Speaker 1: Typing shipping hua purana, karenge ab bas audio recording, kyunki transcription ka hai zamana. Now before you start wondering why I am getting so dramatic, hear me out. So, Microsoft recently launched a new feature for Word that no longer requires you to type a document. Curious to know? Stick with me till the very end of this video. Hello there, I am Aman Rajsheth, you're watching Gadgets360 and every Tuesday I bring you Office Space, our series dedicated to making your life with Office apps much easier. By the way, did you subscribe to us yet? If not, then please go ahead and subscribe to our YouTube channel and do not forget to hit that bell icon so you're notified whenever a brand new video drops. With that said, let's get started. To start transcribing audio, go to Microsoft Word online and log into your account. After you've logged in, create a new document. In the Home tab, hit the down arrow right next to Dictate and click Transcribe. Now you get two options. You can either upload an audio file from your computer or simply start recording. Let's upload an audio file for transcription. This takes a little while, so don't close the window or refresh the page while your file uploads. Once this is done, the transcription will be available to you in the pane right below. I am using audio from one of Pranay's videos, so in this case, he was the only speaker. But if your audio file consists of multiple speakers, Microsoft Word is going to detect them automatically and will name them as Speaker 1, Speaker 2, and so on. Also, one more thing to note is that you can only upload audio files in WAV, MP3, MP4, and M4A formats. So now that I have the whole thing transcribed, I can edit a segment by clicking the pencil icon over here. I'll just make the changes and confirm them now. Besides, I can add the whole transcription to a document or I can even add a small part by clicking this plus icon. By the way, you can also fiddle around with the audio controls if you want to hear the audio file for making corrections. Apart from uploading an audio file from your computer, you can also record and transcribe your own audio. Since the time I found out about this new feature, I have been typing You can begin this by hitting Start Recording. Let's record a sample clip of 10 seconds. I will just show you guys how this thing works. Now, once I'm done recording, I will hit Save and Transcribe now and that's about it. This feature saves me a lot of time as I can now just think out loud and have Microsoft do the rest of the work for me. So, let's record a sample clip of 10 seconds. This saves me a lot of time as I can now just think out loud and have Microsoft do the writing. I just work on corrections and my articles or video scripts are ready. This is everything that you need to know about Microsoft Word's new transcribe feature. However, if you're looking for alternatives that offer much of the same functionality, I've got you covered. Check out these other options. Otter.ai is a good option for someone who wants to record and take notes in real time. Otter is a paid service that's available online as well as on smartphones. All you need to do is sign up with your email ID and you are good to go. It is also pretty easy to use. You can simply import an audio file for transcription or you can record audio in real time. Besides, when your audio has been transcribed, you get options to edit it, share it, or you can even export the text or audio if you prefer. Otter.ai also lets you transcribe your Zoom meetings, which brings me to the cost of subscription for the service. Otter offers up to 600 minutes per month on the free tier. However, if you really like the services and don't mind spending on the features, you can get Otter Premium for $10 a month or $100 a year. Besides, there's also Otter for Teams that lets you transcribe Zoom meetings. This costs $30 per user monthly or $720 per user annually. Descript is another great transcription service, but unlike Otter, Descript is only available as an app for computers. So once you have the app installed on your computer, all you need to do is sign up for the service and you are ready to transcribe. Descript has all the options that let you record, add an audio file, edit it, share it, etc. But the catch here is that you only get 3 hours of transcription time on the free tier. If you want to continue using Descript, you'll either have to go for a creator account that costs $15 a month or if you want the best of the best, you can opt for the pro account that costs $30 a month. The last option I'm going to talk about is Google Docs. Now Docs might not be as feature-rich as the other transcription services, but if you simply want to take notes while speaking, then look no further than Google Docs. With the help of voice typing, all you need to do is speak and Docs will do the rest of the work for you. Of course, you'll have to tweak your document a bit, but isn't tweaking a document better than writing a complete one? And the good part is that all of this is free. Let me know in the comments if you prefer Google Docs voice typing or are you willing to pay the premium for other transcription services. Either way, smash the like button if you found this video helpful and share it with your friends. As always, thanks for watching and for all things tech, log on to Gadgets360.com. See you next Tuesday.