Fact · Accessibility and health
The College Board says most students who use a writer or scribe on paper tests will be approved for a writer/scribe or dictation on digital tests, and dictation uses the device's built-in speech-to-text or the student's own speech-to-text software.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Most students who use a writer/scribe for paper tests will be approved for a writer/scribe or dictation for digital tests. Students approved for dictation for digital tests will take the digital test using speech-to-text functionality available through their device's operating system or their own speech-to-text software.”
Using Accommodations (SAT Suite of Assessments), College Board, 2026, Writer/Scribe, Dictation for Digital Tests.
Open the original- What it measures
- The page adds that dictation is not a tool inside the Bluebook testing app; it is the same functionality the student uses with other applications. In rare circumstances, a student who cannot test with dictation may be approved for a human scribe.
- What it does not show
- Dictation is an accommodation that must be approved in advance through the College Board's Services for Students with Disabilities. Rules for other exams, such as the ACT or UK GCSEs, differ.
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