting your lane and staying in it.

As members of the church founded by Jesus Christ, it is our duty and ultimately privilege to be authentically and unapologetically Catholic. Don't be mistaken: even within the church, people in polite Catholic circles will try to persuade you to remain silent. There even was an award-winning film called “Silence” made by a fellow Catholic wherein one of the main characters, a Jesuit priest, abandoned the church, and as an apostate, when he died is seen grasping a crucifix quiet and unknown to anyone but God. As a friend of Benedictine College, his Excellency Bishop Robert Barron said in his review of the film it was exactly what the cultural elite want to see in Christianity: Private, hidden away and harmless.

Our Catholic faith has always been countercultural. Our Lord along with countless followers were all put to death for their adherence to her teachings. The world around us says that we should keep our beliefs to ourselves whenever they go against the tyranny of diversity, equity and inclusion. We fear speaking truth because now unfortunately truth is in the minority. Congress just passed a bill where stating something as basic as the Biblical teaching of who killed Jesus could land you in jail.

But make no mistake, before we even attempt to fix any of the issues plaguing society we must first get our own house in order, and it starts with our leaders. The bishops and priests appointed by God as our spiritual fathers must be rightly ordered. There is not enough time today for me to list all the stories of priests and bishops misleading their flocks, but none of us can blame ignorance anymore and just blindly proclaim that that's what father said. Because sadly many priests we are looking to for leadership are the same ones who prioritize their hobbies or even photos with their dogs in matching outfits for the parish directory. It’s easy for us lay men and women to think that in order for us to be holy, that we must be active in our parish and try to fix it. Yes, we absolutely should be involved in supporting our parishes, but we cannot be the source for our parish priests to lean on to help with their problems just as we look at the relationship between a father and his son, so too should we look at the relationship between a priest and his people. It would not be appropriate for me to always be looking to my son for help when it is my job as his father to lead him.

St Josemaria Escriva states that priests are ordained to serve and should not yield to temptation to imitate lay people but to be priests, through and through. Tragically, so many priests revolve much of their happiness from the adulation they receive from their parishioners, and in searching for this, they let their guard down and become overly familiar. This undue familiarity will prove to be problematic every time, because as my teammate’s girlfriend says “familiarity breeds contempt.” St Josemaria continues that some want to see the priest as just another man. That is not so they want to find in the priests those virtues proper to every Christian and indeed every honorable man: understanding, justice, a life of work, priestly work in this instance, and good manners. It is not prudent as the laity for us to consume ourselves in becoming amateur theologians so that we can decipher this or that theological teaching unless of course you are a theology major. We must be intentional with our focus on our state in life and our own vocation, and for most of us, that's as married men and women.

Still we have so many great resources at our fingertips that it doesn't take long to find traditional and timeless teachings that haven't been ambiguously rewarded for our times. Plus, there are still many good and holy priests and it's up to us to seek them out. The chaos of the world is unfortunately reflected in the chaos in our parishes and sadly in our cathedrals, too. As we saw during the pandemic, too many Bishops were not leaders at all. They were motivated by fear: fear of being sued, fear of being removed, fear of being disliked. They showed by their actions, intentional or unintentional, that the sacraments don't actually matter. Because of this countless people died alone, without access to the sacraments, and it's a tragedy we must never forget.

As Catholics, we can look to so many examples of heroic shepherds who gave their lives for their people, and ultimately, the church. We cannot buy into the lie that the things we experienced during COVID were appropriate. Over the centuries there have been great wars, great famines, and yes, even great diseases, all that came with a level of lethality and danger. But in each of those examples, church leaders leaned into their vocations, and ensured that their people received the sacraments. Great saints like St. Damien of Molokai, who knew the dangers of his ministry, stayed for 11 years as a spiritual leader to the leper colonies of Hawaii. His heroism is looked at today as something set apart and unique, when ideally, it should not be unique at all. For as a father loves his child, so a shepherd should love his spiritual children, too.

