Speech to Text

Speech to Text

Dictate with your microphone and watch your words become text. Pick a language, press Start, and speak.

Typing is slow for long thoughts. Speech to text turns your voice into written words at speaking speed, which is how many people now draft emails, messages, notes, essays, and first versions of documents. You talk naturally; the tool listens through your microphone and writes down what it hears, live, so you can watch the transcript form and correct it afterwards.

This tool uses the speech recognition built into your browser — the Web Speech API — rather than a server of ours. It supports the language you pick above, including English (US and UK), Urdu, and Hindi. Automatic punctuation varies by browser, so expect to add capitals and full stops yourself when editing anything formal.

Now the honest part, because it matters. Browser support is uneven: dictation works in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, and does not work in Firefox or some other browsers — if that is you, the note at the top will tell you plainly. In Chrome, recognition is performed with the help of Google's servers, so your audio is processed by your browser provider under their privacy policy, not by this website. We never receive, hear, or store your audio or your transcript; the text exists only in the box on this page until you copy or download it. If you are dictating something highly sensitive, that browser arrangement is worth knowing about before you start.

How to use

  1. Use Chrome or Edge, and allow microphone access when the browser asks.
  2. Choose the language you will speak.
  3. Click Start Listening and speak clearly at a normal pace, in a quiet room if you can.
  4. Watch the transcript appear; interim words may adjust as the recogniser firms them up.
  5. Click Stop, edit the text in the box, then Copy it or Download it as a .txt file.

Frequently asked questions

Why does the Start button not work in my browser?

Speech recognition depends on the browser. Chrome and Edge include it; Firefox and several mobile browsers do not. The warning at the top appears automatically when your browser lacks the feature.

How accurate is it?

With a decent microphone, a quiet room, and clear speech, modern recognition is usually very good for everyday dictation. Names, technical terms, strong accents, and background noise are the usual sources of errors — a quick proofread is always worthwhile.

Is my voice recorded or stored?

Not by this website. The page itself has no server and stores nothing. In Chrome, the browser sends audio to its own recognition service to produce the text, under Google's privacy terms. Do not dictate anything you are not comfortable with your browser processing.

Can I dictate a whole interview or meeting?

You can dictate at length, but browsers are designed for one nearby speaker and may pause during long silences. This tool restarts listening automatically when that happens, but a dedicated transcription service suits multi-speaker recordings better.