Expand English contractions automatically when using Voice In Plus for dictation. This supports the conversion of informal speech into formal prose.
This is a programming tool, not an educational tool.
Voice In is a free plugin for Google Chrome that supports dication in the text areas of web pages. This is where I draft most of my writing these days before it is pasted into a final document. Voice In provides a Notepad for dication if you still need to get a favorite alternative like 750words.com. It also works in Overleaf, Jupyter, and Colab. The word error is about 2-4 percent, better than most alternative dictation software. It does not do long hallucinations like chatbots, which I find to be annoying and a waste of my time.
Voice In Plus requires a modest subscription fee. It adds support for custom commands.
- 186 common and not so common English contractions mapped to their expansions.
The file format is comma-separated values (csv).
The first column has the voice commands in lowercase.
The second column has the text inserted and any action commands executed in between angular braces.
Multi-line text fragments are possible via the newline command (\n).
- Right-click on the plugin icon and select
Options. - This act opens the Voice-in options page.
- Click on
bulk addbutton. A simple window with a plain text area will open. - Open the csv file in a text editor like VS Code. Select all, copy, and paste into the text area of the bulk add window.
- Click the
add commandsbutton below the text area. The new commands are available for use.
- Search for Voice In in the Chrome Store
- Full library of commands for Voice In Plus
- Voice computing on MooersLab landing page
| Version | Changes | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Version 0.1 | First posted 96 contractions. | 2024 January 16 |
| Version 0.2 | Expanded to 186 contractions. | 2024 April 5 |
- NIH: R01 CA242845
- NIH: R01 AI088011
- NIH: P30 CA225520 (PI: R. Mannel)
- NIH: P20 GM103640 and P30 GM145423 (PI: A. West)