That goes even more so for our bishops. These men who are present day apostles, our bishops once had adoring crowds of people kissing their rings and taking in their every word, but now relegate themselves to a position of inconsequential existence. Now, when a bishop of a diocese or the Bishops Conference as a whole puts out an important document on this matter, nobody even takes a moment to read it, let alone follow it. No. Today, our shepherds are far more concerned with keeping the doors open to the Chancery than they are saying that difficult stuff out loud. It seems that the only time you hear from your bishops is when it’s time for the annual appeal. Whereas we need our bishops to be vocal about the teachings of the Church, setting aside their own personal comfort and embracing their cross. Our bishops are not politicians, but shepherds. So instead of fitting in the world by going along to get along, they too need to stay in their lane and lead.

I say all of this not from a place of anger as we get the leaders we deserve. But this does make me reflect on staying in my lane and focusing on my own vocation, and how I can be a better father and husband and live in the world, but not be of it. Focusing on my vocation while praying and fasting for these men will do more for the church than me complaining about our leaders. Because there seems to be so much confusion coming from our leaders. There needs to be concrete examples for people to look to, and places like Benedictine, a little Kansas college built high on a bluff above the Missouri River, are showing the world how an ordered Christ-centered existence is the recipe for success. You need to look no further than the examples all around this campus, where over the past 20 years enrollment has doubled, and construction and revitalization are a constant part of life and people, the students, the faculty and staff are thriving. This didn’t happen by chance. In a deliberate movement to embrace traditional Catholic values, Benedictine has gone from just another liberal arts school with nothing to set it apart to a thriving beacon of light and a reminder to us all that when you embrace tradition, success, worldly and spiritual will follow. I am certain the reporters at the AP could not have imagined that their attempt to rebuke and embarrass places and people like those here at Benedictine wouldn’t be met with anger, but instead with excitement and pride. Not the deadly sin sort of pride that has an entire month dedicated to it. But the true God-centered pride that is cooperating with the Holy Ghost to glorify Him.

Reading that article now shared all over the world, we see that in the complete surrender of self and a turning towards Christ, you will find happiness. Right here in a little town in Kansas, we find many inspiring lay people using their talents. President Minnis, Dr. Swofford and Dr. Zimmer are a few great examples right here on this very campus that will keep the light of Christ burning bright for generations to come. Being locked in with your vocation and staying in your lane is going to be the surest way for you to find true happiness and peace in this life. It is essential that we focus on our own state in life, whether that be as a layperson or priests, or religious.

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of 2024, you are sitting at the edge of the rest of your lives. Each of you has the potential to leave a legacy that transcends yourselves and this era of human existence. In the small ways by living out your vocation, you will ensure that God’s Church continues and the world is enlightened by your example. For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment. You should be proud of all that you have achieved to this point in your young lives. I want to speak directly to you briefly because I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you, how many of you are sitting here now about to cross the stage, and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you’re going to get in your career. Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world. But I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world. I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the first to say that her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.

I’m on this stage today and able to be the man I am because I have a wife who leans into her vocation. I’m beyond blessed with the many talents God has given me. But it cannot be overstated, that all of my success is made possible because a girl I met in band class back in middle school would convert to the faith, become my wife and embrace one of the most important titles of all: homemaker. She’s a primary educator to our children. She’s the one who ensures I never let football or my business become a distraction from that of a husband and father. She is the person that knows me best at my core. And it is through our marriage that Lord willing, we will both attain salvation. I say all of this to you because I’ve seen it firsthand how much happier someone can be when they disregard the outside noise and move closer and closer to God’s will in their life. Isabelle’s dream of having a career might not have come true. But if you ask her today, if she has any regrets on her decision, she would laugh out loud without hesitation and say, “heck no.”

As a man who gets a lot of praise and has been given a platform to speak to audiences like this one today, I pray that I always use my voice for God and not for myself. Everything I am saying to you is not from a place of wisdom, but rather a place of experience. I am hopeful that these words will be seen as those from a man not much older than you who feels it is imperative that this class, this generation, and this time in our society must stop pretending that the things we see around us are normal. Heterodox ideas abound, even within Catholic circles. Let’s be honest, there is nothing good about playing God with having children, whether that be your ideal number or the perfect time to conceive. No matter how you spin it, there is nothing natural about Catholic birth control. It is only in the past few years that I have grown encouraged to speak more boldly and directly, because as I mentioned earlier, I have leaned into my vocation as a husband and father and as a man.

