NEW! Transcribe audio files or record your own while staying in the flow in Microsoft Word – coming in early 2020.
We spoke with researchers, reporters, lawyers, and teachers, and learned that people spend a ton of time recording audio interviews on their phone, and then spend even more time transcribing those conversations into Word.
Today, we’re announcing a solution that helps busy professionals upload their own audio files or record new ones on the fly, all within Word. Once your audio has been uploaded or recorded, Word—leveraging your OneDrive account to securely store the audio files and Azure Speech Services under the hood—displays a written audio transcription in the side panel and allows you to quickly and easily bring relevant snippets or the entire transcript into your document to edit. The transcript itself is automatically separated by speaker and into relevant chunks of content, and the interactive panel allows you to easily jump around the recording to find and verify the perfect quote.
Audio transcription in Word will be available in early 2020 in Word for the web, with integration into the Word desktop and mobile apps following in the spring. Exact plans and pricing will be announced closer to general availability.
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Read about this and more on the Microsoft 365 blog:
- Microsoft 365 makes work and play more intuitive and natural with innovations in voice, digital ink, and touch
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2019/10/02/microsoft-365-intuitive-natural-innovations-voice-digital-ink-touch/
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