Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Microsoft today announced a new feature for Word: a ...

FaceTime, Skype, Zoom, and other apps offer live captions for calls and videoconferences. You can record calls in FaceTime. Several services and some apps transcribe audio to text using machine ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. When Google released Live Transcribe this past February, it was a hugely important accessibility ...

Google is announcing two new features for Android phones today: Live Transcribe and Sound Amplifier. They’re both designed as accessibility features to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

The Transcribe option is a Word feature that allows users to convert speech to text. One can record directly in Word, or upload an already-recorded audio and turn it into text. Some users have ...

We’ve covered Dragon Dictate—a program that allows you to dictate into your favorite application, to save time and effort typing—over several iterations now. But the recently released Dragon Dictate 3 ...