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peppy 01-29-2026 12:43 PM

APP for lecture to text
 
I am looking for an APP or program to help with note taking for a high school senior. Just recording I don't think will help, because he is hard of hearing.
We only need it for one class so I don't want to spend an arm and leg.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

masraum 01-29-2026 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by peppy (Post 12601453)
I am looking for an APP or program to help with note taking for a high school senior. Just recording I don't think will help, because he is hard of hearing.
We only need it for one class so I don't want to spend an arm and leg.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Can he use a cell phone or will this be on a laptop or tablet? If it's a cell or tablet, is it Android or Apple? If it's a laptop, what kind (Mac, Win, or Chrome)?

What OS (android, apple, win, etc...) will narrow down the search. I know Apple products do a lot of dictation these days, but I haven't tried to dictate a 1-2hr long lecture. I'm sure that there's something out there though.

id10t 01-29-2026 01:17 PM

Check with the school to see what they have via ADA accommodations

Other than that, the text to speech on a i-Thing's notepad app seems to work really well

masraum 01-29-2026 01:19 PM

Here's a short thread on reddit which mentions 2 products.

https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/1jd72cd/urgently_need_voice_dictation_app_suggestions_for/

masraum 01-29-2026 01:21 PM

According to this link, any app on an iPhone where you can "type" text, it can be dictated. So I would think it could be used in notes. I've never tried it myself.
I feel like it may be safest to record audio so that is available as a backup, and then figure out how to dictate from the recording at a later time.

peppy 01-29-2026 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 12601468)
Can he use a cell phone or will this be on a laptop or tablet? If it's a cell or tablet, is it Android or Apple? If it's a laptop, what kind (Mac, Win, or Chrome)?

What OS (android, apple, win, etc...) will narrow down the search. I know Apple products do a lot of dictation these days, but I haven't tried to dictate a 1-2hr long lecture. I'm sure that there's something out there though.

He has an apple phone that would be most convenient, but could also use a laptop with windows. We are not asking the teacher for his permission so that could be an issue.

peppy 01-29-2026 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by id10t (Post 12601470)
Check with the school to see what they have via ADA accommodations

Other than that, the text to speech on a i-Thing's notepad app seems to work really well

Small private school so no resources for hoh students

Deschodt 01-29-2026 02:37 PM

docs/nurses in hospitals use "Dragon naturally speaking", a lot of lawyers too, several versions exist. When that breaks they cry so loud it mus tbe good !! There must be a student version for less.

id10t 01-29-2026 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by peppy (Post 12601511)
Small private school so no resources for hoh students

If in the US then federally required by law

I helped a teacher do a captioning for a vid lecture by using notes on her iphone and dictation years ago. Demand the accommodation of being able to have the device or a mic where needed

peppy 01-29-2026 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by id10t (Post 12601518)
If in the US then federally required by law

I helped a teacher do a captioning for a vid lecture by using notes on her iphone and dictation years ago. Demand the accommodation of being able to have the device or a mic where needed

He gets accommodations, but the school does not provide talk to text software for students. We have never needed it until this year. Most of my sons teachers would provide written notes for the lectures for him. This teacher does not have written notes.

peppy 01-29-2026 04:45 PM

I have found 2 that I downloaded Summary AI and Otter.ai, both of these are not free.

We will do some testing and I will report back.

rwest 01-29-2026 04:48 PM

How about some sort of hearing aid?

peppy 01-29-2026 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by rwest (Post 12601558)
How about some sort of hearing aid?

He has those.

rwest 01-29-2026 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by peppy (Post 12601571)
He has those.

Do they have t-loop compatibility and would it be possible to get a portable transmitter for the classroom?

3rd_gear_Ted 01-29-2026 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by peppy (Post 12601511)
Small private school so no resources for hoh students

That's not legal in California and its an ADA violation.

peppy 01-29-2026 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by rwest (Post 12601585)
Do they have t-loop compatibility and would it be possible to get a portable transmitter for the classroom?

The hearing aids may have t-loop, but we have never used that. The problem is he can only hear/understand about 75-80% of the words he hears.

3rd_gear_Ted 01-29-2026 07:09 PM

Record the lecture and have Chat GPT listen to it and tell it to condense the content to a summary format.


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