Microsoft just added an extremely useful feature to Word on the web: transcription! Sure, Google Docs and apps like Otter.aiare free and let you type with your voice, like Word’s Dictation feature.

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Microsoft has added an audio transcription feature to the Word app within its Microsoft 365 subscription productivity suite. Researchers, reporters, lawyers, teachers, and others spend a lot of time ...

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Microsoft Word can finally do more with your spoken words. After teasing transcription support last year, Microsoft is officially bringing the feature to Word for the web today, giving users an easy ...

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Any student who needs to transcribe a lecture or a journalist (ahem) who needs to take notes on a hearing faces the tedious task of typing super fast and trying to listen at the same time. But now ...

Microsoft Word is hardly an exciting piece of software. I don’t mean that as a slight; that’s just not Microsoft’s thing. Also, it’s a word processor–it’s used mostly for writing things like reports ...

In October, Microsoft unveiled a transcription feature -- Transcribe in Word -- designed to let users leverage the power of the cloud to transcribe audio. After nearly a year in development, ...

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 ...

(CNN) — Any student who needs to transcribe a lecture or a journalist (ahem) who needs to take notes on a hearing faces the tedious task of typing super fast and trying to listen at the same time. But ...

Microsoft has introduced an audio transcription tool in its browser version of Word. The feature could be useful for students and journalists who want to record a discussion and refer back to it later ...