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that’s what the software does, it dictates the text…

• tirpen 5y ago
  No, it does the exact opposite. Dictation is writing down what someone is saying. This is software that says what someone writes down.
  • sdevonoes 5y ago
    > Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictation_(exercise) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictation_(exercise) Here the software is the "person who is dictating".
    • layer8 5y ago
      It’s not dictation if the spoken text is not recorded or written down by a device (voice recorder) or by a human.
    • tirpen 5y ago
      > Here the software is the "person who is dictating". And who is the "person who is taking dictation" then? Who is writing down the words the software is speaking?
• hopesthoughts 5y ago
  No, not really. It just reads it. You're basically talking about a screen reader, and we don't use the term dictation.