To the gentleman here today, part of what plagues our society is this lie that has been told to you that men are not necessary in the home or in our communities. As men, we set the tone of the culture. And when that is absent disorder, dysfunction and chaos set in this absence of men in the home is what plays a large role in the violence we see all around the nation. Other countries do not have nearly the same absentee father rates as we find here in the US. And a correlation can be made in their drastically lower violence rates as well. Be unapologetic in your masculinity. Fight against the cultural emasculation of men. Do hard things. Never settle for what is easy. You might have a talent that you don’t necessarily enjoy. But if it glorifies God, maybe you should lean into that over something that you might think suits you better. I speak from experience as an introvert who now finds myself as an amateur public speaker, and an entrepreneur, something I never thought I’d be when I received my industrial engineering degree.

The road ahead is bright, things are changing, society is shifting, and people young and old are embracing tradition. Not only has it been my vocation that has helped me and those closest to me, but not surprising to many of you should be my outspoken embrace of the traditional Latin Mass. I’ve been very vocal in my love and devotion to the TLM and its necessity for our lives. But what I think gets misunderstood is that people who attend the TLM do so out of pride or preference. I can speak to my own experience. But for most people I have come across within these communities. This simply is not true. I do not attend the TLM because I think I’m better than others, or for the smells and bells, or even for the love of Latin. I attend TLM because I believe just as the God of the Old Testament was pretty particular and how he wanted to be worshiped, the same holds true for us today. It is through the TLM that I encountered order and began to pursue it in my own life. Aside from the TLM itself, too many of our sacred traditions have been relegated to things of the past. When in my parish, things such as Ember Days — days when we fast and pray for vocations and for our priests — are still adhered to. The TLM is so essential that I would challenge each of you to pick a place to move where it is readily available. A lot of people have complaints about the parish or the community, but we should not sacrifice the mass for community. I prioritize the TLM even if the parish isn’t beautiful, the priest isn’t great, or the community isn’t amazing. I still go to the TLM because I believe the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is more important than anything else. I say this knowing full well that when each of you rekindle your knowledge and adherence to many of the church’s greatest traditions, you will see how much more colorful and alive your life can and should be. As you move on from this place and enter into the world, know that you will face many challenges.

Sadly, I’m sure many of you know of the countless stories of good and active members of this community who after graduation and moving away from the Benedictine Bubble have ended up moving in with their boyfriend or girlfriend prior to marriage. Some even leave the church and abandon God. It is always heartbreaking to hear these stories, and there’s a desire to know what happened and what went wrong. What you must remember is that life is about doing the small things well. So setting yourself up for success and surrounding yourself with people who continually push you to be the best version of you. I say this all the time, that iron sharpens iron. It’s a great reminder that those closest to us should be making us better. If you’re dating someone who doesn’t even share your faith, how do you expect that person to help you become a saint? If your friend group is filled with people who only think about what you’re doing next weekend, and are not willing to have those difficult conversations, how can they help sharpen you? As you prepare to enter into the workforce, it is extremely important that you actually think about the places you are moving to. Who is the bishop? What kind of parishes are there? Do they offer the TLM and have priests who embrace their priestly vocation? Cost of living must not be the only arbiter of your choices. For a life without God is not a life at all. And the cost of salvation is worth more than any career.

I’m excited for the future. And I pray that something I’ve said will resonate as you move on to the next chapter of your life. Never be afraid to profess the one holy, Catholic and apostolic Church. For this is the Church that Jesus Christ established, through which we receive sanctifying grace. I know that my message today had a little less fluff than is expected for these speeches. But I believe that this audience and this venue is the best place to speak openly and honestly, about who we are and where we all want to go, which is heaven. I thank God for Benedictine College, and for the example it provides to the world. I thank God for men like President Minnis who are doing their part for the Kingdom. Come to find out you can have an authentically Catholic College and a thriving football program. Make no mistake, you’re entering into mission territory in a post-God world. But you were made for this and with God by your side and a constant striving for virtue within your vocation, you too can be a saint. Christ is King to the heights.

