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Fast-forward to 2020, and there are a variety of services you can use to turn an audio recording into text on a computer screen. However, one question remains: Are they safe? After all, you might be uploading voice recordings of sensitive conversations and private voice mails. Let’s take a look at these services, and how you can protect your information. How Audio Transcription Services Work Audio transcription services tend to fall into three camps....

iMessage on the iPhone feels like an instant messaging app, but it doesn’t quite have all the same features. What if you accidentally send a message to someone? Can you undo it? The answer is a little complicated. Let’s get the short answer out of the way. Once you see that “Delivered” label appear under an iMessage, you can’t “unsend” it even if it hasn’t been read yet. However, there’s a trick you can use to maybe stop that from happening if you act fast....

Default Hotkeys for Skype on Windows Here’s a handy cheat sheet of all the default hotkeys for Skype on your Windows 10 PC: Interface View Hotkeys: Ctrl+/ Toggle Light/Dark Mode: Ctrl+Shift+T Navigation Open Settings: Ctrl+, Open Notifications: Ctrl+I Open Themes: Ctrl+T Open Recent Chats: Alt+1 Open Contacts: Alt+2 Open Conversation Profile: Ctrl+P Open Gallery: Ctrl+Shift+G Open Dial Pad: Ctrl+D Open Help: Ctrl+H Open Feedback: Ctrl+O Controls Toggle Camera: Ctrl+Shift+K Search Contacts, Messages, and Bots: Ctrl+Shift+S Next Conversation: Ctrl+Tab Previous Conversation: Ctrl+Shift+Tab Zoom In: Ctrl+Shift+Plus Zoom Out: Ctrl+Minus Restore Default Zoom: Ctrl+Zero New Conversation: Ctrl+N New Group Chat: Ctrl+G Add People to Conversation: Ctrl+Shift+A Send File: Ctrl+Shift+F Mark As Unread: Ctrl+Shift+U Take Snapshot: Ctrl+S Resize Camera Preview: Ctrl+Shift+J Refresh Skype (Windows Desktop Only): Ctrl+R Close Windows: Ctrl+W...

What Is an SSD? Without getting too technical, solid-state drives (SSDs) are a far improved type of storage device over traditional hard-disk drives (HDDs) that store and access data. Some SSDs provide large amounts of storage, however, they get far more expensive per gigabyte. SSDs are not new by any means as newer models are always coming out. For example, NVMe SSDs are completely outperforming older SSDs by miles. SSDs perform the same functions as HDDs, but much faster....

When shopping for a new or used iPhone, you’ll need to keep a vital number in mind: Storage capacity. The storage size of your iPhone will determine how many apps, photos, videos, and other data you can keep locally on your device. Here’s a look at the tradeoffs at work. Buy as Much Space as You Can Afford When it comes to iPhones, more storage capacity is almost always better, with a big catch: It costs more money....

By inserting a header, you can display the page number, page title, date, or even custom text at the top of your spreadsheets. It’s easy to add headers in Microsoft Excel, and we’ll show you two ways to do it. RELATED: How to Add Headers or Footers in Google Sheets Two Ways to Make a Header in Excel One way to add a header in Excel is to use an option in the “Insert” tab....

For most people, the quickest method for combining Word documents is to manually copy and paste them into one. This isn’t the best method for merging documents—a far easier method is to insert your documents as objects instead. Here’s how. You should be able to do this in any modern version of Microsoft Word, even those included with the latest versions of Office. These instructions should work for older versions of Word, too....

Chrome OS devices work great as standalone laptops and tablets, but you may occasionally want to extend functionality with accessories. We’ll show you how easy it is to connect Bluetooth devices to your Chromebook. The only prerequisite you’ll need is a Chromebook—a laptop, desktop, or tablet—that has Bluetooth. This is a very common feature on Chromebooks. The easiest way to check is to click the clock in the bottom-right corner of the taskbar—aka “Shelf”—and look for the “Bluetooth” toggle....

