Voice Master - is the Chrome browser extension 100% FREE, provides speech recognition (voice recognition) that converts spoken words into text which can be automatically inserted into the text fields on any web page or into a special dictation window, enabling direct communication with AI platforms like Claude and chatGPT using your voice. Additionally, the extension offers text correction features powered by AI ChatGPT (to correct punctuation, format, lexical), though a paid key is required to activate this service. This tool is ideal for anyone looking to enhance productivity by reducing the time spent on typing, making it a perfect solution for optimizing workflow
Installation and Setup
Install the "Voice Master" extension as you would any other Chrome extension. After installation, you will see a microphone icon, which we recommend dragging onto the toolbar for quicker access.
Usage
- Activate Voice Input: in the pop-up window, switch the toggle to "on.", and click on the microphone icon
- Language Selection: Choose your desired input language, whether it be English or any other available language.
- Field Selection: Select (set focus, click on it) the input field on the web page where you wish to leave your text – it could be a shop-site search bar, YouTube comment section, Facebook post textarea, WordPress TinyMCE text editor, or any other text field.
- Dictation text area: Click on the special button "Dictate window", start speaking, and "Voice Master" will transcribe your speech into text. Use it to verbalize your thoughts.
- Voice Input Deactivation: Once done speaking, click on the microphone icon again to stop the process, or use hot key CTRL+SHIFT+Y
Editing with chatGPT to correct punctuation
For text punctuation correction AI chatGPT 3.5 turbo (paid API):
- Highlight the text and click the button on the toolbar to improve stylistics "Fix spelling and styling by chatGPT".
- The first time you use it, you will be asked to enter a key for the GPT API, which will be saved for subsequent use.
- The AI will edit and return the text, and you simply confirm to replace the original text.
- With a budget of 5 dollars, using the GPT-3.5-turbo model priced at $0.002 per 1000 tokens, you can process approximately 2,500,000 tokens. This translates to around 1,923,077 words, considering an average of 1.3 tokens per English word. Therefore, with this budget, you will be able to make corrections to a substantial amount of English text. No intermediaries, no additional service fees, you pay only for what you use directly with OpenAI.
Functionality Disclaimer:
- Limitations of Speech Recognition APIs: Although speech recognition technologies have significantly improved, they still may struggle with accurately identifying punctuation. This is because punctuation marks are not spoken as words, and must be inferred from intonation, pauses, and the rhythm of speech, which can be challenging for algorithms.
- Complexity of Speech Models: Human speech can be unpredictable and varied. People may speak quickly, merge words, use regional features, or articulate sounds unclearly. All these factors pose challenges for the speech recognition system in accurately recognizing and applying punctuation.
- Need for Contextual Understanding: Punctuation often depends on the context of a sentence or even a paragraph. AI, such as ChatGPT, is trained to understand large volumes of text and can better determine the need for commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation points based on context.
Brief Explanation for Inclusion in Texts: "To enhance the accuracy of punctuation in texts recognized by Speech-to-Text technologies, we apply additional correction using AI ChatGPT. This allows for consideration of the context and nuances of human speech, ensuring high precision in text formatting."
Note: chatGPT here doesn't work for YouTube comments section, and also max text length for chatGPT correction is 4000 symbols
Dictation in a Separate Window
For more convenient text management, use the dictate in a separate window feature:
- Press the “Dictate window” button.
- Dictate your text, and it will appear in a separate field, from where you can copy it anywhere or use it for personal notes.
- You can also edit the text with chatGPT right in this window.
- Example of using: dictate email to anybody and correct the text using AI
Additional Features
- All windows and panels of the plugin are draggable.
Hotkeys:
- To toggle the panel visibility, use the hotkey: CTRL+SHIFT+U.
- When using any textarea or text input, you can enable or disable speech recognition with the hotkey: CTRL+SHIFT+Y.
- If you select text and then speak, the selected text will be replaced with what you have spoken
- Additionally, user can close the window or change the language settings at any time
Feedback and Suggestions
If you have any ideas or suggestions, please contact us. We value your input and are always looking to improve "Voice Master" to better suit your needs.
Conclusion
"Voice Master" is a handy tool that helps you translate voice to text. With it, you can easily control the Internet with your voice, turn speech into text on command, and, if necessary, correct the text using artificial intelligence. This tool makes using the Internet easier and does not require much effort to manage. Add Voice Master to your daily routine to make texting easier with advanced speech recognition technology.