6 Microsoft classroom accessibility tools for Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024

May 16, 2024.

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is Thursday, May 16, 2024. It's a day dedicated to understanding and practicing accessibility concepts that support the more than 1 billion people worldwide with impairments and disabilities. Seventy-two percent of classrooms have students with individual education needs, while 84% of educators say it’s impossible to achieve educational equity without accessible learning tools.

When all students can access learning experiences and content, the benefits impact everyone. Learn about six exciting Microsoft classroom accessibility tools for inclusive learning you can use to create more equitable education experiences for everybody.

1. Accessible versatility in Copilot

Microsoft Copilot is your AI assistant to support more accessibility in the classroom.

Microsoft Copilot with commercial data protection is an AI assistant that can inspire creativity, support increased efficiency, and help you explore new ideas and concepts. It can also help you create a more accessible classroom for your learners.

Copilot can:

• Express ideas in various formats, like images and figures, from text descriptions.
• Provide alternative text for images in PowerPoint or Word documents.
• Extract data from images or PDFs and transfer it to Word document charts or Excel spreadsheets to better support screen readers.
• Draft translated text into multiple languages for students, families, and community members.
• Customize explanations to make content accessible, like simplifying complex topics for different age groups and incorporating student interests.
• Dictate prompt text using speech-to-text without using a keyboard, mouse, or trackpad.
• Utilize text-to-voice to listen to generated content.

Watch this video to learn how Microsoft employees access and interact with accessibility features from Copilot and Copilot for Microsoft 365.

2. Leveled-up resources with Accessibility Checker

Microsoft’s Accessibility Checker analyzes and offers recommendations for improving a file’s accessibility. As a tool inside of applications like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote, Accessibility Checker quickly scans files and offers immediate fixes for any identified issue.

Accessibility Checker helps identify and resolve common errors and warnings such as:

• Alternative text (alt text): Screen readers use alternative text to describe images and non-text content, helping users understand their purpose and meaning.
• Table headers: Users rely on table headings to understand the content that is read by a screen reader.
• Slide titles: Slide titles enable users to navigate within a presentation, including finding and selecting a single slide to immediately go to.
• Color contrast: High text-background contrast enhances accessibility for a wider range of users.
• Closed captions: Without captioning, the information in a video or audio segment can be entirely lost to people with disabilities.

3. Accessible literacy with Immersive Reader

Microsoft Immersive Reader is a text-to-speech classroom accessibility and learning tool that helps students access text. When students need assistance understanding digital text, they can launch Immersive Reader and it will read aloud words displayed on the computer screen. Immersive Reader is available in over 100 languages and built into Edge browser, Word, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, OneNote, and many other Microsoft applications.

Watch this video to learn how students like Sam can use Immersive Reader to access learning.

Check out the Immersive Reader quick guide for more tips. You can also read about how to use Microsoft tools to support dyslexic thinkers and how to enhance reading instruction with Immersive Reader on our blog.

4. Live on-screen captions and translations

Microsoft provides live captioning in Teams for Education and PowerPoint. This accessibility feature uses automatic speech recognition to show a written transcription of spoken content during presentations or meetings. Plus, it fully supports multiple languages including Spanish, Chinese, and more, making it accessible for emergent multilingual speakers too.

Check out this video to learn more about how live captions can help break down language and learning barriers.

Discover how to utilize real-time, automatic captions or subtitles to enhance your students’ learning experiences.

5. Improved speech-to-text with Dictation in Microsoft 365

With Dictation in Microsoft 365 apps like Word, you can help all students participate fully in learning.

