Speech to Text

Type with your voice. Press the microphone and start speaking — your words turn into editable text instantly. Free, processed in your browser, and works in 40+ languages.

How it works

  1. Pick your language and press the microphone.
  2. Speak naturally — your words appear as text in real time.
  3. Edit, copy, or send the text wherever you need it.

What you can use it for

  • Write notes, messages and emails hands-free.
  • Draft documents and posts faster than typing.
  • Accessibility — type without a keyboard.

Need the reverse? Convert text to speech →

Dictate in your language

Speech recognition is available in dozens of languages. Choose one:

🇸🇦Arabic 🇧🇩Bengali 🇪🇸Catalan 🇨🇳Chinese 🇨🇿Czech 🇩🇰Danish 🇳🇱Dutch 🇫🇮Finnish 🇫🇷French 🇩🇪German 🇮🇳Hindi 🇮🇸Icelandic 🇮🇩Indonesian 🇮🇹Italian 🇯🇵Japanese 🇰🇷Korean 🇳🇴Norwegian 🇵🇱Polish 🇵🇹Portuguese 🇷🇴Romanian 🇷🇺Russian 🇪🇸Spanish 🇸🇪Swedish 🇮🇳Tamil 🇹🇭Thai 🇹🇷Turkish 🇺🇦Ukrainian 🇻🇳Vietnamese

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this speech to text free?
Yes. Voice typing here is completely free, with no sign-up and no limits. It uses your browser's built-in speech recognition, so there's nothing to install.
Which browsers support voice typing?
Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Safari support speech recognition. Firefox does not — open the page in Chrome or Edge to dictate.
Which languages are supported?
Dozens of languages and accents, including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and many more. Pick your language on the page before you start.
Is my voice recorded or stored?
We don't store your audio. Recognition is handled by your browser's speech engine; in Chrome the audio is processed by Google's service to return the text.

Recognition runs through your browser's built-in speech engine; in Chrome the audio is sent to Google for transcription. We don't store your audio.