Microsoft Word: Transcribe or dictate audio using Word Online

Why print something if you can dictate?

Microsoft Word is a familiar to the whole application for writing. But did you ever think about how it would be great to just dictate the text? Such an opportunity is interesting to journalists who decipher the audio file with an interview, teachers who are preparing for lectures and representatives of other professions. For them, Microsoft launched a new functionality in autumn using cloud technologies. He saves time, because most people speak faster than printing and writes.

To get started, you need Microsoft Word Online, which is located at https://www.office.com. If you have an account - enter it, and if not, then create. The process takes just a couple of minutes. You will need to confirm the phone and email.

To start working with audio advertising, follow these steps:

1. Enter the Created Account.
2. Create a new empty document. There are templates here, but they are not needed to work with audio.

Creating a new document

1. Before you there is a traditional toolbar. In its right part there is a microphone icon and the inscription "Dictate". Click on this inscription. A list of 2 commands will appear: "Download Audio" and "Start Record".

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1. Select one of them and continue to work. The loaded file should have a WAV, M4A, MP4 and MP3 format. For dictation, the microphone icon is highlighted in red and you can start. If you do not dictate, the microphone is automatically disconnected. To continue, click on the microphone icon.
2. As soon as you finish, at the bottom of the window will appear decoding the sound track. Apply a pencil icon to the decrypted file to adjust all the poorly recognized sections of the text. Press the tick to confirm the changes made.
3. The created file is saved in the traditional way. Click "Save As" to save the text.
4. You are also available settings (gear icon). With their help, you can choose a language on which an audio sector is dictated or sound.

What to do those who work from a landline computer, where there is no microphone? Put the text on the smartphone voice recorder, reset to the computer and send a file to decryption.

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