I know of two speech to text apps that are free and reasonably easy to install (ie. you don't need to provide/configure your own AI model unlike with Whisper): Talon Voice and Utterly Voicet More on reddit.com

There’s a dictation product line called Dragon, now owned by Microsoft, that is extremely popular in the legal field. I’ve never used it, but that’s probably what I would look at if I was using dictation on the reg. I think the built in dictation feature is more there as accessibility feature than anything else. For me it’s always a jarring experience to try to use dictation, and I don’t like it. More on reddit.com

Suggestion #1: Look into Dragon Naturally Speaking auto text commands. https://www.dictationdirect.com/tutorials/dragon-medical-one-tutorials/dragon-medical-one-training-auto-text-creation/ https://www.nuance.com/products/help/dragon/dragon-for-pc/enx/professionalgroup/main/Content/MyCommands/mycmds_1/creating_autotext_commands.htm Suggestion #2: You can do this strictly through Word, by defining each entry as an AutoText. For the hundreds of entries you have, rather than storing them in normal.dotm (the default location for AutoText) I would suggest: creating a custom template, named, e.g., VetReport.dotm and storing them there. To get started, Create a two-column table: Col 1 - AutoText Abbreviation Col 2 - Text to be inserted Save each entry in the custom template Store the template in your Word startup folder. When you are ready to use your AutoText library, type the abbreviation, press F3 (if the abbreviation is 3 characters or fewer). If the abbreviation contains 4 characters or more, Word displays a screen tip. When tip displays, press the enter key. Foreseeable issues: If you have entries with similar names, it could be hard to distinguish when one you need. Perhaps you could come up with some sort of naming convention, e.g.,: A100-[Name] A101-[Name] A102-[Name] B100-[Name] B101-[Name] B102-[Name] Using the content here ( https://www.merckvetmanual.com/resourcespages/glossary ), I created a sample template. AutoText Expands to 100-abdomen The middle section of the body, between the chest and the pelvis. A102-Abdominocentesis Surgical procedure in which a needle is inserted into the abdomen to withdraw fluid. B100-Bcell A type of white blood cell that produces antibodies. B104-bacterium A microscopic, single celled organism that may cause disease or may be a harmless, or even helpful, part of an animal's normal internal or external environment. Template Demo is here . More on reddit.com

Win11 has it built in and its very good. Its using the same engine as Teams. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-voice-typing-to-talk-instead-of-type-on-your-pc-fec94565-c4bd-329d-e59a-af033fa5689f More on reddit.com