Published in Dictanote Blog·Sep 13, 2022New HomeWe have just moved our blog to https://dictanote.co/blog/ Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get the latest updates :)1 min read1 min readNew HomeWe have just moved our blog to https://dictanote.co/blog/Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get the latest updates :)----
Dec 21, 2020WaymoMy most recent fascination is Waymo, the autonomous driving startup. For many years, there has been speculation on when self-driving cars will get on the road. Waymo’s public launch in Phoenix,AZ settles the question — it’s finally here! The podcast with Dmitri Dolgov, CTO of Waymo is really interesting…1 min read1 min read
Dec 9, 2020Option Volume and TeslaThis year, I finished my PhD at MIT. As I sat there thinking of what to do next and evaluating different opportunities, I was approached by a company I hadn’t heard of before — Susquehanna. For people who haven’t heard of Susquehanna, it is a global trading and technology firm…Tesla2 min readTesla2 min read
Dec 9, 2020Energy Sustainability S-CurveThe past few months have seen a flurry of announcements in the sustainability space. For years, companies have paid lip service but now things seem to be getting serious and real dollars are being committed. Let’s look at 3 major pieces driving energy sustainability Renewable Electricity Generation mainly Solar PV Enormous amount of Solar PV manufacturing…Tesla2 min readTesla2 min read
Published in Dictanote Blog·Jul 12, 2020Transcribing Audio To TextDictanote is a note-taking app with built-in speech recognition capabilities. You can manually dictate text to transcribe it. However, this can be quite laborious. One of the most requested features in Dictanote is to transcribe audio from a file via Dictanote. This involves playing the audio and routing the audio…Speech Recognition2 min readSpeech Recognition2 min read
Published in Dictanote Blog·Mar 7, 2020Use Speech To Text to type in WordPress using the Voice In Chrome ExtensionDownload from the Chrome Webstore: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/voice-in-voice-typing/pjnefijmagpdjfhhkpljicbbpicelgko?hl=en Typing on your keyboard is monotonous, slow and time-consuming. Voice In makes it easy by letting you do voice typing (dictation). The Voice In Chrome Extension builds on the Google’s speech recognition engine to create an effective voice typing tool for Chrome. Voice In…Word Press2 min readWord Press2 min read
Published in Dictanote Blog·Dec 19, 2019Enable Spell Checking In Google ChromeSpell checking is critical particularly for while writing long documents. For the longest time, I have been hesitant to install a spell checking extension like Grammarly as it is added bloat. These will end up running on every site and slow down Chrome. However, it turns out you can enable spell checking directly within Google Chrome. Once enabled, you can use spell check in Dictanote too ! Step 1: Go to Settings chrome://settingsChrome2 min readChrome2 min read
Published in Dictanote Blog·Jun 1, 2019Adding Dictanote to your DesktopThere is now a simple way to add Dictanote to your desktop and open it as a standalone app: For people who can’t check the video, here are the 3 quick steps:Speech Recognition1 min readSpeech Recognition1 min read
Published in Dictanote Blog·Dec 19, 2018Dictanote v2: Better UI + Improved Voice Commands + Longer DictationJust in time before the new year, we have launched a whole new version of Dictanote dubbed v2. This version makes a number of improvements to user experience: New Core: We addressed a number of pain points raised by users. On the UI front, the dictate button now stands out…Design1 min readDesign1 min read
Published in Dictanote Blog·Mar 22, 2017Better UI for Voice TypingToday we made a big update to Dictanote adding a better dictation interface and support for Chrome on Android. The UI normally has text editor functions: However, once you start voice typing, you see something like this:Web Development1 min readWeb Development1 min read