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Speech-to-Text: Research
National Center on Educational Outcomes, National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO), University of Minnesota, Accommodations Toolkit, 2023
Read the originalRead on October 16, 2026
- What it is
- A fact sheet from the NCEO Accommodations Toolkit summarizing research on speech-to-text as a test and classroom accommodation. It reports that studies comparing speech-to-text with handwriting for students with a specific disability generally found longer text with fewer mechanical errors.
- How much weight it carries
- Published by a university research center that specializes in educational outcomes, and it summarizes peer-reviewed studies. The page shows no publication date, so the year is inferred from the 2023 state policy summaries in the same toolkit. The studies it summarizes are small.
Facts taken from this source
- Five studies compared speech-to-text with handwriting for students with a specific disability, and in general they found longer text with fewer mechanical errors when speech-to-text was used.
“Five studies compared use of speech-to-text and handwriting for students with a specific disability. In general, all five studies found that written text was longer and had fewer mechanics errors, such as spelling, when speech-to-text was used.” (Research summary)