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dictation

[dik-tey-shuhn] / dɪkˈteɪ ʃən /


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Early last year, as developers started to embrace vibe coding, hype for Wispr’s dictation app started building.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

The new wave of AI dictation apps uses Whisper as the foundation and builds on top to offer live dictation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

AI-powered dictation is now gaining a toehold among programmers and regular users – and getting people to talk to their laptops.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

To clone their voices, No ID had them read a standardized voice-over script to capture tone, dictation and voice characteristics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

I had met her when she had gone to work at H. M. Basner as a replacement for an Afrikaans-speaking secretary, Miss Koch, who had refused to take my dictation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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