Q: Are there any free voice recognition programs for my computer that are worth trying? A: The pursuit to have computers understand human speech started in the early 1950s when Bell Labs designed a ...

Typing couldn’t keep up with my thoughts. An AI dictation app changed my writing workflow, and my keyboard took a back seat.

I’ve touted Windows’ ability to type with just your voice for years, so I finally decided to put my money where my mouth is: I used Windows’ Voice Access and ...

Sometimes a word can be so hard to spell that any attempts are too garbled for autocorrect to offer helpful suggestions. Whenever I find myself struggling to spell a word, I double-tap the Command key ...

Fluid Dictation is a new feature for Copilot+ PCs that makes speaking to your computer smoother and smarter. As you talk, it automatically fixes grammar, adds punctuation, and removes filler words ...

Frederick Jelinek, 77, a brilliant and determined engineer who overcame the challenges of a boyhood in Nazi-occupied Europe to come to the United States and teach computers how to recognize the sounds ...

A Maryland physician is using speech dictation software to translate notes from a medical encounter into the patient record, reducing his time on a computer and enriching the visit for both him and ...

This is Atlantic Intelligence, a limited-run series in which our writers help you wrap your mind around artificial intelligence and a new machine age. Sign up here. Take dictation, for example. As my ...