dictation
Example Sentences
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I’ve also begun dictating all my emails, Slack messages and everything else using the built-in dictation features on my Lenovo Chromebook Plus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
Speech-to-text programs are becoming more popular for everyday tasks like hands-free dictation, helping people who are visually impaired, and transcribing speech for those who are hard of hearing.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024
The Champs-Élysées Committee has staged other open-air events in the past, including a mass movie showing and the world’s largest dictation event.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024
Typing, voice dictation technology or my usual chicken scratch would’ve done the job far faster.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024
It turned out that my mother had once spent about a year working for him as a secretary, taking dictation and maintaining the legal department’s files.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing dictation
Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 1
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Essential Word Roots: Dic and Dict
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