Voice to text online — dictation that types your speech, free in your browser

VoiceFlow uses your browser's built-in Web Speech engine to transcribe natural, conversational English, adding commas, periods and paragraph breaks automatically as you talk. In a quiet room with a decent microphone, accuracy on everyday speech is high — comparable to the dictation already built into your operating system. Background noise, heavy accents and very technical jargon can lower accuracy, so it helps to speak clearly and review the text before sending. Because the transcript lands in an editable box, you can fix any stray word in a second rather than re-dictating. You can add custom replacements so your own names and acronyms come out right. In practice, dictating an email or a first draft of a blog post works well, because those are everyday words spoken at a natural pace. Pausing briefly between sentences also helps the automatic punctuation place periods and paragraph breaks more reliably. For now, the more clearly you speak, the cleaner the result. For more, see our guide to speech to text online.

VoiceFlow runs best in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge on desktop, because those browsers ship the Web Speech API that powers live dictation. It also works in other Chromium-based browsers such as Brave and Opera. Safari and Firefox have limited or no support for the speech-recognition API, so live dictation may not start there — you can still type into the box and use Copy. No extension or download is required: open the page, click Start dictating, allow microphone access when your browser asks, and your words appear as text. If your browser can't run live dictation, VoiceFlow tells you and lets you keep typing manually. A practical tip is to bookmark the page in Chrome or Edge so dictation is one click away whenever you need it. On a phone, support varies by browser, so the desktop experience is the most reliable today. VoiceFlow supports dictation in 100+ languages and regional accents, though exact availability and accuracy depend on your browser. If dictation won't start or cuts out in Chrome, our guide to fixing voice typing not working in Chrome walks through the common causes and fixes.

No — VoiceFlow relies on your browser's Web Speech API, which in Chrome and Edge sends audio to the browser's speech service to be transcribed, so live dictation needs an active internet connection — there is no offline or on-device mode. If you need guaranteed offline transcription, or fully private transcription that keeps audio on your own machine, use your operating system's built-in dictation instead (macOS Dictation or Windows Voice Typing). A practical consequence is that on a flaky connection, such as a train or a busy cafe, dictation can stutter or stop, so VoiceFlow is best used where you have a stable connection. We are transparent about this: today your speech is transcribed by the browser's cloud service, not on your device.

VoiceFlow itself does not store your audio or sell it, and it does not use your speech to build advertising profiles. The transcript and any documents you save stay in your browser's local storage on this device — nothing is uploaded to an account. One important caveat: live dictation is powered by your browser's Web Speech API, so in Chrome and Edge the audio is sent to the browser vendor's speech service to be transcribed — that step is governed by your browser's privacy policy, not ours. A practical takeaway is that if you are dictating something genuinely sensitive, you may prefer your operating system's local dictation instead, since today's browser dictation involves that vendor speech service. For fully local transcription that keeps audio on your own machine, your operating system's built-in dictation is the most private option today. VoiceFlow needs no sign-in either — here's how to use voice to text without a Google account. Read more about how LK Forge handles data on our Privacy Policy.

Your operating system's dictation (macOS Dictation or Windows Voice Typing) types directly into native apps and can work offline, which the browser version of VoiceFlow cannot do yet. Where VoiceFlow helps today is convenience and portability: it runs in any Chrome or Edge tab with nothing to install or enable, gives you a clean editable transcript with one-click Copy, and shows you a live word count. It is a fast, friction-free way to dictate a chunk of text and paste it wherever you need it. For now, think of VoiceFlow as the quickest way to dictate in your browser. Switching from another web tool? See why VoiceFlow makes a solid Speechnotes alternative.

VoiceFlow is completely free — unlimited dictation in your browser, automatic punctuation, 100+ languages, custom replacements, saved documents and one-click Copy, with no daily limit, no time limit and no watermark. There is nothing to download, no account and no card: just open it in your browser, click Start dictating, and your words appear as text. There is no paid plan, no subscription and nothing to cancel later.