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FEATURE<br />

3. Voice dictation<br />

For those suffering from repetitive strain injuries or<br />

who would rather not type all the time, using a voice<br />

dictation app for document creation can help. There<br />

are several options for using voice dictation with<br />

Chromebooks, but two that I tried and liked were<br />

Google’s built-in dictation for Google Docs and the<br />

free Chromebook app VoiceNote II.<br />

To use the feature on Google Docs, open a word<br />

processing document, and go to Tools > Voice typing<br />

in the menu. A small window with a microphone will<br />

open to the left of the document area. Click that and<br />

start dictating your document. The only problem with<br />

Google’s solution is that it was a little on the slow<br />

side in my tests. When you need to dictate offline,<br />

VoiceNote II is a good choice. This Chrome app takes<br />

74 TECH ADVISOR • MAY 2018<br />

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