Dictation in Microsoft 365 is a built-in speech-to-text accessibility tool that provides a range of ways to write and improve writing skills. People, including those who may have limited mobility, can use their computer's microphone to dictate documents and presentations. Dictation also offers advanced spelling and grammar checks, word suggestions with Read Aloud, and is available in Word, PowerPoint, OneNote , and Outlook.

6. Real-time translations with Microsoft Translator

Real-time translations with Microsoft Translator can help you create belonging among your students and families.

Microsoft Translator helps improve communication between students, teachers, administrators, and parents for multilingual speakers and those who need vision or hearing support. With the conversations feature, you can have real-time conversations with automatic two-way translation that helps you connect and communicate with families.

Read more about how to use Microsoft tools to accelerate learning for multilingual learners .

Join Microsoft in celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Foster a learning environment where all students, educators, and families feel included and have the classroom accessibility tools and resources they need to succeed. Explore the Microsoft accessibility tools page for even more resources and apps that you can integrate into teaching and learning to make accessibility a priority every day.

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How to enhance reading instruction: a guide to Immersive Reader for educators

Immersive Reader is a free, easy-to-use tool that that’s designed to improve reading comprehension and fluency for students of all abilities. Packed with features that can read aloud or translate on-screen text, Immersive Reader incorporates research principles that increase access for all students. Best of all, Immersive Reader is available for free in popular classroom applications like the Edge browser, Teams for Education, Flip, Minecraft, and Microsoft 365 products like Word. That means your students have reading support while they are working on a project, collaborating with classmates, or researching on the internet.

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Pope Francis tells 60 Minutes in rare interview: "the globalization of indifference is a very ugly disease"

By Norah O'Donnell

May 19, 2024 / 7:14 PM EDT / CBS News

Francis is the first pope from the Americas, the first of his name, and more than any other pope in recent memory, has dedicated his life and ministry to the poor, the peripheral, and the forgotten. All while leading the Catholic Church on difficult, sometimes controversial issues that not everyone supports. We were granted a rare interview at the Vatican, and spoke to him, in his native Spanish, through a translator, for more than an hour. Not lost in translation was the 87 year old's warmth, intelligence and conviction. We began by discussing the Church's first World Children's Day. Next weekend, Pope Francis will welcome tens of thousands of young people to the Vatican, including refugees of war.

Norah O'Donnell: During World Children's Day, the U.N. says over a million people will be facing famine in Gaza, many of them children. 

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): Not just in Gaza. Think of Ukraine . Many kids from Ukraine come here. You know something? That those children don't know how to smile? I'll say something to them (mimics smile)… they have forgotten how to smile. And that is very painful.

Norah O'Donnell: Do you have a message for Vladimir Putin when it comes to Ukraine?

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): Please, warring countries, all of them, stop. Stop the war. You must find a way of negotiating for peace . Strive for peace. A negotiated peace is always better than an endless war. 

Norah O'Donnell: What's happening-- in Israel and Gaza , has caused so much division, so much pain around the world. I don't know if you've seen in the United States, big protests on college campuses and growing antisemitism. What would you say about how to change that?

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): All ideology is bad, and antisemitism is an ideology, and it is bad. Any "anti" is always bad. You can criticize one government or another, the government of Israel, the Palestinian government. You can criticize all you want, but not "anti" a people. Neither anti-Palestinian nor antisemitic. No.

Norah O'Donnell: I know you call for peace. You have called for a cease-fire in many of your sermons. Can you help negotiate peace?

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): (sighs) What I can do is pray. I pray a lot for peace. And also, to suggest, "Please, stop. Negotiate."

Prayer has been at the center of the pope's life since he was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, in 1936, into a family of Italian immigrants. Before entering the seminary, Bergoglio worked as a chemist.

His own personal formula is simplicity. He still wears the plain silver cross he wore as the archbishop of Buenos Aires. Though it's not what Francis wears, but where he lives that set the tone for his papacy, 11 years ago.  

Instead of a palace above St. Peter's Square, he chose the Vatican guest house Casa Santa Marta as his home. 

We met him there under a painting of the Virgin Mary. Surrounded by the sacred, Francis has not forsaken his sense of humor, even when discussing serious subjects, like the migrant crisis.

