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Having your computer process speech into text and turn text into speech can help in many ways.

Speech to text is useful for:

• researching or searching through content
• identifing who is speaking during a recorded event
• reading what was said when listening to the audio when it’s too slow, or in places where listening to audio isn’t possible
• typing lengthy passages when you have a hard time typing quickly
• accessibility

On the other hand, text to speech is helpful with:

• turning text into mini audiobooks so you may listen on the go
• teaching and training
• documentation
• accessibility

Join us when PMUG president Aric Pedersen will talk on using the Mac’s built-in speech to text and text to speech capabilities, and show on-device AI to convert speech to text with MacWhisper.

About the Presenter
Aric Pedersen has worked for many years in the technology sector. He has used Macs primarily since 1990. Aric can often be found answering questions on the PMUG help list while he waits for the world to return to something like normalcy. He currently lives in New Jersey.