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Cosso for education

Feedback and parent emails,
dictated after the lesson.

Say the feedback on an essay, the lesson plan or the reply to a parent, and Cosso types it where your cursor is. It knows the US or UK school vocabulary, so IEP, 504 plan and GCSE come out right.

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US education terms
64
UK education terms
68
median AI edit in our tests
0.6 s

What you said0:18

hi mrs alvarez um thanks for meeting at the parent teacher conference sofia's g p a is three point six and her i e p meeting is on the ninth no wait the sixteenth i'll send the progress report before then best mr cooper

Sofia's progressWritten by Cosso

Hi Mrs. Alvarez,

Thanks for meeting at the parent-teacher conference. Sofia's GPA is 3.6 and her IEP meeting is on the 16th. I'll send the progress report before then.

Best, Mr. Cooper

  • School terms written correctly
  • "No wait" understood
  • Laid out as an email

Examples

Feedback, plans and announcements,
in your LMS, docs and email.

The same shortcut works in Google Classroom, Canvas, Docs and email. Each card shows the text Cosso returned for that dictation, with the education vocabulary on.

Feedback on an essayGoogle Docs

You said

strong thesis and good use of evidence the conclusion needs work see the rubric for paragraph structure

Strong thesis and good use of evidence. The conclusion needs work; see the rubric for paragraph structure.

Lesson planSpoken list

You said

lesson plan one warm up on fractions two group work with manipulatives three exit ticket

Lesson plan: - Warm up on fractions - Group work with manipulatives - Exit ticket

Announcement to a classLMS

You said

hi class office hours move to wednesday at two this week and the syllabus is updated on canvas

Hi class, office hours move to Wednesday at 2:00 this week, and the syllabus is updated on Canvas.

Unit planning noteWord

You said

for e l l students add scaffolding and differentiated instruction and align the unit with common core

For ELL students, add scaffolding and differentiated instruction and align the unit with Common Core.

What you get on top of plain dictation

Education vocabulary,
plus the names you add.

Free dictation turns speech into text. When you choose Education in the app, AI editing also uses the field's vocabulary, and names you save in your dictionary are spelled the way you saved them.

  1. 1Free · on device

    Dictation

    Speech becomes text on your computer, in 99 languages, even offline.

    • Works in every app you type in
    • Audio stays on your computer
  2. 2AI editing

    Education vocabulary

    Choose Education in the app. The US or UK list loads from your country setting, with exams, support plans and school roles.

    • "faf sa" → FAFSA, "five oh four plan" → 504 plan
    • "senco" → SENCO, "e h c p" → EHCP
  3. 3Your dictionary

    Your own words

    Students, colleagues, school names. Add them once in Dictionary.

    • Used on every AI edit from then on
    • Saved on your computer

Before you add your words

Send the reference for Nam Dee to the admissions office at Whitmore College.

After

Send the reference for Nnamdi to the admissions office at Whitmore College.

Same dictation, run twice through Cosso: "send the reference for nam dee to the admissions office at whitmore college".

Built-in vocabulary

US and UK education vocabulary,
chosen by your country setting.

Exams, support plans and school roles differ: IEPs, AP and the SAT in the US; EHCPs, GCSEs and Ofsted in the UK. Cosso picks the list from your country setting.

"faf sa"
FAFSA
"a p and i b"
AP and IB
"five oh four plan"
504 plan
"g p a"
GPA
"i e p"
IEP
"e l l"
ELL
  • Common Core
  • IDEA
  • FERPA
  • differentiated instruction
  • rubric
  • Bloom's taxonomy
  • Schoology
  • PowerSchool
  • tenure track
  • +55
64 terms

Each pair comes from a dictation we ran through Cosso.

For schools

A shared dictionary
for the whole school.

Add staff names, classes and programmes to the team dictionary, and everyone's AI edits spell them the same way.

  1. 1

    Create the team in Cosso

    Name it and set its field to Education.

  2. 2

    Invite people by email

    Each person gets admin or member access, on Mac or Windows.

  3. 3

    Add shared words

    They apply to everyone's AI edits right away.

  • Audio stays local

    Speech recognition runs on each person's computer. Recordings are never uploaded.

  • Dictated text isn't kept

    AI edits are processed and discarded. We don't store what was said or written.

  • AI editing can be off

    Turn it off for sensitive work. Dictation keeps working offline.

FAQ

Questions about Cosso for education

Can students use it?
Yes. Dictation is free and works offline. AI editing needs a plan after the first 30 edits.
Is student information stored?
Audio never leaves the computer. With AI editing on, the text passes through our server and a model provider and isn't stored. With AI editing off, nothing is sent.
Does it work in Google Classroom and Canvas?
Yes. Cosso types wherever your cursor is, including web apps.

Other industries

24 fields, each with its own vocabulary.

Dictate your next round of feedback
with Cosso.

Free on Mac and Windows. The education vocabulary comes with AI editing, and the first 30 edits are free.

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