To compose an Instagram guide of your favorite posts, first, open the app on your Android device or iPhone. Next, navigate to your profile page by tapping your display picture’s icon in the bottom-right corner. Tap the “+” icon from the top-right corner of your Instagram profile. Head into the “Guide” section found in the following menu. In the list of options, tap “Posts.” You now have to pick which photos and videos you’d like to feature in your guide....

Now that working from home is the norm, video conferences are becoming the de facto way to meet. Here’s how to create Microsoft Teams meetings directly from within Outlook, without having to book them through the Teams app. To create Teams meetings from within Outlook—either Outlook Online and the Outlook client—you need to install the Teams client on your computer. This will install an add-in to Outlook that provides a new option when you’re creating a meeting....

How to Create Memoji on Apple Watch Apple Watch users who are running watchOS 7 and higher can use the new Memoji app to create, view, and customize their Memoji character right from their Apple Watch. If you have already created a Memoji character on your iPhone, you’ll find it on the Apple Watch as well. Press the Digital Crown on the Apple Watch to open the Apps screen. From here, choose the “Memoji” app....

Think your PDF could do without certain pages? If so, it’s easy to delete a single or multiple pages from your PDF file. You can do this using Chrome, Edge, or Preview, and we’ll show you how. Remove Pages From a PDF Using Chrome or Edge A quick and easy way to remove pages from a PDF is to use either Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. In these web browsers, you basically open your PDF and use the virtual PDF printer to make a new copy of your PDF....

Microsoft has a new Windows Package Manager that lets you install applications from the command line. Mehedi Hassan’s winstall provides an easy web app you can use to quickly and easily install your favorite Windows applications in a few clicks. How This Works: winstall and winget Explained Microsoft’s Windows Package Manager, also named “winget,” lets you quickly download and install one or more applications with a single command. It’s a lot like a Linux package manager....

The battery in the Apple Watch lasts approximately 18 hours, depending on use. If your battery gets too low, you can put the watch into Power Reserve mode so you can see the time for up to 72 hours. All Apple Watch functionality shuts down except the ability to keep and display the time, which can only be displayed by pressing the side button on the watch. The time displays for six seconds....

The Microsoft Edge web browser can save and sync your usernames and passwords across all your devices using your Microsoft account. But if you’re moving away from Edge, it’s best to first export and delete all your saved passwords. While Microsoft Edge’s built-in password management is convenient, it’s only limited to the browser. We recommend that you use a dedicated password management tool that offers cross-device sync support and can work across multiple platforms and browsers....

Visit the Google Takeout website and sign in to your Google account. Click the “Deselect All” button to export only your media from Google Photos and exclude your information from the rest of the Google services. Scroll down to find “Google Photos” and tick the box next to it. With the “All Photo Albums Included” option, you can choose which albums you want to extract a copy of. By default, Takeout backs up all your photo albums....

Safe mode can help you troubleshoot your Android, but sometimes you’ll need to wipe everything and restore your device to its factory state. But if you can’t perform a normal factory reset–say, if your phone won’t boot properly–you can do it through Android’s recovery environment. Ensure you have any important data backed up before doing a reset. This includes your Google Authenticator credentials, which will be lost during the reset....

In Windows 10, sometimes thumbnail icons have a white or black border behind them, appear blank, or just display improperly. You can often quickly fix the issue by deleting the Windows thumbnail cache. Here’s how. What Are Thumbnails Anyway? By default, instead of using generic icons for documents, Windows 10 creates small pictures of image or document contents called thumbnails. These tiny images are stored in a special database file called the thumbnail cache....

Google Assistant smart speakers and smart displays show a visual indicator when the device is listening, but it can be easy to miss. Thankfully, you can turn on an audible chime to indicate when the Assistant is listening. We’ll show you how to turn it on. Since devices like the Nest Mini, Nest Audio, and Nest Hub are so easily operated hands-free, it’s common to not even look at the device when shouting out a command....

By using comments in Microsoft Word, you can make notes to others or even yourself. But you may want to hide the comments so you can focus on the document’s content or delete those that no longer apply, here’s how. Hide Comments in Word When you want to concentrate on the document you’re creating, comments can be distracting. Luckily, you can hide them, so they remain with the document but aren’t visible....