Speech to Text
Turn spoken words from your microphone into text, using your browser's built-in speech recognition.
About this tool
Turns your speech into text live, using your browser's built-in speech recognition — no upload, no account. Pick a language, click "Start Listening," and speak; the transcript builds up below as you talk, ready to copy or download.
Speech recognition is provided by your browser, not this website. On Chrome/Edge/Chromium browsers this typically works by sending short audio snippets to the browser vendor's own speech-recognition servers to do the actual transcription — this site never receives your audio or transcript either way, but it isn't fully offline the way this site's Text to Speech tool is.
Frequently asked questions
- Why doesn't this work in my browser?
- Speech recognition support varies a lot by browser. Chrome, Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers support it well. Firefox doesn't support it at all. Safari has limited, inconsistent support. If it's not working, try switching to Chrome or Edge.
- Is my audio sent anywhere?
- This site never receives your audio or transcript. However, in Chromium-based browsers, the recognition itself is typically performed by sending short audio snippets to the browser vendor's own cloud speech-recognition service (e.g. Google's, for Chrome) — that's a function of your browser, not something this site controls or can bypass.
- Why does it stop listening after a silence?
- Even with "Keep listening after pauses" checked, browsers sometimes end a recognition session after enough silence — this tool automatically restarts listening when that happens, so it should feel continuous, but you may notice a brief pause.
- Can I use this offline?
- No — unlike this site's Text to Speech tool (which works fully offline using your device's own voices), speech-to-text recognition in most browsers requires an active internet connection.