Speak your work instead of typing it
StetPro lets you develop your own work by talking it through. It writes down what you said, keeps that record, and gives you a tidied version you can read back and carry on with.
It does not write your work for you. The ideas and the words are yours, and the record of what you said is kept alongside the finished version.
Speak instead of starting with a blank page
Talking through an idea is often quicker than writing the first version of it. You open a recording, say what you want to say, and watch the words appear as you go. You can pause, carry on, and add further sections to the same piece of work later.
That can help when getting started is the hard part, when typing keeps interrupting your train of thought, when spelling slows drafting down, or when using a keyboard or writing by hand is difficult. Some students simply think more clearly out loud.
Speaking is not automatically easier than typing, and it will not suit every task. It is another way in.
StetPro works on everyday computers, tablets and phones, using your device’s own microphone. No specialist recording equipment is required. The covers devices, microphones and iPhone or iPad.
Your words are recorded
When you speak, StetPro creates an original speech-to-text transcript from your recording. It may already include basic punctuation and paragraphs from the speech-to-text service. It is stored before StetPro’s separate formatting stage, and you do not edit it afterwards. If you need to correct or explain something, you add a separate clarification, which is clearly marked as added after the recording.
The original transcript is kept with the work. Whether the audio is stored, and for how long, depends on the settings of the account or institution you are using StetPro through.
Formatting, not rewriting
Speech-to-text gives you a starting point, but it is not always easy to read. StetPro’s formatting step deals with presentation so the text is readable, and it stops there.
What it may change
- Punctuation
- Capitalisation
- Where sentences begin and end
- Paragraphing
- A tightly limited set of spoken fillers, such as “um”
- Punctuation you dictate, such as saying “full stop”
What it does not do
- It does not correct your grammar
- It does not change your ideas
- It does not paraphrase or reword you
- It does not swap in better vocabulary
- It does not make your writing sound more academic
- It does not rewrite your sentences
Your substantive wording stays yours. If you said something awkwardly, the formatted version says it the same way.
Um photosynthesis happens in the leaves of plants full stop plants use light energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen full stop um the glucose can then be used by the plant for energy
Photosynthesis happens in the leaves of plants. Plants use light energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen. The glucose can then be used by the plant for energy.
See what changed
You can read the original transcript and the formatted version side by side, so you can see what the formatting step changed. The finished version does not replace the original record; both are kept.
Carry on with your work
Your work is not trapped inside StetPro. You can export a transcript as Word (.docx), PDF or plain text, or copy the text straight out, and continue in whichever program you normally use.
Where a recording was stored, you can also download the original audio of your own work. Exporting does not change what StetPro has kept.
Who can see my work?
Your work is yours. You can view, export and delete it. Staff do not automatically see it: a teacher can only review work you have finalised, and only if an administrator has set that up for them. Listening to your recording is a separate permission again.
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Why keep the original?
Most finished documents say nothing about how they were made. Because StetPro keeps the original transcript and formatted version together, there is something from the process itself to point to if a question is ever raised. It is useful evidence, not a guarantee or formal proof of authorship.
Support without being singled out
Speech is another route into written work, and plenty of students use it for plenty of reasons. Using it should not cost you the evidence that the work is your own.
For example, speaking first may help some students with dyslexia, ADHD or dyspraxia, students with motor impairments or fatigue that make typing or handwriting tiring, and students who simply develop ideas more easily out loud. These are examples, not eligibility criteria, and StetPro is not a clinical tool.
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