IALLT's Free Language Technology Magazine: 2018

Google Speech Technology: Gboard & Voice Typing

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Lightening fast, accuracy improving, and with sophisticated interfaces, the ability for instructors to get free and fantastic speech technology into the hands of language learners has never been easier.

In this article, we explore how Google Voice Typing and Google Gboard can be used today to facilitate multilingual language use and learning. Faster than typing, reports indicate that voice typing (dictation) is three times faster than manual keyboard typing (Ong, 2017). This may not be quite as fast for language learners, but certainly could help them build their proficiency in speaking the new language.