Speech-to-text used to be regarded as very niche, specifically just used for busy people who needed dictation software, or else had accessibility needs. However, speech-to-text is ...

It was condemned as a 'digital virus' with many fearing standards of literacy would plummet. But text speak has not been the disaster for language many feared and one leading linguist has claimed it ...

Children are always complaining their parents don't understand them - and it seems they're right. The explosion in 'text speak' means many are now effectively using a different language. Almost nine ...

The young often text more than make calls so is speech itself doomed? Texting may be closer to speech than formal written language, writes James Harbeck. Well, OK, you can’t. And yet, in its loosely ...

Pupils are becoming increasingly "bilingual" in English and text-speak, a new study claims. But is it just a simple decline in proper language skills, asks Anne Merritt. Text-speak: shortened bits of ...

Your iPhone has a text-to-speech feature built-in. You don’t need to download an app. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac In iOS 17, the iPhone got a built-in text ...

Text has always been one of humanity’s most enduring tools for thinking and connection. Whether carved in stone, printed on ...

Did you know you can issue commands to Windows? You can tell the operating system to open applications, dictate text, and perform many other tasks. This can be done through Cortana, or you can use the ...

No wonder, then, that Ofcom’s most recent Communications Market Report has found that adults favour text messages over phone calls. Research has found that time spent on the phone dropped last year, ...

The young often text more than make calls so is speech itself doomed? Texting may be closer to speech than formal written language, writes James Harbeck. Say this out loud: zomg wtfffffff im going 2 ...