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So, in this quick video, I'm going to show you how your students can automatically transcribe
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everything said in an online lesson. So there is a way that students can transcribe everything that the online instructor might
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be saying. This way, at the end of the lesson, they'll have the complete transcript and they can
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go through and search for certain parts. So here's how it works
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For one, students will obviously have to be connected to a Zoom meeting
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The next step will be for them to turn up their volume
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Not too high, but high enough that the microphone is going to be able to pick up the sound from
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the speakers. The next thing they'll need is either Microsoft Word or Google Docs
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So let's start with Word. When the teacher begins to talk and the student wants to transcribe, all they'll have to do
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is select Dictate. Hello, class, and welcome to your online lesson. By using the Word Dictation feature, you can automatically transcribe everything that your
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professor says. Now let's take a look and see how this works with Google Docs
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Again, when a student is connected to the meeting, they just have to select the voice
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typing microphone for Google Docs to dictate everything that's said in their online meeting
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Good morning, class. Right now, I am using Google Docs' voice typing feature to transcribe everything that is being
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said by the teacher in the lesson, period. One thing to keep in mind is that when you have Word or Google Docs listening for the
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transcription, it's actually listening to the audio from your speakers. It's not actually listening to the system audio, which means that you'll have to make
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sure that the sound is at a decent level in order for your computer's microphone to pick
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up the sound. Now, the nice thing is, is that once the lesson is done or when the student stops recording
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after the lesson, they'll have a complete transcription of what the professor said
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And if they want to look for a particular part of their lesson, they can just use the
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find feature, in this case, Control-F. I can just type something like video, and it's going
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to automatically find the parts of that lesson where that term was used
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So again, just know that as a student, there is an option for you to record a transcription
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of an online lecture. And also know that if you're a professor, there is a way that students can transcribe
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everything that you say using this method. So, just be extra careful with what you say
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So hopefully, this video has been a helpful way to show you or your students how they
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can take notes automatically using either Word or Google Docs. Let me know what you think about this method
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If you have any questions, leave a comment below
