One shortcut, every app
Press Ctrl+` in email, documents, chats, browsers or the terminal — the words land at your cursor, already on the clipboard as backup.
windows
Free speech to text for Windows 10 and 11.
Press a keyboard shortcut, speak, and the words appear wherever your cursor is — in email, documents, chats, browsers, even the terminal. No account, no word caps, and after a one-time model download it works with the internet off.
how dictation works here
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Press Ctrl `
Anywhere in Windows — whatever app has your cursor is where the text will go.
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Say it like you'd say it
Your language is auto-detected — the catalog covers the majority of languages across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Voice modes can polish grammar or turn a rambling thought into a clear request.
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It's typed, at the cursor
Auto-insert borrows your clipboard and puts the previous content back afterwards — nothing you copied gets lost.
why people pick it
Offline after one download
The speech model downloads once, then transcription runs entirely on your computer. Pull the network cable — dictation keeps working.
Unlimited and free
No word caps, no account, no trial clock. The free tier is the product, and everything free today stays free.
Your way of talking
Toggle, push-to-talk, or a hybrid that decides from how long you hold the key. Optional live captions show your words as you pause.
and when words aren't enough
Windows is where things happen on screen — an error dialog, an invoice line, a form that won't submit. Press Alt ` , drag over the region, draw an arrow while you describe it, and Crop & Speak delivers the annotated screenshot plus your transcribed words into whatever app you paste in — ChatGPT, a chat, a document, an email. Watch Crop & Speak on the homepage →
Every feature in detail here · privacy & network use here · fair questions answered here.