The short answer
Yes. Talk through an essay plan, dictate a first draft, or turn lecture thoughts into tidy notes with the Notes style. It works in Google Docs, Word, Notion and any browser.
Getting past the blank page
The hardest part of most essays is starting. Talking is easier: explain your argument out loud as if to a friend, with hands free switched on, and you have a rough first draft in minutes. Editing a rough draft is far quicker than writing from nothing.
Ways students use it
- Essay plans: talk through your main points, then redo the dictation in the Notes style for a tidy outline.
- First drafts: double-tap the talk key and talk for up to ten minutes per section.
- Revision notes: explain a topic in your own words. If you can say it, you understand it.
- Reading notes: summarise each source aloud as you finish it.
- Emails to tutors: polite and clear, without agonising over the wording.
- Language practice: speak in one language and see it written, or translated.
Is it allowed?
Dictation writes down your words: it tidies punctuation and fillers, but it does not write your essay for you or add ideas you did not say. That makes it more like typing than like asking an AI to write. Even so, rules differ between schools and universities, so check your course's rules if you are unsure, especially for assessed work.
The free plan
The free plan never expires and gives every feature, with 2,000 words every week on one PC. That covers a few essay sections a week. If you write more, the Annual plan is the best value.
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