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dictation

[dik-tay-shuhn] / dɪkˈteɪ ʃən /


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The dictation app Aqua Voice doesn’t have any formal disclosure policies for the creators it pays, according to Austin Zitting, its head of marketing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The report said concerns about O'Brien's practice were known for many years before 2016, including triage delays, record-keeping failures, storage of patients notes at home, delayed dictation, non-standard prescribing and other clinical and administrative concerns.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Along the same lines, dictation software has made a massive leap this year.

From Slate ● May 24, 2026

Early last year, as developers started to embrace vibe coding, hype for Wispr’s dictation app started building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

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

Mr. Santaki came up with the idea of large groups of people taking part in dictations back in 2013.

From NewsForKids.net ● Jun. 8, 2023

French spelling is notoriously tricky and dictations have inspired dread in generations of pupils from Dunkerque to Perpignan.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2023

Stripped from the final report, for instance, was a reference to how several department leaders who attended Garcetti’s weekly “cabinet” meetings told researchers that the meetings “often felt more like dictations rather than discussions.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2022

Junior and senior staff members told investigators they were asked to perform book tasks during their work day, including transcribing dictations, printing and delivering documents, and attending meetings with agents and publishers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021

All the dictations are most valuable intellectually, but should not be long-continued at one time, as they require great concentration of mind, and are consequently wearisome.

From Froebel's Gifts by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin


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