Google Docs is getting a big update that could soon make the voice typing feature much more useful and popular for transcribing meetings.
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The cloud word processor has offered the ability to type hands-free with your voice for several years (just go to Tools > Voice typing, with your microphone enabled). However, an update coming in early February will bring some improvements to the feature, as well as the option to use it in web browsers beyond Chrome.
Google's recent upgrade to its speech-to-text technology is designed to minimize transcription errors and lost audio in the process. However, other apps like Otter.ai have become incredibly popular. Microsoft's speech recognition and accessibility tools have also made big leaps recently in apps like Word.
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Google Docs is quickly evolving into a tool that rivals its competitors in accuracy, and if it continues to evolve at its current pace, it could become widespread. Additionally, due to the fact that Google Slides now allows users to display their words live as they speak, this further enhances the appeal of using Google Docs for presentations or other situations that require real-time communication.
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This feature is set to become even more powerful with the introduction of expanded support for “more major browsers.” While Google has yet to reveal which web browsers will be included, rumors are circulating that some of them will be Safari, Firefox , and Microsoft Edge.
Information source: techradar.com
