Speech to Text — Free Online Voice Typing, No Signup
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Your browser does not support speech recognition, so voice typing is unavailable here. Chrome, Edge, and Safari 14+ all work — Firefox does not implement this part of the Web Speech API.
Press record, talk, and your words land in the box as text. The tool uses the speech recognition built into Chrome, Edge, and Safari, so there is no file to upload and no account to create. Pick from 20 languages, dictate punctuation out loud, then copy the transcript or save it as a .txt file.
How it works
- 1 Choose your language Pick the language you will speak from the dropdown — English, Russian, Spanish, Hindi and 16 more. Accuracy drops sharply if the setting does not match what you actually say.
- 2 Press Start recording Your browser asks for microphone permission the first time. Allow it, then speak at a normal pace. Words appear in grey while the engine is still deciding, and settle into the transcript once it commits.
- 3 Edit, copy, or download The transcript box is a normal editable text area, so fix anything the engine misheard. Then copy it to the clipboard or download it as a plain .txt file.
A note on microphone privacy
Your transcript stays in your browser and is never sent to belun.app. The recognition step, however, runs in your browser vendor's speech service: Chrome and Edge stream short audio snippets to Google and Microsoft respectively, while Safari on recent Apple hardware can process speech on-device. Nothing is recorded or kept here, and the microphone is released the moment you press Stop.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this speech to text free?
- Yes. No signup, no minute limit, no watermark, no paid tier. It uses the speech recognition your browser already ships with, so there are no transcription credits to buy.
- Which browsers support voice typing?
- Chrome, Edge, and Safari (14 and later), on desktop and mobile. Firefox does not implement the Web Speech API's recognition half, so the tool will tell you it is unavailable there. Chrome on desktop is the most reliable.
- Does my audio get uploaded anywhere?
- No file is uploaded and nothing is stored on our servers — belun.app never sees your audio or your transcript. One caveat worth knowing: Chrome and Edge perform the recognition itself on Google's and Microsoft's speech servers, so short audio snippets are sent there while you dictate. Safari on recent Apple devices can run it on-device. If the subject is confidential, use Safari or dictate with the OS-level feature instead.
- Can I dictate punctuation?
- Yes, with the spoken punctuation option switched on. Say "comma", "period" or "full stop", "question mark", "exclamation mark", "colon", "semicolon", "dash", "open quote", "close quote", "new line" and "new paragraph" and the tool inserts the character instead of the word. Russian equivalents work too: «запятая», «точка», «новый абзац».
- Why does it stop listening on its own?
- The browser engine ends a session after a few seconds of silence. This tool restarts it automatically as long as you have not pressed Stop, which is why you can leave it running through pauses. You may notice a brief gap in the recording indicator when that happens.
- How accurate is the transcription?
- For clear speech in a quiet room, Google's engine lands in the 90–95% range on common languages. Accuracy falls off with background noise, a distant mic, heavy accents, proper nouns, and technical jargon. Set the language correctly, get within arm's reach of the mic, and expect to fix names by hand.
- Can I transcribe an existing audio or video file?
- Not directly — the Web Speech API only listens to a live microphone. A practical workaround is to play the file on speakers and let the tool hear it, though quality suffers. For a file in a meeting recording, a dedicated transcription service will do better.