AI Pro Tip: Speak Up – How Your Microphone Transforms the UT Verse Experience

Technology on campus is constantly evolving, and the University of Tennessee's UT Verse platform is helping lead to that change. UT Verse uses AI to connect students, faculty, and staff with information and digital tools in new ways. One of its most overlooked, yet powerful features is the microphone.

Your microphone does much more than record sound. Inside UT Verse, it becomes a tool that helps you work faster, communicate more easily, and interact naturally with the system. Instead of typing, you simply talk.

Explore 4 ways your microphone makes UT Verse more useful:

1. Hands Free-Just Ask AI
Sometimes your hands are full, or you prefer speaking to typing. With UT Verse, you can ask for what you need out loud.
2. Real-Time Dictation
Ideas can come quicker when you say it out loud. UT Verse's speech-to-text feature turns your spoken words into written text instantly.
The speaking option helps with note-taking, drafting papers, outlining ideas, or recording thoughts without interrupting your flow.
3. Communicate Across Languages
UT Verse includes a built-in translator called UTVersal Translator, which enables people from different countries to talk and understand each other in real-time.
4. "Talk It Out" for Better AI Results
Sometimes saying things out loud can help with organizing your thoughts or provide a different perspective while writing a prompt.

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