Here’s How to Get Accurate Voice-to-Text Conversion for Free

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With text-to-speech software, the results are often hit or miss, but Dictanote and others using Google's Web Speech API boast a 92-percent accuracy rate. Free dictation apps that convert your speech accurately to onscreen text do exist. I learned that when I stumbled upon in the Chrome Web Store. Speech recognition technology has become quite impressive in recent times. It has given you assistants like Google Now, Siri, and Cortana to . But dictating notes is one task that's not quite simple even now. While you do have a few voice-to-text apps to choose from, they might not work for you for various reasons. For example, Nuance’s is excellent, but comes with a hefty price tag. There’s , but that seems to be a hit-and-miss affair. Then there are other apps in this category that are limited to specific platforms or don't understand a wide variety of accents. Usually, getting dictation apps to understand my speech is a nightmare, because their error rates for non-American accents seem to be pretty high. With Dictanote I faced no such problems. Its accuracy was impressive and so was its autocorrect feature, which instantly corrected mistyped words based on context. It turns out that there are other Chrome-based speech-to-text apps, such as , that share Dictanote's accuracy levels. That's because they all function on Chrome's Web Speech API, . Of course, these apps may be accurate, but they’re not flawless. If you use one, do copy-paste your notes to your regular text editor for backup. You could even skip the app installation altogether and to dictate notes. By the way, did you know that you can ? Do you use a voice-to-text converter? How does it score in terms of accuracy and price? Rate your app of choice in the comments! Image Credit: by Carlos Amarillo via Shutterstock