PocketPlay
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Speech to Text
Dictate into your microphone and watch the words appear — 20+ languages, live interim results, copy or download the transcript.
☁️ Read this first
Unlike the other tools here, speech recognition is not done inside the page. It uses the recognition service built into your browser, which on Chrome and Edge means your microphone audio is sent to Google's or Microsoft's servers to be transcribed. PocketPlay never receives your audio or your text — but your browser vendor does. If that is not acceptable, dictate into the voice recorder instead and transcribe the file offline.
Speech recognition is not available here
Your browser does not provide the Web Speech recognition API. It works in Chrome, Edge and Safari on macOS and iOS; Firefox does not support it.
Settings
Speak at a normal pace and pause between sentences. Recognition quality depends on your microphone and the background noise far more than on how loudly you talk.
How to turn speech into text
- Pick the language you will actually speak — this matters more than any other setting, and the tool will not auto-detect it.
- Click Start listening and allow microphone access. Words appear as you talk; grey text is still being revised.
- Press Stop, tidy the text if needed, then copy it or download it as a .txt file.
FAQ
Does my voice leave my computer?
Yes, and this is the one tool on the site where that happens. Chrome and Edge send the audio to their own speech service to transcribe it; Safari uses Apple's on-device or server recognition depending on the language. PocketPlay itself receives nothing — but the audio does reach your browser's vendor, which is why the notice sits at the top of the page.
Why does it stop after a few seconds?
Browsers end a recognition session after a stretch of silence. With “Keep listening” switched on, the tool restarts it automatically, so a long dictation keeps going — you may just see a brief gap between segments.
Can I transcribe an audio file instead of my voice?
Not directly: the Web Speech API only listens to a live microphone. A workaround that often works is to play the file on the same computer with speakers on while this page listens, though quality suffers. For serious transcription, use a dedicated offline tool.