Dictation Apps for your Writing Process

Carl Sagan, the voice for Cosmos, and a prolific writer, would dictate his ideas and stories, and later type them up. Luckily, these days we have Star Trek level technology to take our spoken words and turn them into text. 

My friend and fellow writer Dita asked me about dictation apps (and Dita - I will get into Android options at the end) and I’m so glad she did. It gave me a chance to really look at what I was using and explore other options - which is especially important as we’re approaching November which is when many of us sit down to write a novel.

I do use dictation on my phone but it’s clunky. Basically, I open my iPhone, open a note, and use the microphone that takes my words and turns them into text. 

But, sometimes that option does a terrible job of translating...

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