Dictate

This plugin extends the new TinyMCE editor introduced in Moodle 4.1 by adding the ability to speak to type using the browsers Speech Recognition capabilities (in supported browsers).

Features

Uses the browsers lanauge.

Usage

Make sure the plugin is enabled under Site administration > Plugins > Text editors > TinyMCE editor > Dicate.
Toggle dictation on, grant microphone permissions if you have to, and start speaking.

Installation

Choose one of the following installation methods:

Installation via ZIP file

1. Log in to your Moodle site as an administrator and go to Site administration > Plugins > Install plugins.


2. Upload the ZIP file containing the plugin code. You should only be prompted to add extra details if your plugin type is not automatically detected.


3. Check the plugin validation report and finish the installation.

Installing manually

1. You can also install the plugin by copying the contents of this directory to
   

    {your/moodle/dirroot}/lib/editor/tiny/plugins/dictate
   
   

   
   


2. Afterwards, log in to your Moodle site as an administrator and go to Site administration > Notifications to complete the installation.


3. Alternatively, run the following command in the Moodle root directory:
   

   $ php admin/cli/upgrade.php 
   
   

   
   

System Requirements and Dependencies

This plugin has so far only been tested on Moodle 5.1.

Known limitations

The Plugin only works with the 'TinyMCE editor'.
It does not work with the 'Atto HTML editor' or the 'Plain text area'.
Support for SpeechRecognition varies in browsers - see CanIUse & MDN

Language support

This is up to the browser.

License

2026 frumbert.org

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under

the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software

Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later

version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY

WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A

PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with

this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.