Speechnotes
Free online dictation notepad with a Chrome extension and Android app, plus pay-per-minute file transcription.
Speechnotes is a free speech-to-text notepad that runs in Chrome or Edge with no login or install, with a companion Chrome extension for voice typing on other sites and an Android app with more than 5 million downloads. Recognition is delegated to the browser (Chrome or Edge) or to Android's speech recognizer, so audio never reaches Speechnotes' servers; the Android listing states it also works offline. Intermediate results appear in a buffer as you speak, punctuation is inserted by voice command or by clicking, sentences are capitalized automatically and notes auto-save in the browser with export to Google Drive, .txt or .doc. The notepad is free with ads and unlimited dictation; Premium removes ads and unlocks premium extension features for $1.9 per month billed once per year without auto-renewal. A separate pay-as-you-go transcription service handles audio and video files at $0.1 per minute.
Pros
- Free, unlimited dictation with no account, download or install; notes are stored locally in the browser
- Premium is $22.80 for a year and does not auto-renew; a 100% refund policy is stated
- Audio and video files can be transcribed with timestamps, speaker labels and .srt export for $0.1 per minute
Cons
- A notepad, not a system-wide tool: on desktop it dictates into its own page or, via the extension, into web forms only
- No automatic punctuation, custom vocabulary or language auto-detection; punctuation is dictated or clicked
- Free version shows ads; recognition quality depends on the browser's or Android's speech engine
- Platforms
- Web
- Browser extension
- Android
- Speech processing
- Hybrid
- Works offline
- Yes
- Languages
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Free tier
- Unlimited dictation with ads in the online notepad
| Dictation Premium (1 year, $1.9/mo, no auto-renew) | $22.80/yr |
Features
- No Works in any app
- Yes Real-time transcription
- No Auto punctuation
- No AI cleanup
- No Custom vocabulary
- Yes Voice commands
- No Push to talk
- No Auto language detection
- No Translation
- Yes File transcription
- No Meeting notes
- Yes Multilingual interface
- Yes History
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Last verified 2026-09-19