Pick the Voice Tool That Fits Your Task

Talk instead of typing on your phone, dictate on your computer, or turn recordings and meetings into text. Every tool below starts free.

Voice typing on your phone

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Aqua Voice

  • iPhone
  • Android

On iPhone it’s a keyboard of its own. On Android it’s a button beside the keyboard you already use

For anyone who writes a lot on their phone and wants clean text fast

Edit by voice: select text, say the change, and it rewrites it in place

1,000 words free, no card needed

Dictation on your computer

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Wispr Flow

  • Mac
  • Windows

For people who write all day on a Mac or Windows PC and would rather talk than type

Hold one key, speak, and clean, punctuated text lands in any app

Free plan: 2,000 words a week

Typeless

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux

For people who think out loud and want tidy, finished text

Turns messy speech into structured paragraphs and lists

Free plan: 2,000 words a week

VoiceInk

  • Mac

For Mac users who want private dictation with no subscription

Works offline: your voice never leaves your Mac

Free trial, then pay once from $25

Voicy

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • Chrome

For Windows, Linux and Chrome users who want everyday dictation at a fair price

One plan for every device, or pay once for life. Works offline on your computer

30 minutes free, no card needed

Transcription for recordings and meetings

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Transkriptor

  • Browser

For anyone with a recording to turn into text, in 100+ languages

Upload a file, video or YouTube link, get a transcript, subtitles and a summary

First 90 minutes free

Notta

  • Browser
  • Mac
  • Windows
  • iPhone
  • Android

For people in online meetings who want the notes written for them

Live transcript and translation, even in bilingual meetings

Business plan free for 7 days

Voice typing guides

Practical guides for common voice typing questions on Android.

Auto punctuation on Android and iPhone

Why no keyboard adds commas as you type, the punctuation switch on a Pixel, the words Gboard understands, and how to get commas without saying them.

AI keyboard for your phone

Six skills of an AI keyboard, which of them Gboard, Samsung and iPhone already have, and how to add voice and rewrites to any phone.

Autocorrect on your phone

How to turn autocorrect off or on, save the words it keeps changing, and fix the spelling and punctuation in a whole message at once.

Speech to text punctuation on iPhone

Auto-Punctuation, the commands to say out loud, and how to dictate a message that reads right without naming a single mark.

Symbols on your phone keyboard

Where °, ¢, © and ✓ hide on Gboard, Samsung and iPhone, how to bring back the comma, and how to stop placing punctuation by hand.

Offline voice typing

How to use voice to text without internet on Android and iPhone, check it in Airplane mode, and get a text you can send without fixing.

How to turn on voice to text on Android

Where the microphone key lives on Gboard, the Samsung keyboard and a Pixel, and how to dictate a note in Keep or an email in Gmail.

Voice typing not working

Fix a missing microphone, greyed-out dictation, or voice input that stops after one word, with causes reported across Android and Samsung versions.

Voice typing in WhatsApp

Dictate WhatsApp messages as written, ready-to-send text instead of recording voice notes, using a keyboard that works in every app.

Speech to text for dyslexia and painful typing

Which tools help when spelling, tremor or wrist pain make typing hard: what Android gives free, where it stops, and the discounts worth asking for.