Every word you say and text produced is recorded on Microsoft’s servers. What privacy? Not a word about this from Microsoft, which is typical. Then use Office’s Translate to convert the text you’ve approved. If you don’t know the To: language, it’s safer to use Dictate into something you can read and edit. Then the Cortana translate between languages has to be correct. Firstly, there’s the speech to text which must accurately render your words. There’s two opportunities for Dictate translation to go wrong. We have no idea if the Monty Python phrase is correctly translated into Finnish. It’s a fantastic idea, if it works properly. You’ll get better results with a headset microphone and in a quiet location. An inbuilt microphone usually isn’t enough for dictation. Go to Control Panel | Speech Recognition | Set up microphone. Our ebook Dictation and Read Aloud in Office explains all about modern dictation and speak options in Windows, Mac, Apple and Android devices.Ī good, close and clear microphone is essential to getting speech recognition to work well. ![]() ![]() In Windows 10/11 there are in-built dictation tools to use in any app. Setup Dictateĭownload was available from but that page has been disabled. It worked with Word, PowerPoint and Outlook for email writing in Office 2013 and Office 2016. Microsoft is pushing the Cortana voice features in Windows 10 and, frankly, Dictate is the first practical application we’ve seen for the technology.ĭictate is a Microsoft Garage tool, which means it’s ‘trial balloon’ for something that may, or may not, make it into fully released product. It uses the same cloud system which converts your spoken questions to Cortana. What made Dictate different is the use of Cortana voice recognition technology. Most media have just reported Microsoft’s hype, we actually tested Dictate and here’s what we’ve found. This feature could be another tool in your arsenal as you go about the task of making your presentation documents.Microsoft released an interesting new tool for Office 2013/2016 which promised to be a major improvement on current ‘speech to text’ options. In this tutorial, we’ll give you a detailed description of how to use this new AI feature by Microsoft to convert word docs to PowerPoint. Using this tool doesn’t require any specialist knowledge of Powerpoint and has been built keeping in mind the needs of the average PowerPoint user. It’s a great tool to give you a starting point for your presentations. If you don’t have typographical elements in your document, the Transform Command will add assets to it and suggest themes you can use to convert your document. This tool is also smarter than one would expect. Try this feature called the Transform Command. Once exported, it allows you to make edits to your PPT. ![]() The tool intelligently sifts through the word document, takes into account the headers and text in your document, even looks at keywords, and recommends images, fonts, and other media tools to enhance your presentations based on your theme. This “Artificial Intelligence feature” is now a part of the MS Office suite and is designed to automatically convert word to PowerPoint. Microsoft has quietly and recently started to deploy AI to help people convert text documents into visually appealing presentations. Given the massive footprint and routine usage of Powerpoint presentations, Microsoft has recognized that AI-related investments in this area will create a big impact on business. Artificial Intelligence is transforming nearly every facet of life and business- and business communication is no exception.
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