(Click here for the complete instructions for English-speaking users.) Scrivener has a built-in TTS function as well. Dictate, a new project from MicrosoftвЂ™s experimental R&D group, Microsoft Garage, is launching today to offer a way to type using your voice in Office programs includingВ Outlook, Word and PowerPoint. Available as an add-in for MicrosoftвЂ™s software, Dictate is powered by the same speech recognition technology that Cortana uses in order to convert your speech to text.In an app on your Mac, place the insertion point where you want the dictated text to appear. Press if available in the row of function keys, use the dictation keyboard shortcut , or choose Edit > Start Dictation.On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Dictation.

If you choose Automatic, your Mac listens to the device youвЂ™re most likely to use for keyboard dictation.Moon Man is nickname given to online depictions of the McDonalds mascot Mac Tonight, which is associated with a text-to-speech voice reciting racist.This is also same speech recognition and A.I. Used inВ Microsoft Cognitive Services, including Microsoft Translator, the company says in an announcement about the new add-in.The idea for Dictate emerged from a hackathon project, notes Microsoft, and afterwards was used internally at Microsoft by over 1,500 employees across 40 countries.The add-in to some extent competes with other solutions, like NuanceвЂ™s support for dictation in Office 365 or Office 365 Online, for example, or even built-in OS-level support for dictation, which is already a feature found in both the WindowsВ and Mac operating systems.Dictate, meanwhile, only works in Office. However, it offers support for a number of commands, like вЂњnew line,вЂќ вЂњstop dictation,вЂќ and вЂњenter,вЂќ as well as other punctuation marks and actions. You can also choose to insert your punctuation manually, or allow the software to do it automatically as you speak.An introductory video posted this morning to YouTube offers a preview of how the software works in Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.Once the add-in is installed, a new menu appears in the productivity appвЂ™s toolbar, allowing you to click to begin your dictation. In the demo, Dictate was shown handling the nonsense word вЂњSupercalifragilisticexpialidocious,вЂќ as well as inputting text in simple email.It also at launch supports more than 20 languages for dictation, and can translate in real-time into 60 languages.В This is perhaps its most clever trick, as that means you can speak in your language, while Dictate types it out in another. If you own a Mac, your operating system also comes with TTS capabilities.

For voice search, use the Google app and pick your language in the voice settings menu. Image: GoogleGoogle has also introduced a parent-friendly feature that allows users to dictate emoji by saying вЂњsmiling emojiвЂќ or вЂњwinky face emoji.вЂќ The emoji function comes first for English speakers, and will roll out in other languages soon.To access the voice typing function, install Gboard for Android or iOS and pick your language by pressing the G, then selecting the settings wheel.

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