The programmes listed below, have been tested and used for years. However, I think for people with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia or other learning difficulties (SpLD’s), it is advisable to use programmes that were specially designed with ‘dyslexic’ type problems in mind. There are a lot of ‘Touch Typing’ packages available. Since 2020, Microsoft Office users have been able to use the speech recognition software built-in. Price approximately £140.ĭragon NaturallySpeaking products have won more than 175 awards worldwide for accuracy and ease of use.Īnother programme is: Via Voice Pro (7 – Adult) – enables the user to create, edit and revise documents, integrated with Microsoft Word – all without using a keyboard and it’s easy to use. This software is one of my favourites and in my opinion, is one of the best on the market for dyslexic students. This programme allows you to create, edit and revise documents without using a keyboard. (I have to say this is my favourite because it is so easy to use.) However, in my opinion, if a student has dyslexia or dysgraphia, they would find it easier to use a separate speech recognition software (SRS), such as the ones below (or similar).ĭragon Naturally Speaking 15 (Home Edition) You will find several SRS packages available, many of these are incorporated into other programmes, such as Office XP. (The golden rule is to speak slowly when recording your voice, stressing ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘and’, etc., but please do not speak like a robot, because when you start doing your essay’s etc., the machine will not recognise your voice.) The computer types up exactly what you say. This type of software also helps to improve spelling because the student always sees the correctly spelt words. As you talk, the words are written on the computer screen – and they are spelt correctly. This software works by you ‘talking’ to your computer.

For instance, ‘Dragon Naturally Preferred‘ is rated independently to be 99% accurate and is so easy to use, you’ll wish you changed years ago. Speech Recognition Software has come a very long way in the last decade. On this part of the site, you will find information on Speech Recognition Software (SRS) sometimes called Voice Recognition Software (VRS).

Dyslexia speech to text software