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→Use Speech Recognition or Dictation applications
Speech (or voice) recognition or dictation applications/software may be an aid if you are transcribing a document, or recording other information.
<br>A free application for iPhones, iPads and iPod touch is [https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/dragon-dictation/id341446764?mt=8 Dragon Dictation]. You may need to ensure the microphone option is turned on.<ref> Great War Forum thread [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=174370&hl= Dragon Dictation - IPad, iPhone] (retrieved 6 June 2014)</ref> These mobile applications perhaps could be useful for recording information for cemetery transcriptions.
<br>Your computer may contain a "Dictation" or similar option. As an example, for Apple Macs, choose Apple () , then System Preferences, select the View menu, then choose “Dictation & Speech".<ref>[http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5449 Mac Basics: Dictation lets you speak text instead of typing] (retrieved 6 June 2014)</ref>.Note however the Apple Mac option does not recognise some voices and will not work at all in these cases.
===Scan and edit a document using OCR (Optical Character Recognition)===
