Voice Typing Glossary

Key terms and definitions for voice typing, speech-to-text, and AI dictation technology.

Voice Typing

Using speech recognition to convert spoken words into typed text on a device.

Technology that converts spoken language into written text using automatic speech recognition (ASR).

Verbal placeholders like "um," "uh," "like," "you know," and "so" that appear in natural speech.

AI technology that understands user intent without explicit instructions or commands.

The practice of speaking text aloud for it to be transcribed, either by a person or by software.

Technology that identifies and processes human speech, either to identify the speaker or to understand spoken words.

The computational process of converting spoken language into text without human intervention.

The process of using artificial intelligence to automatically correct, format, and polish text from speech.

A measurement of typing or speaking speed, counting the number of words produced in one minute.

Technology that instantly translates speech from one language to written text in another language.

Voice typing that supports multiple languages, including automatic language detection and code-switching.

A voice-driven editing feature that lets you transform any selected text by describing the change aloud.

An AI system that executes cross-app actions from natural voice commands, not just transcription, but task completion.

A smartphone keyboard app that uses AI to enable intelligent voice typing across all applications.