On your PC
Your voice never leaves your computer
VoxyScribe uses NVIDIA's Parakeet speech model, running on your own processor. There's no account and no cloud service, and after the first-time setup it works without the internet.
Voice typing for Windows
Say it.
It’s typed.
Hold a key, talk, and let go. Your words appear wherever your cursor is, in any app. VoxyScribe turns speech into text on your own PC, so what you say never leaves it.
- Free to use and share
- No account
- Works offline
An animation: someone holds Ctrl, Shift and Space, speaks, and their sentences appear in Notepad as they let go.
How it works
Three steps. Nothing to learn.
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1
Hold the hotkey
Click where you want the words: an email, a document, a chat. Then hold Ctrl Shift Space.
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2
Talk normally
A small listening bar shows your voice and the words as they're heard. Punctuation and capitals come with them.
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3
Let go
Your words appear at your cursor. Changed your mind? Press any other key while you hold the hotkey, and nothing is typed.
Talking for a while? Double-tap the hotkey to go hands-free, and tap it once when you're done. Turn on Type as I talk and each phrase appears as you pause.
Features
Made for people who think out loud.
Fast
Ready before you reach for the mouse
A five-second sentence is ready in under half a second on an 8-core desktop processor. No graphics card needed.
Measured on an Intel Core i7-10700K.
A dictionary that learns
Teach it your words once
Add names and terms, and VoxyScribe listens for them. If it gets one wrong, fix it where it was typed, select your fix, and press Ctrl Shift L. It gets it right from then on.
Voice commands
Say it, and it's done
Say a command on its own and VoxyScribe carries it out.
“new paragraph”
“new line”
“question mark”?
“comma”,
“delete that”
“undo”
Type as I talk
Long thoughts, typed as you go
In hands-free mode, each phrase is typed at the pause after it, instead of all at the end.
Snippets
Short phrases, long text
Say a few words and get the paragraph you type every day.
Quiet
Other apps hush while you talk
Music and videos mute while the microphone is on and come back when you stop. You can turn this off.
Every app
Works wherever you type
Pasting works almost everywhere. For an app that blocks it, have VoxyScribe type the words instead, or just copy them. Choose app by app.
Nothing lost
Every dictation, kept on your PC
Clicked away by mistake? Ctrl Shift V puts your last dictation in again. History keeps the rest, and you can clear it any time.
Audio files
Hand it a recording. Get a transcript.
Pick an interview, a lecture, or a voice memo from the tray menu and choose where the transcript goes. It comes out in paragraphs, each stamped with its time, tidied like your dictation and spelled with your dictionary.
- Who is speaking. Turn on speaker labels and VoxyScribe works out how many people talk and marks each paragraph. Name them once and their voices are recognized next time. It learns your own voice from your dictation.
- Quick. On an 8-core desktop processor, an hour of audio takes about 6 minutes, or about 9 with speaker labels.
- Always in view. The tray icon fills as it works. Point at it for the percentage and time left, or cancel from the tray menu.
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team-sync.txt2 speakers
[0:00] Dana: Thanks for making time. I wanted to walk through the launch plan before Friday.
[0:07] Marcus: Sure. The short version is we're on track, but the installer still needs one more test.
[0:15] Dana: Okay. What's left on that?
[0:18] Marcus: Mostly older laptops. I'll have the results Wednesday morning.
Make it yours
Six ways to see it listening.
The listening bar floats over your work while you talk. Blue is your voice; gray is other sound. Pick a style, light or dark, and try it with your own voice.
Your last second of sound scrolls past, newest on the right.
Your microphone stays in this browser tab. Nothing is recorded or sent.
Settings
One calm window for the rest.
Change the hotkey, add words and snippets, pick a start sound and a style. VoxyScribe follows your Windows light or dark setting, or you can choose.
VoxyScribe Settings
VoxyScribe Settings
Privacy
What you say stays on your PC.
VoxyScribe has no account, no analytics, and no ads. Speech recognition, speaker labels, and the optional AI cleanup all run on your computer. Recordings are never saved. Here is every time it uses the internet:
- Once, at first start
- Downloads the speech model (about 660 MB).
- Once, if you use speaker labels
- Downloads the voice model (26 MB).
- Once, if you turn on AI cleanup
- Downloads the cleanup model you choose.
- Once a day
- Checks GitHub for a new version. An update installs only if it matches the SHA-256 fingerprint published with it.
- Never
- Your voice, your words, your files, or how you use it.
Get started
Up and running in minutes.
- Download and run the installer. It installs for your Windows account, with no administrator rights needed.
- If Windows warns you that the publisher is unknown, choose More info, then Run anyway.
- VoxyScribe starts when the install finishes (after that, from the Start menu). The first time, it downloads its speech model, and the listening bar shows the progress.
- Hold Ctrl Shift Space, talk, and let go. New versions are offered in the app as they come out.
Questions
Good to know
Is VoxyScribe free?
Yes, and free to share. Download it, use it, and give the installer to anyone, free of charge, under the license the installer shows. There's no account to create and nothing to sign up for.
Does it work without the internet?
Yes, once the speech model has downloaded at first start. Dictation and audio files work offline; speaker labels need a 26 MB download the first time you use them.
Which languages does it understand?
English. The speech model is built for English. Add unusual names and terms to the dictionary and it listens for them.
Do I need a graphics card?
No. Speech recognition runs on your processor. A graphics card is used only for the optional AI cleanup, if you have one.
Which apps does it work with?
Anything with a place to type: Word, Outlook, Gmail and other websites, Slack, Teams, Notepad, and more. VoxyScribe pastes your words by default. If an app blocks pasting, set it to type them instead in the Output settings.
Are my recordings saved?
No. Your voice is held in memory only while it's turned into text. History keeps the text on your PC, and you can clear it. Voices you name for speaker labels are stored on your PC as voice fingerprints, and you can forget them.
How do updates work?
Once a day VoxyScribe checks GitHub for a new version. When there is one, it asks you first, then installs it only if the download matches the SHA-256 fingerprint published with the release. VoxyScribe opens again when the update is done.
How do I uninstall it?
Like any other app: open Windows Settings, go to Apps, find VoxyScribe, and choose Uninstall.