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Speech to Text
Dictate with your microphone and turn speech into written textTyping is the bottleneck in most writing: people speak at 130 to 150 words per minute and type at a fraction of that. Click the microphone, grant permission once, and start speaking; your words appear as text in real time.
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Use Speech to Text
Dictate with your microphone and turn speech into written text
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Speech recognition is not supported in this browser, so dictation cannot run here. It works in Chrome and Edge on desktop and Android, and in recent versions of Safari. We would rather tell you this than show a button that does nothing.
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How to use the Speech to Text
Start dictating
Click "Start dictating" and speak naturally.
Copy your transcript
Copy the finished transcript or download it as a .txt file.
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About the Speech to Text
Typing is not always the fastest way to get words down. This tool uses the Web Speech API built into your browser to turn your voice into text as you talk, ideal for drafting emails, capturing meeting notes, or writing first drafts. It works in many languages with a continuous mode for long sessions, showing interim results live as you speak. No recordings ever leave your browser: we run no transcription server and keep nothing.
Where it helps most
For anyone who thinks faster than their fingers move.
Dictate fresh notes
Dictate meeting notes while the discussion is fresh, capturing every decision before it has any chance to fade away.
Draft hands-free
Draft emails hands-free, capture ideas during a walk, or write a first draft of an article by simply talking it through.
Type without typing
People with repetitive strain injuries, limited mobility or dyslexia can produce written text without the physical act of typing at all.
Answer on the go
Students dictate essay outlines and professionals capture voice memos as editable text, all without ever needing to touch a keyboard.
Dictating clearly
Accuracy is strongest with clear speech and a quick proofread.
Speak punctuation aloud
Speak punctuation aloud as you go: comma, period, question mark or new paragraph, and the recognizer converts each one properly.
Use Chrome or Edge
Chrome and Edge offer the most reliable speech recognition, since the feature relies on the browser's built-in Web Speech API.
Proofread the result
Recognition is excellent but not infallible, so give the result a quick proofread at the end to catch misheard words.
Speech to Text: built for trust
Powered by the speech recognition built into modern browsers. Your laptop or phone microphone is all you need to start.
Speech to Text FAQs
Click the microphone button on the page and allow microphone access when your browser asks. Then just start speaking clearly, and your words will appear as text in real time. Click the button again to stop.