Norah O'Donnell: My grandparents were Catholic. Immigrated from Northern Ireland in the 1930s to the United States, seeking a better life. And I know your family, too, fled fascism. And you have talked about with migrants, many of them children, that you encourage governments to build bridges, not walls.

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): Migration is something that makes a country grow. They say that you Irish migrated and brought the whiskey, and that the Italians migrated and brought the mafia… (laugh) It's a joke. Don't take it badly. But, migrants sometimes suffer a lot. They suffer a lot.

Norah O'Donnell: I grew up in Texas, and I don't know if you've heard, but the state of Texas is attempting to shut down a Catholic charity on the border with Mexico that offers undocumented migrants humanitarian assistance. What do you think of that?

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): That is madness. Sheer madness. To close the border and leave them there, that is madness. The migrant has to be received. Thereafter you see how you are going to deal with him. Maybe you have to send him back, I don't know, but each case ought to be considered humanely. Right? 

A few months after becoming pope, Francis went to a small Italian island near Africa, to meet migrants fleeing poverty and war.

Norah O'Donnell: Your first trip as Pope was the Island of Lampedusa, where you talked about suffering. And I was so struck when you talked about the globalization of indifference. What is happening? 

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): Do you want me to state it plainly? People wash their hands! There are so many Pontius Pilates on the loose out there… who see what is happening, the wars, the injustice, the crimes… "That's OK, that's OK" and wash their hands. It's indifference. That is what happens when the heart hardens… and becomes indifferent. Please, we have to get our hearts to feel again. We cannot remain indifferent in the face of such human dramas. The globalization of indifference is a very ugly disease. Very ugly.

Pope Francis has not been indifferent to the Church's most insidious scandal– the rampant sexual abuse of hundreds of thousands of children worldwide, for decades.  

Norah O'Donnell: You have done more than anyone to try and reform the Catholic Church and repent for years of unspeakable sexual abuse against children by members of the clergy. But has the church done enough?

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): It must continue to do more. Unfortunately, the tragedy of the abuses is enormous. And against this, an upright conscience and not only to not permit it but to put in place the conditions so that it does not happen.

Norah O'Donnell: You have said zero tolerance.

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): It cannot be tolerated. When there is a case of a religious man or woman who abuses, the full force of the law falls upon them. In this there has been a great deal of progress.

It's Francis' capacity for forgiveness and openness that has defined his leadership of the Church's nearly 1.4 billion Catholics. He put them and the world on notice, during an impromptu press conference on a plane in 2013, when he spoke on the subject of homosexuality.

"If someone is gay," he said, "and he searches for the Lord and has good will…who am I to judge?" 

… and he did not stop there.

Norah O'Donnell: Last year you decided to allow Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples. That's a big change. Why?

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): No, what I allowed was not to bless the union. That cannot be done because that is not the sacrament. I cannot. The Lord made it that way. But to bless each person, yes. The blessing is for everyone. For everyone. To bless a homosexual-type union, however, goes against the given right, against the law of the Church. But to bless each person, why not? The blessing is for all. Some people were scandalized by this. But why? Everyone! Everyone!

Norah O'Donnell: You have said, "Who am I to judge?" "Homosexuality is not a crime."

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): No. It is a human fact. 

Norah O'Donnell: There are conservative bishops in the United States that oppose your new efforts to revisit teachings and traditions. How do you address their criticism?

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): You used an adjective, "conservative." That is, conservative is one who clings to something and does not want to see beyond that. It is a suicidal attitude. Because one thing is to take tradition into account, to consider situations from the past, but quite another is to be closed up inside a dogmatic box. 

Pope Francis has placed more women in positions of power than any of his predecessors, but he told us he opposes allowing women to be ordained as priests or deacons.

Francis' devotion to traditional doctrine led one Vatican reporter to note that he's changed the tune of the Church, but the lyrics essentially remain the same. This frustrates those who want to see him change policy on Roman Catholic priests marrying; contraception, and surrogate motherhood.  

