Speech to Text

Speech to text (also called voice dictation or speech recognition) is technology that converts spoken words into written text in real time. Instead of typing, you speak into your microphone and watch your words appear on screen instantly. This free tool uses the Web Speech API built into modern browsers to deliver accurate, real-time transcription at zero cost.

Over 500 million people use voice-to-text technology daily through phone assistants, smart speakers, and dictation software. Most dedicated transcription tools require paid subscriptions, software downloads, or account creation. This tool eliminates all of that friction — open the page, click the microphone, and start talking.

The tool supports 12 languages, shows interim words in gray as they're being recognized, automatically capitalizes sentences when punctuation mode is enabled, and lets you edit the transcript directly. All processing happens through your browser — we never see or store your audio.

Step 1: Select your language from the dropdown. English (US) is selected by default, but you can choose from 12 languages including Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and more.

Step 2: Click the green microphone button to start recording. Allow microphone access when your browser asks. The button turns red and a sound wave animation confirms the tool is listening.

Step 3: Speak naturally at a steady pace. Words appear on screen in real time. Interim results show in gray before being finalized in your text color. The tool keeps listening continuously until you stop it.

Step 4: Edit, copy, or download. Click into the text area to fix any recognition errors. Use the action buttons to copy to clipboard, download as a TXT file, undo the last recognized segment, or clear everything and start over.

Continuous real-time recognition. The tool uses continuous mode with interim results, so words appear as you speak. Recognition automatically resumes if the browser pauses it — you never need to keep clicking a button. Just talk naturally and the text flows.

12 language support. Switch between English (US and UK), Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Hindi, and Arabic. The speech engine adapts to the selected language automatically.

Auto-punctuation mode. When enabled, sentences are automatically capitalized after periods and the beginning of the transcript. This saves time on formatting and produces cleaner output that requires less manual editing.

Sound wave visualization. A simple five-bar CSS animation confirms the tool is actively listening. Combined with the pulsing red recording button, you always know the tool's state at a glance.

Undo last segment. Made a mistake or the recognizer misheard you? Click “Undo Last Segment” to remove the most recent chunk of recognized text without clearing everything.

Fully editable transcript. The text area is always editable. Type directly into it to add notes, fix errors, or insert text between dictated paragraphs. Word count and character count update in real time.