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Voice Dictation

Voice Dictation

Dictate with your voice and get live text — powered by your browser's speech engine, nothing stored

Speech recognition runs through your browser's built-in engine (Chromium browsers only). Audio is processed by the browser vendor's speech service — the transcript itself never touches this site's servers, and nothing is stored.

Examples

Draft at speaking speed

Input
≈ 2 minutes of natural speech
Output
250–300 words transcribed — roughly 3× average typing speed

Edit afterward; perfectionism dies at speaking pace.

About this tool

Continuous speech recognition through the browser's engine, with interim guesses rendered gray and committed phrases in black — only committed text survives. Twelve languages are one click away; errors surface as human sentences, not engine codes.

Two facts are disclosed before the mic starts: the API exists only in Chromium browsers (Firefox/Safari get a clear notice, not a dead button), and recognition uses the browser vendor's speech service — audio goes to their engine, while the transcript itself never touches this site.

How to use

  1. Choose the language

    Twelve recognition languages, from English to Türkçe to 日本語.

  2. Start dictation

    Allow the microphone when the browser asks, then speak naturally.

  3. Use the transcript

    Copy, download as .txt, or clear and keep talking.

Use cases

First drafts

Get the words out fast, edit after.

Accessible input

Voice input for RSI, motor impairments or just tired hands.

Common mistakes

Mistake:Expecting it to work in Firefox or Safari

Fix:The Web Speech recognition API is Chromium-only; the tool tells you instead of failing silently.

Mistake:Assuming fully offline processing

Fix:Chromium recognition calls the vendor's speech service — that's disclosed, and the transcript stays local.

Frequently asked questions

Related guides

Net WPM: The Typing Metric That Doesn't Lie

Gross WPM rewards speed; net WPM subtracts your errors. The 5-character word standard and the math behind honest typing scores.

Text to Speech in the Browser: Voices, Chunking and the No-Download Truth

How speechSynthesis works on-device, why long texts get split at sentence boundaries, and the honest reason TTS can't export audio files.

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