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The same 2026 study found that the recognition accuracy of speech to text appears to affect writing flow and working memory load during technology-based writing.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“the recognition accuracy of STT technology appears to influence writing flow and working memory load during technology-based writing.”
Technology-Based Writing: Qualitative Study of the Writing Process When Students With Dyslexia Use Speech-to-Text, Helle Bundgaard Svendsen et al., Dyslexia, 2026, Abstract.
Open the original (DOI 10.1002/dys.70024)- What it measures
- The authors used Hayes and Berninger's writing process model as the framework for coding the students' verbal protocols.
- What it does not show
- The word 'appears' marks this as the authors' interpretation of four students' writing, not a measured effect.