Speech to Text, Fast, Easy, Free

Pick and poke is still my style of typing- even after the many many years behind the 'keebz'- though, I'd say it is evolved/ has it's efficiencies- maybe why my shoulders hurt and a reason I don't have arthritis in my hands - many do after years typing... It is still a slow way of putting words to screen... even if you're a quick an  speedy typer 

Time is  money- so they say- and no money, no funny, honey. In business, it used to be a secretary or a dedicated employee who'd be at the beckoning call...just in the edge of the shadows... invisible, as to not disturb- frantically putting pen/ pencil to paper- capturing it all in detail - exact, word for word.  These days, instead of a secretary doing such a task, we have services which can do similar with ease and efficiently.

One such service is...
https://dictation.io/ is a simple site where we can find... one of, if not the, easiest speech-to-text services I've come across. Other services make you sign up—for what? Limit your content—even censor your content—make their users buy "credits" for extra words or features. This one here even has voice commands to speed things up further. Want to add a 'smiley'? Just say "smiley"—you've got yourself a smiley dictated for you.

The speech-to-text isn't limited to English either—most popular languages are supported, along with a large list of others. It's an extensive list; honestly, I can't see any language they might have missed. Do you see one? Let me know in the comments below. That is for the speech-to-text; their offered commands are only available for a handful of those languages.

The site dictation.io also presents us with a demo, if needed, to see how the features work and how to use the speech-to-text service.

Make sure your microphone is set for use with the site. Chrome—the browser required for this service, as noted in their troubleshooting/help page—is also where you'll find further information on allowing the mic/site to have access to the microphone. It's easy, but if more help is required, leave a message in the comments below, and I'll see about looking into it for you.