dictation
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Along the same lines, dictation software has made a massive leap this year.
From Slate • May 24, 2026
Tech workers are walking around talking to AI, pairing dictation apps with coding tools to turn rambling prompts into usable text in seconds—a process that can be both efficient and obnoxious.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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
Be it writing emails, sending SMS, designing a website, or giving AIs tasks, early adopters say dictation allow them to work faster, think more clearly, and be more productive.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
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
Vocabulary lists containing dictation
Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 1
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Essential Word Roots: Dic and Dict
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