Using voice-to-text to save time and energy and boost efficiency at work

A slew of transcription apps are helping journos, lawyers, medics and others do away with manually taking down notes by converting and, in some cases, translating speech to text

Journalist Amit Tyagi works for a leading digital news platform and has to engage with several people through the day over Zoom Calls, telephonic discussions and webinars. What makes his life simpler is a transcription service called Speechnotes. Says Tyagi, “I speak, it notes down as its name suggests. Whatever I speak gets written down automatically. In the process I save a great deal of time.”

Lawyer Lubna Yusuf uses 'live transcribe' by Google and 'Samsung note' app, both of which were pre-installed in her Galaxy note phone. Says Yusuf, “I use transcription services to record certain client meetings, especially