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On the digital SAT, approved dictation runs on the device's own speech-to-text, not on a tool inside the Bluebook testing app.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“This is not a tool within the Bluebook application; it is the same functionality that a student uses with other applications.”
Using Accommodations on Digital Tests (SAT Suite of Assessments), College Board, n.d., Writer/Scribe, Dictation for Digital Tests.
Open the original- What it measures
- Students approved for dictation take the digital test using speech-to-text functionality available through their device's operating system or their own speech-to-text software.
- What it does not show
- Because the tool is the device's own, the student's device set-up matters. The College Board notes that some additional set up may be needed when a student uses the operating system's tools.