The slide you didn't follow
Press Alt ` , drag over the diagram, box the term that lost you and ask about it out loud. Paste into ChatGPT or Claude: the marked-up slide and your question arrive together. How that works →
use case · students
Dictation for students — talk your way through the semester.
Essays, lab reports, notes, flashcards, questions for an AI — a student's week is thousands of typed words. Speak them instead: press a shortcut and they land wherever your cursor is, in Docs, Word, your flashcard app or a chat.
explain it — that's the draft
The oldest study trick still works: explain the topic in your own words. Do it out loud with Ctrl ` and the explanation is typed as you go — into notes, a summary, the essay outline. What you would mumble at the wall becomes material you can edit. If it comes out rambly, the Polish voice mode tidies it before it lands — free on the built-in local model or your own Ollama server; Pro can use your own OpenAI or Claude account instead.
three moments in a study week
The paper you have to summarize
Read a paragraph, then say what it means in your own words. Toggle dictation on, talk through the paper, and the summary writes itself into your notes.
The essay due Friday
Dictate the messy first draft in one sitting, then edit like you always do. No word cap, no trial clock — a 3,000-word draft costs nothing.
made for a student budget
Free, no student plan needed
Unlimited dictation and the full on-device model catalog — no word caps, no trial clock, no subscription, no .edu address. Nothing that is free today ever moves behind the paywall.
Works where Wi-Fi doesn't
After a one-time model download, transcription runs entirely on your laptop — library basement, train, a lecture hall with overloaded Wi-Fi.
Your languages
The catalog covers the majority of languages across Europe, Asia and the Americas — speak whichever your course is in, and it is auto-detected.
Any laptop
The standard model keeps up with your speech on an ordinary computer. A graphics card, if you have one, adds speed.
questions
Is it really free for students?
Yes — it is free for everyone, with no student verification and no trial. Dictation is unlimited on the free tier; the one-time Pro upgrade adds power features you will not need for coursework.
Will it transcribe my lectures?
No. CroppickVoice is dictation: it types what you say, at your cursor, while you say it. It is not a lecture recorder or a meeting transcriber.
Does my voice get uploaded?
No. Speech becomes text on your laptop; audio is never uploaded and the app tracks nothing about you.
Does it work in my flashcard app?
It types wherever the cursor is, so yes — Anki, Quizlet in a browser, a notes app, a chat.
Free for the whole degree, and after it. Related: asking AI about your screen, writing by voice, dictating to ChatGPT and all use cases.