Indirect speech - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indirect_speechIn linguistics, indirect speech (also reported speech or indirect discourse) is a grammatical mechanism for reporting the content of another utterance without directly quoting it. For example, the English sentence Jill said she was coming is indirect discourse while Jill said "I'm coming"
Latin indirect speech - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_indirect_speechIndirect speech, also known as reported speech, indirect discourse (US), or ōrātiō oblīqua (/əˈreɪʃɪoʊ əˈblaɪkwə/ or /oʊˈrɑːtɪoʊ ɒˈbliːkwə/), is the practice, common in all Latin historical writers, of reporting spoken or written words indirectly, using different grammatical forms. Passages of indirect speech can extend from a single phrase to an entire paragraph, and this style was generally preferred by Roman historians to the direct speechcommonly found in Greek auth…
Direct speech - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_speechAs a form of transcription, direct or quoted speech is spoken or written text that reports speech or thought in its original form phrased by the original speaker. In narrative, it is usually enclosed in quotation marks, but it can be enclosed in guillemets (« ») in some languages. The cited speaker either is mentioned in the inquit (Latin "he/she says") or is implied.
Speech-to-text reporter - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech-to-text_reporterA speech-to-text reporter (STTR), also known as a captioner, is a person who listens to what is being said and inputs it, word for word (), using an electronic shorthand keyboard or speech recognition software and a CAT software system.Their keyboard or speech recognition software is linked to a computer, which converts this information to properly spelled words.