Dictate using your microphone and see your words appear as text instantly — powered by your browser's built-in speech recognition.
Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge have strong support for the Web Speech API's recognition feature. Firefox and Safari have limited or no support as of current versions.
Yes, your browser will ask for microphone access the first time you use this tool — required for speech recognition to work.
Speech processing is handled by your browser's built-in engine (Chrome's implementation uses Google's speech service). This tool itself does not separately upload or store your audio.
The underlying browser API supports many languages, though this tool is configured for English by default.
This tool converts your spoken words into written text in real time, using the Web Speech API's SpeechRecognition feature built into supporting browsers. Click Start Listening, speak naturally, and watch your words appear as text — useful for quick note-taking, drafting messages, or hands-free writing.
Speech recognition support varies significantly across browsers. Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge (which is Chromium-based) have solid, actively maintained support for this feature. Firefox and Safari have historically had limited or no support for the SpeechRecognition API, so this tool works most reliably in Chrome or Edge. If your browser doesn't support speech recognition, this tool will let you know rather than failing silently.
When you click Start Listening, the tool requests microphone access (your browser will prompt for permission) and begins streaming audio to the browser's speech recognition engine. As you speak, recognized words are appended to the text area in real time. You can stop listening at any point, and the transcribed text remains in the box for you to copy, edit, or continue dictating further.
Speech recognition in supporting browsers (like Chrome) is typically processed via the browser vendor's speech service, not by this website — this tool simply displays whatever text your browser's recognition engine returns. No audio or transcribed text is separately collected, logged, or stored by this tool.