The service of transcribing what is said into text on the platform Google Docs is no longer new, as it has been offered since 2015. However, the company is trying to modernize the tool even more, with some improvements that will even improve the automatic captions in Google Slides.
When viewing a document on the platform Google Docs, you can access Tools > Voice Typing from a floating microphone that will write down what you say until you click the function again. Still, it is also possible to edit and format documents using voice commands.
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With the arrival of the new update, Google seeks to reduce errors in understanding speech, as well as minimize audio loss, but no specific example was given by the company.
Not only will bugs be fixed, but there is an intention to increase availability for all popular browsers as it is currently only available for browsers chrome, not working in Safari, for example.
Updates regarding the capture quality will also apply to automatic subtitles in Google Slides, which is a tool to help viewers of a presentation read the slides.
According to Google: "We hope this release will lead to greater inclusion and accessibility in Docs and Slides user interactions."
These features are in the works and will be fully available within the next month for both the free and paid versions of Google Docs.
Another enhancement to Docs that will be available is support for non-printing characters, which can help with visualization of paragraphs, line breaks, section breaks, page breaks, column breaks, when there is a Tab or even a space.
These implemented symbols can be very useful when formatting a document. To activate the functionality, just open a document within Google Docs, go to View > Show Non-Printable Characters.
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