10 Of The Best Dictation Apps

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1 10 Of The Best Dictation Apps Take a note: your smartphone and/or tablet is very much capable of capturing your speech and displaying it in a word document all through the means of a third-party app. These voice-to-text programs could be an ideal arrangement for your working life, whether used in interviews, meetings or note-taking. What s more is that this speech recognition software takes away the oftentiresome practice of typing who wants to develop RSI in their wrists, anyway? Listed below are ten of the best dictation apps around. Got all that? Good, read it back to us, would you? 1. Dictadroid A leading third-party dictation application on the Play Store, this Android-only app is packed full with features to help you dictate away. Turning your phone or tablet into a highly-functional dictation tool, Dictadroid allows you to record any kind of audio using its Automatic Voice Activity Detection and then share it via , Google Drive or Dropbox. A further point of note is its access to the external Quicktate service, which will provide professional transcriptions of your audio recordings for a pay-as-you-go price. 2. Dragon Dictation

2 Available on both ios and Android platforms, Dragon s service uses its NaturallySpeaking software to turn speech into text at a rate that s up to five times faster than regular typing. Big claims perhaps, but for those who like to think out loud, this may very well be the ideal app for you: write s, send tweets and post Facebook statuses all by simply speaking into your smartphone. Supporting a range of languages and equipped with an editing feature for you to tidy up those slurs in your speech, it s quite the powerhouse of the dictation app game. 3. Dictate + Connect (Dictamus) Purporting to do more than most high-end dictaphones, JOTOMI s creation also aims to be easier and more intuitive to use than those dinosaur sound recorders. Offering excellent sound quality, precise voice activation and rewind/overwrite functions, Dictate + Connect also permits the movement and deletion of sections in an audio file. The one potential downside is its relatively-high cost of 12.99, with additional prices coming into effect if you choose to use its additional Connect service.

3 4. ALON Dictaphone Super Note Taker Offering apps on both the major platforms, ALON s Super Note Taker for ios is particularly notable for its sleek, professional interface. Dictate notes and memos swiftly, and record and share important, high-quality sound recordings from the everyday (such as the ocean waves crashing, apparently) using your phone or tablet. And it ll only cost you the tiny sum of 3.99 in order for you to enjoy the full array of this app s voice features. 5. Active Voice HD Another dictation-to-transcription app, Active Voice HD provides a service to send s and messages once you ve recorded them, as well as boom out your thoughts on various social media channels. With support for 32 languages and an edit function to tidy up your flowing thoughts, Tensift s app even manages to differentiate between American and British English a very important distinction, trust us. 6. Philips Dictation Recorder

4 If you re more inclined to go with a brand name that you can trust, then Philips entry on this list may well be your entry point when it comes to choosing a dictation app. Presenting a new dimension to wireless recording is what Philips claim their recorder brings to the party, and with an inbuilt insert-and-overwrite function that offers mobile flexibility to your sound recordings whilst on the go, recording and sending voice files has never been easier. With an accessible and intuitive interface, this is certainly a safe option to explore. 7. d2u Transcriber Curiously advertised on the Play Store by the means of former The Apprentice candidate Alex Epstein ranting about secretaries ( whether they re ill, drinking coffee or just late, it really doesn t matter anymore ), don t let that put you off the idea of d2u Transcriber. Available on smartphones, this app claims to be the world s first fully integrated dictation and transcription system. It s certainly a handy service to have whilst on the go, but there s a bit of a catch much of d2u s business is done via subscriptions, which you ll need to stump up for after just the 5-minute trial if you want to use their

5 service. 8. DropVox This pun-tastic app s USP is its ability to automatically sync with your DropBox account once you ve made your voice memo. Working on ipads, iphones and ipod Touches, it takes away the need to organise audio files and choosing where to send them, and instead sends them straight to your mass online storage account for you to sort at your convenience. Available at the princely sum of 1.49, it may just be what you re looking for. 9. Voice Dictation With a name that s particularly straightforward, this app may be ideal for those who don t want to mess about. An easy-to-use voice recognition service that picks up the words that come out of your mouth and makes them appear on your smartphone or tablet, mysterious software publisher

6 Emanuele Floris has certainly come up with the goods here with their creation. Speeding up your communication through its impressive voice recognition accuracy and an auto-correct feature, it also comes at a very attractive 99p price. 10. ListNote Speech-to-Text Notes This Android-only app is another highly-convenient transcription service, transforming your speech into text with very little hassle. Where this app really comes alive, however, is through its storage system: like a virtual notebook, it saves your voice notes into differently-coloured categories and enables fast searching via indexing. With further capabilities to add notes via typing, ListNote is a fine companion as your new notepad, shopping list or text editor. How much do you really know about mobile apps? Take our quiz to find out!