Quick fixes: use dictation when you can’t spell a word
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#61TN2)
Your phone has a way to turn your voice into text. IssueSometimes a word can be so hard to spell that any attempts are too garbled for autocorrect to offer helpful suggestions.
Quick fixUse your device's built-in dictation.
The Full StoryWhenever I find myself struggling to spell a word, I double-tap the Command key on my Mac to activate dictation mode. From there, I can say the word out loud, and most of the time, the word I'm looking for will appear on my screen. I can then double-tap Command again to tell my computer to stop listening.
Being a terrible speller, I do this trick at least once a week, and it's the only reason I'm able to spell the word guarantee" because my brain just cannot retain it.
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