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Hi Joti,
Thank you for sharing your story of your students and the exciting things that go on daily as a principal. I can see how your connections and experiences with your students make your work exciting and memorable. Even though the text generated through voice-to-text transcription deviated from standard written English conventions, I could easily understand your story.
I appreciate your honesty about what is lacking from the voice-to-text dictation, but you also noted the strengths as well. Like you, I had noticed similar shortcomings in my voice-to-text story such as the lack of proper punctuation, proper paragraphs, and capitalization errors.
I really like that you use Dr. Boroditsky’s discussion on the diversity and imminent loss of languages to illustrate the difference between oral storytelling from written storytelling. Dr. Boroditsky highlights the adaptability and immediacy of oral storytelling, which evolves fluidly with each retelling, reflecting the dynamic nature of spoken languages. In addition, your “digging deeper” section, left me with things to ponder further such as the effects of writing on human thought processes and how writing changes the way we remember things.
Joti had used Microsoft Word’s dictate function to complete the task while I used the voice-to-text tool on my phone and documented this on Notes. Based on our analyses of voice-to-text software, an important notion to consider is how technology can be improved to better accommodate the nuances of spoken language while still maintaining clarity and accuracy in written form. While voice-to-text software can help us complete tasks more efficiently, as well as increase learning accessibility for learners there is room to make this technology more accurate and fluent.
