Free Online Speech to Text Transcriber

Dictate notes and transcribe audio live using your browser microphone. Supports 28 languages with instant clipboard copying.

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Your transcript will appear here as you speak.

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Free Speech to Text, Right in Your Browser

Talk and watch the words appear. Choose your language, keep adding to one transcript, and copy it into any app when you are done.

Speech to text while listening: dark final words, gray words still being heard and a word count of 9

Live Speech to Text as You Talk

Click Start Recording and speak. Words still being heard show in gray, then turn dark once the phrase is final and joins your transcript. A word count under the box keeps track.

Gray words while you are mid-phrase
Final words join the transcript
Live word count under the text

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Voice to text language list open on Spanish (Spain) beside a transcript in English and Spanish

Voice to Text in 28 Languages

Pick the language you will speak before you start, from English to Hindi, Arabic, Japanese or Ukrainian. Switch while listening and the tool restarts in the new language without losing your text.

28 languages, English (US) by default
Regional English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese options
Switch languages without losing your text

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Copy Text Into Any App

One click copies the whole transcript, ready to paste into an email, Google Docs, Word or a notes app. There is no TXT download, so copy and paste is how you save it.

Where Your Voice Goes

Your browser's own speech service turns your voice into text. In Chrome and Edge that service is online, run by the browser's maker. PixConvert never receives your audio or your words.

Pick Up Where You Stopped

Stop and start as often as you like, and new words join the end of the same transcript. If the browser stops listening after a long pause, click Start Recording again.

Free, No App or Sign-Up

Open the page in Chrome or Edge and allow the microphone. There is nothing to install, no account to create and no limit set by the tool on how much you dictate.

How to Transcribe Speech to Text

Choose your language.

Pick the language you will speak from the list of 28. English (US) is selected at first, and you can switch later without losing text.

Click Start Recording and talk.

The first time, your browser asks to use the microphone, so click Allow. Gray words are still being heard; dark words are final.

Copy your transcript.

Click Stop when you finish, then Copy to put the whole text on your clipboard. Paste it into a document, email or notes app.

When You Need Speech to Text

Turn your voice into written text when typing is slow or hard.

Notes and Messages

Say a reminder, an idea or a quick reply and copy it into your notes, chat or email. Talking is often quicker than typing on a small keyboard.

Capture an idea before it slips away, then copy it
Draft emails and chat replies by talking instead of typing
Dictate meeting action points right after the call

First Drafts

Talk through a blog post, script or book chapter to get a rough first draft on the page. Then paste it into your editor to fix punctuation and wording.

Get past a blank page by speaking your ideas aloud
Dictate a chapter or script in short sessions
Check the live word count as the draft grows

Accessibility

Type without a keyboard if typing is painful or slow, or show what someone says as text on screen for a person who is hard of hearing.

Write messages hands-free when a keyboard is hard to use
Show spoken words as text on a screen in conversation
Dictate in 28 languages, including regional variants

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers about voice typing, languages, browsers and privacy.

How do I convert speech to text for free?

Open this page in Chrome or Edge, choose your language and click Start Recording. Allow the microphone when asked, then speak. Your words appear as you talk. Click Stop, then Copy, and paste the text wherever you need it. It's free with no sign-up.

Which browsers does speech to text work in?

It works in Chrome and Edge, on computers and Android phones. Other browsers may not support speech recognition, and then the tool shows a message asking you to try Chrome or Edge.

Is my voice sent anywhere when I dictate?

Yes, to your browser's speech service, not to PixConvert. Chrome sends what you say to Google and Edge sends it to Microsoft, which turn it into text. Our page never receives the audio or transcript. It only counts usage, such as how many phrases were finished.

Why is speech to text not working?

Check the microphone permission first. If you clicked Block, allow the microphone in the site settings by the address bar and reload. Make sure no other app uses the mic and you're online in Chrome or Edge. Listening also stops after a long silence; your text stays, so click Start Recording again.

Can I transcribe an audio or video file?

No. This tool only listens to your microphone in real time. It can't open MP3, WAV, M4A or video files, and it doesn't save any audio either. To transcribe a recording, you need an app that accepts file uploads.

How do I save my transcript as a file?

Copy and paste it. There's no TXT, Word or subtitle download, so click Copy and paste the text into Notepad, Google Docs, Word or a notes app, then save it there. Words still shown in gray aren't copied until they turn final.

Which languages can I dictate in?

There are 28 options, including English (US and UK), Spanish (Spain and Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, Korean and Russian. Pick the one you will speak; the tool doesn't detect it or translate.

How accurate is free speech to text?

It depends on your microphone, background noise and how clearly you speak. A headset in a quiet room gives the cleanest text. Expect to fix names, numbers and punctuation by hand, because the speech service may leave out commas and periods.

Does speech to text work without internet?

Not in Chrome or Edge. Their speech service runs online, so with no connection listening stops and no text appears. Use the tool where you have a steady connection, and click Start Recording again once you are back online.

Is there a time limit on dictation?

The tool sets no limit on how long you talk or how many times you start, and it needs no account. Your browser may still end a session after a long pause. Click Start Recording again and your text stays.

Can this tool read my text aloud too?

No, this page only turns your speech into text. For the reverse, open our Text to Speech tool: paste any text, pick a voice and adjust the speed, and it reads the words aloud.