[psyc]

The word 'dictation' is confusing here. I think you want 'recitation', 'vocalization', 'narration' or just 'reading'. Dictation is speech-to-text, this is text-to-speech.

[phreeza]

Came to the comment section to say this. I suspect it may be a mistranslation?

[r_singh]

that’s what the software does, it dictates the text…

[tirpen]

No, it does the exact opposite.

Dictation is writing down what someone is saying.

This is software that says what someone writes down.

[sdevonoes]

> Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictation_(exercise)

Here the software is the "person who is dictating".

[layer8]

It’s not dictation if the spoken text is not recorded or written down by a device (voice recorder) or by a human.

[tirpen]

> Here the software is the "person who is dictating".

And who is the "person who is taking dictation" then? Who is writing down the words the software is speaking?

[hopesthoughts]

No, not really. It just reads it. You're basically talking about a screen reader, and we don't use the term dictation.