Dictation with a real speech model, not your browser's
Most free dictation sites are thin wrappers around the browser's built-in speech service — which is why they only work in Chrome, struggle with accents, and hand your voice to a third party. This page records your microphone and runs the audio through the same Whisper-class model on our own GPUs that powers the rest of the site: it works in every modern browser, handles accented and non-native speech far better, and punctuates from your delivery — you never say "comma" out loud.
While you talk, a draft streams in a few seconds behind your voice so you can see it's keeping up. When you stop, press Transcribe and the whole take is re-run as a single pass — full context, proper punctuation — ready to copy into wherever the writing lives.
A drafting workflow that actually beats typing
Talk in complete thoughts and don't stop to self-edit: speech runs 130-150 words a minute against roughly 40 typing, and the surplus only survives if you keep moving. Say the draft badly, then fix it in the editor — tap any line to correct it, and Copy all puts the clean text on your clipboard for Gmail, Google Docs, Word, or your notes app.
Pauses cost nothing — stop and think as long as you like and the transcript simply continues where you left off. An anonymous session covers takes up to 30 minutes, three a day; a free account raises a take to an hour.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to say "comma", "period", or "new paragraph"?
No — and you shouldn't. Punctuation is inferred from your pacing and intonation, so speak each sentence the way you'd say it aloud and the marks appear on their own. Voice commands aren't supported: say "comma" and the word "comma" usually lands in the text. Paragraph breaks are the one thing to add yourself after pasting.
How do I get the text into Google Docs, Word, or an email?
Dictate here, then copy — this is deliberately not a plugin that types into other apps. The live draft has its own Copy button, and the final editor's Copy all puts the whole punctuated transcript on your clipboard; paste it into Docs, Word, Gmail, or Notion. If you want a file instead, export TXT — or DOCX with an account.
How is this different from Windows, Mac, or Google Docs dictation?
Built-in dictation (Win+H, macOS, Docs voice typing) types directly into the field — that convenience is real — but it leans on OS or Chrome-only speech services that are weaker on accents, technical vocabulary, and most languages. This page trades one paste step for Whisper-grade accuracy in 90+ languages, in any browser, with an editable transcript at the end.
Is dictating actually faster than typing?
For first drafts, usually two to three times faster: natural speech runs 130-150 words per minute against about 40 typed. The catch is the cleanup pass dictated prose always needs. It wins for emails, follow-ups, journaling, and messy first drafts; it loses for anything where structure or formatting is the actual work.
Can I pause to think mid-dictation?
As long as you like. Silence isn't transcribed and doesn't produce filler; when you resume, the text picks up where you stopped. Long thinking pauses beat talking through them — "um, let's see" gets faithfully transcribed, and deleting filler is most of what dictation cleanup is.
How long can one dictation session run?
Up to 30 minutes per take anonymously, three takes a day — several thousand words, more chapter than memo — and up to an hour per take with a free account. For long-form work, 10-15 minute takes beat one marathon: each becomes its own transcript to clean up, and a browser hiccup can't take the whole session with it.