voice to text /dictation ideas

[Anonymous]

Our DC (8th grade) was dx with dysgraphia at the end of last year. We are starting to use talk to text (at home) for a variety of tasks, including written school work.
Besides the "built in" part of google docs does anyone have recommendation on other programs or tools?

He tried some basic talk to text last year and it was a little "clunky" especially the edit process, perhaps there is a learning curve or a better program? Some of the challenge is in short answer / paragraph type assignments vs. essays.

We have also done some scribe work for him but that's not sustainable long term; I see a DRAMATIC improvement with the depth of his thoughts (even compared to his typing) with this method so can do it when I can.

Perhaps the tool would vary by type of assignment task. For example, I wanted to have him think about an answer to a short answer that might be needed on an upcoming test and had him talk and record it on his phone; wasn't being turned in so that system worked. It took 20 seconds vs several minutes plus a fight.

I realize this post is long but looking for some quick tips on using technology in a smart way.

[Anonymous]

My daughter tried free trials of several of the paid programs and decided that none of them were better than what's built into Google docs.