Among the lesser known functions of a Windows PC is to function as an automatic writer under dictation. Using the right program, you can write without using your hands, simply by dictating the text in a natural voice and letting the software processor interpret the words and write them on the sheet.
As a free program we have seen how to dictate to write documents by voice with Google Docs, which is really very efficient and good at understanding words without needing to speak like a robot.
In addition to using your own voice spoken into the microphone, you can also use your computer to convert an audio recording that can be a video or an mp3 file saved on your computer, into written text .
This is a feature included in the Windows system, to be activated manually, which can be used without downloading any programs
What you have to do is always use the Google Docs voice dictation function, only that the reception of the audio must not come from the microphone, but from the computer itself .
To have this type of configuration, right-click on the volume icon at the bottom right of the desktop and open the Sound options.
Then move to the Registration tab, right-click in the center of the window and activate the display of hidden and disabled devices.
An element called Stereo Mixing should now appear which is disabled by default and which should also be included with every PC with a standard integrated sound card.
Right-click on Stereo Mixing, click on Enable and then on Default .
To be sure that everything works, click on the other Microphone elements and disable them.
To prove it works, open a video on Youtube or any audio file such as music to see the green bar next to a stereo mix that moves and indicates reception.
At this point, open a new document with Google Drive, go to the Tools menu and use the Voice Typing function (or you can also open this test website).
Start the audio file to be transcribed or the Youtube video or anything else that plays a voice spoken on the computer, press the microphone button and let the program write by itself what is played by the PC .
With this mechanism, in fact, the conversion of an audio file or that of a video into a text file such as a Word document is obtained.
Google's speech to text program manages, skillfully and with excellent results, to listen and write under text dictation in all the languages of the world, including Italian.
Just remember, when done, to disable stereo mixing in Windows audio recording settings.
All this is very nice, but if the goal is to quickly transcribe an audio file or even a Youtube video, in order to get all the spoken and spoken speeches in a text file, then you can use the free online service oTrascribe .com which helps in transcription.
To transcribe a Youtube video automatically and convert the subtitles into written text, you can use the Diycaptions.com online service where you just have to indicate the video ID, that is the random letters visible on the internet address of a video when opened from the Youtube site ( eg: //www.youtube.com/watch "> The best free and Italian Text To Speech to convert written words into spoken voice
