Dyslexia - Voice to text software for primary schools

[SimonL]

I work for a small company that provides IT support to a local primary school.

 

They are looking for a software package that will allow their dyslexic pupils to 'dictate' by speaking into a microphone and a text document to be created/edited. So some form of voice recognition system.

 

What do people use and recommend ?

 

Thanks

[localzuk]

Word now has that capability if they use Office 365.

 

Otherwise, Dragon Dictate.

[6Foot2]

A few Edugeek threads with a similar theme:

 

Link: dictation - Search Results - EduGeek.net

[DalekSec]

Dragon use to be our go to, since Dictate for office has come out more students are using that, simply because it's easier to setup.

 

Some prefer dragon which is ok just a bit of a faff to install it

[abaxter2]

Dictate is in the Office 365 version (click to run) but is also available for the standard version of office via a free addon:

 

https://dictate.ms/ if you do use this addon use the machine level installation option: https://dictate.ms/FAQ - Scroll down until you see: "Is it possible to do machine level installation instead of user level?" otherwise it will only work for user who installed the addon.

 

A thing to note with dictate in office is if you are using a proxy server that needs authentication or does https inspection, you will need to whitelist the following URL's:

 

officespeech.platform.bing.com

 

websockets.platform.bing.com

 

If running Windows 10 and Office 365 you also have the option of the OneNote windows 10 app, what also has dictate.

 

If using Google chrome you could just use Speechnotes: https://speechnotes.co/