Official documentation

Using Accommodations (SAT Suite of Assessments)

College Board, 2026

Read on October 16, 2026

What it is: The College Board's page explaining how approved accommodations, such as extended time, a human reader, a writer or scribe, and dictation, work on the digital SAT Suite tests taken in the Bluebook app.
How much weight it carries: Official page from the organization that runs the SAT. Accommodations still require approval through its Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) process.

Facts taken from this source

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.
“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.” (Writer/Scribe, Dictation for Digital Tests)