Norah O'Donnell: I know women who are cancer survivors who cannot bear children, and they turn to surrogacy. This is against church doctrine.

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): In regard to surrogate motherhood , in the strictest sense of the term, no, it is not authorized. Sometimes surrogacy has become a business, and that is very bad. It is very bad.

Norah O'Donnell: But sometimes for some women it is the only hope.

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): It could be. The other hope is adoption. I would say that in each case the situation should be carefully and clearly considered, consulting medically and then morally as well. I think there is a general rule in these cases, but you have to go into each case in particular to assess the situation, as long as the moral principle is not skirted. But you are right. I want to tell you that I really liked your expression when you told me, "In some cases it is the only chance." It shows that you feel these things very deeply. Thank you. (smiles)

Norah O'Donnell: I think that's why so many people-- have found hope with you, because you have been more open and accepting perhaps than other previous leaders of the church.

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): You have to be open to everything. The Church is like that: Everyone, everyone, everyone. "That so-and-so is a sinner…?" Me too, I am a sinner. Everyone! The Gospel is for everyone. If the Church places a customs officer at the door, that is no longer the church of Christ. Everyone.

Norah O'Donnell: When you look at the world what gives you hope?

Pope Francis (In Spanish/English translation): Everything. You see tragedies, but you also see so many beautiful things. You see heroic mothers, heroic men, men who have hopes and dreams, women who look to the future. That gives me a lot of hope. People want to live. People forge ahead. And people are fundamentally good. We are all fundamentally good. Yes, there are some rogues and sinners, but the heart itself is good. 

Produced by Keith Sharman, Julie Morse and Anna Matranga. Associate producer, Roxanne Feitel. Broadcast associates, Eliza Costas and Callie Teitelbaum. Edited by Jorge J. García.

Pope Francis sits down for a historic interview with CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell in an hour-long special airing Monday, May 20 at 10 p.m. ET on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. In a wide-ranging conversation, Francis speaks about countries at war, his vision for the Catholic Church, his legacy, his hope for children and more.

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Introducing GPT-4o: OpenAI’s new flagship multimodal model now in preview on Azure

By Eric Boyd Corporate Vice President, Azure AI Platform, Microsoft

Posted on May 13, 2024 2 min read

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Microsoft is thrilled to announce the launch of GPT-4o, OpenAI’s new flagship model on Azure AI. This groundbreaking multimodal model integrates text, vision, and audio capabilities, setting a new standard for generative and conversational AI experiences. GPT-4o is available now in Azure OpenAI Service, to try in preview , with support for text and image.

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A step forward in generative AI for Azure OpenAI Service

GPT-4o offers a shift in how AI models interact with multimodal inputs. By seamlessly combining text, images, and audio, GPT-4o provides a richer, more engaging user experience.

Launch highlights: Immediate access and what you can expect

Azure OpenAI Service customers can explore GPT-4o’s extensive capabilities through a preview playground in Azure OpenAI Studio starting today in two regions in the US. This initial release focuses on text and vision inputs to provide a glimpse into the model’s potential, paving the way for further capabilities like audio and video.

Efficiency and cost-effectiveness

GPT-4o is engineered for speed and efficiency. Its advanced ability to handle complex queries with minimal resources can translate into cost savings and performance.

Potential use cases to explore with GPT-4o

The introduction of GPT-4o opens numerous possibilities for businesses in various sectors: 

• Enhanced customer service : By integrating diverse data inputs, GPT-4o enables more dynamic and comprehensive customer support interactions.
• Advanced analytics : Leverage GPT-4o’s capability to process and analyze different types of data to enhance decision-making and uncover deeper insights.
• Content innovation : Use GPT-4o’s generative capabilities to create engaging and diverse content formats, catering to a broad range of consumer preferences.

Exciting future developments: GPT-4o at Microsoft Build 2024 

We are eager to share more about GPT-4o and other Azure AI updates at Microsoft Build 2024 , to help developers further unlock the power of generative AI.

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• Try out GPT-4o in Azure OpenAI Service Chat Playground (in preview).
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