Google Docs

Google has been offering voice typing for a while with Docs and Sheets, but a new update is said to improve the voice typing (or voice commands) experience, ...

[announced](https://www.gadgets360.com/apps/news/gmail-end-to-end-encryption-beta-testing-workspace-customers-expanded-3623123) that it's expanding access to its [Gmail](https://www.gadgets360.com/tags/gmail) end-to-end encryption feature. [Orbital](https://www.gadgets360.com/tags/orbital), the Gadgets 360 podcast. The latest update from Google claims to have expanded this beta feature's access to client-side encryption (CSE) in Gmail on the Web, for select customers on Google [Workspace](https://www.gadgets360.com/tags/workspace) Enterprise and Education plans. Orbital is available on [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1TQIHsTESxrsHleJVhUKcr), [Gaana](https://gaana.com/podcast/orbital-season-1), [JioSaavn](https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/orbital/1/r9VmNAJ211U), [Google Podcasts](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uZ2FkZ2V0czM2MC5jb20vY29udGVudC9kYXRhL3htbC9vcmJpdGFsLnhtbA), [Apple Podcasts](https://itunes.apple.com/in/podcast/orbital-gadgets-360-podcast/id1121036073), [Amazon Music](https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/e3a8ca64-3005-4427-a89e-b3e8ec828c3b/Orbital)and wherever you get your podcasts. Users will also need to tweak the mic's sensitivity depending on how far they are from it when presenting. Google in its [blog post](https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/01/voice-features-google-docs-slides-improvements.html) claims, that the new update will help reduce common transcription errors and also bring down instances of lost audio during transcription. Google claims that Slides will also contain automatically generated punctuation marks. Google has started rolling out updates to its Docs and Slides app that adds improvements and a new feature. These updates to Google Docs and Slides have already begun rolling out to Workspace users, users with personal Gmail accounts, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers. Users will have to enable the automatic captions by heading to More options> Captions preferences and then toggle captions and opening and starting the presentation. This feature is available solely on devices with Google's Chrome browser installed and the language set to US English only (for now). The improvements come in the form of a more accurate voice typing experience, which Google hopes will make the tool more useful for end users.

Google Docs and Google Slides allows users to use their voice and convert their speech into text. This is useful not just as a tool of convenience, ...

The only issue would be the accuracy of the tool, where we’re sure that many of you have probably realized that it isn’t always the most accurate at picking up what you’re trying to say. “These enhancements will help reduce transcription errors and minimize lost audio during transcription. This is useful not just as a tool of convenience, but also from an accessibility standpoint where users who might not be able to type will still be able to create documents and slides.

Voice typing tools reliant on speech-to-text algorithms have long been a convenient way to create larger text documents quickly, especially if you're a slow ...

If you’re using Chrome to deliver a Slides presentation, you [turn on live captions](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/9109474?hl=en). [documentation for voice typing](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226) still says you cannot use voice commands for editing your speaker notes. If you plan to use this feature on a video conference, we suggest consulting other participants because Slides captions could overlap with independent It will transcribe everything you say into text seen underneath your slides, just like Live Captions and [transcription on YouTube](https://www.androidpolice.com/youtube-transcripts-auto-translated-captions-phone/). With the latest update, you can follow up with voice commands like “select paragraph,” “italics,” and “go to the end of the line,” much like you would instruct a human typist to make edits to a body of text. The company recently updated the feature to allow editing Slides speaker notes and Docs files using your voice, along with a live caption-generation tool for your presentations.

A Google Docs update is promising to bring a much-improved voice-typing feature – and it'll be available outside Chrome, too.

[via 9to5Google](https://9to5google.com/2023/01/09/google-docs-voice-typing/)(opens in new tab) On a similar theme, Apple recently launched its first range of [audiobooks with AI-powered narrators](https://www.techradar.com/news/apples-ai-audiobooks-are-a-long-way-from-killing-off-human-narrators) (above). [best text-to-speech software](https://www.techradar.com/best/best-text-to-speech-software)) are the most useful fruits of these new AI algorithms. But speech is arguably one of the most useful areas for AI development, for both usability and accessibility. Google Workspace users who are subscribed to Rapid Release updates will start to see it arrive from today, but most of us will see a gradual rollout over two weeks from February 6. But an update that's coming in early February will see some enhancements to the feature, plus the option of using it in web browsers beyond Chrome.

At the start, the feature will be available only on Chrome browsers — which we assume includes the Chrome mobile app as well — and will later be expanded to ...

Right now, Google Docs is not among the first-choice transcription apps. Currently, you may run into some issues with capitalization and punctuation, but for the most part, Voice Typing works as a transcription tool. As of now, there is no word on when the update will be available within the Docs app itself, but as a quick reminder: you can always open your document via Docs in your browser too. If you are interested in trying it out now, open a Doc, navigate to Tools section on top and then select Voice typing. [Google went over its plans in a blog post](https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/01/voice-features-google-docs-slides-improvements.html), where they’ve covered how this update will impact not only Docs, but Slides as well. Okay, so voice typing isn't something new.

This can be seen as a great input method for pick-up enhancements that improve automated captions in Google Slides. After viewing any document, you click on ...

This helps to visualize things like page breaks, column breaks, section breaks, paragraph breaks, spaces, and tabs too. On the other hand, we’re seeing the voice typing feature for Google Docs attain better availability to several huge browsers out there. After viewing any document, you click on Tools and then on the tab of Voice Typing.