Voice to text in MS Word and Outlook - silly string insertion
July 29, 2024 11:45 PM Subscribe
I increasingly use the voice to text function in Microsoft Word and Outlook. It's pretty basic but for straight-forward structure it gets it right enough of the time. But it keeps on inserting the string
2nd I've searched and searched and can't find anyone talking about this, asking about it or solving it. Is anyone else here seeing this and what did you do to resolve it?
I'm not interested in any other solution outside of Word or Outlook - I've tried Otter and suspect it's a mechanical Turk (the first time I used it was in the most trying circumstances; climbing up and down a steep scrub-covered hill in strong wind. with helicopters flying overhead and it got almost every word right, and then - once I'd started subscribing - the quality fell off a cliff.).
As far as I can tell all of the AI tools require either Windows System for Linux, Windows Pro (I have Home Premium v10), or a GPU.
I'm not interested in any other solution outside of Word or Outlook - I've tried Otter and suspect it's a mechanical Turk (the first time I used it was in the most trying circumstances; climbing up and down a steep scrub-covered hill in strong wind. with helicopters flying overhead and it got almost every word right, and then - once I'd started subscribing - the quality fell off a cliff.).
As far as I can tell all of the AI tools require either Windows System for Linux, Windows Pro (I have Home Premium v10), or a GPU.
Are you saying it inserts your last input twice? Like: I went for a walk. I went for a walk.
That's happening to my android phone and I've found no way to fix it.
posted by james33 at 6:25 AM on July 30
That's happening to my android phone and I've found no way to fix it.
posted by james33 at 6:25 AM on July 30
Are you saying the word "second" and it is inserting "2nd" instead, or is it just randomly adding the string? Can you clarify what is going on when this happens? Maybe give some examples of sentences where this has happened?
posted by number9dream at 7:04 AM on July 30
posted by number9dream at 7:04 AM on July 30
If it's literally inserting the string "2nd" in odd places, my guess would also be that it's transcribing a non-verbal sound. Might be a sound you're making yourself; might be a noise in the background. In the latter case - if you usually just rely on the computer's built-in microphone, can you try a headset?
posted by ManyLeggedCreature at 8:16 AM on July 30
posted by ManyLeggedCreature at 8:16 AM on July 30
Response by poster: london explorer girl hmm, replace with nothing, I will try.
james33 - no, it's just inserting the string 2nd, just the once and normally joins it to the start of the word nearest the cursor (I think the cursor point jumps forward right next to the start of the nearest word adding 2nd). Then it'll do it again at the next place I'm writing.
number9dream it is random, only occurring when I pause. Good point re what I'm writing, I'll collect instances to see if there's a pattern.
ManyLeggedCreature I am using a headset
posted by unearthed at 12:55 PM on July 30
james33 - no, it's just inserting the string 2nd, just the once and normally joins it to the start of the word nearest the cursor (I think the cursor point jumps forward right next to the start of the nearest word adding 2nd). Then it'll do it again at the next place I'm writing.
number9dream it is random, only occurring when I pause. Good point re what I'm writing, I'll collect instances to see if there's a pattern.
ManyLeggedCreature I am using a headset
posted by unearthed at 12:55 PM on July 30
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posted by london explorer girl at 4:59 AM on July 30 [1 favorite]