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Life & fun · May 11, 2015

Dictation

Easy online speech-to-text dictation in your browser

Dictation launched on May 11, 2015 with 117 votes, #292 of 3,670 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

What it does

Perfect and free alternative to Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking for speech recognition.

Dictation is a free online speech recognition software that will help you write emails, documents and essays using your voice narration and without typing.

Use the magic of speech recognition to write emails and documents in Google Chrome. Dictation accurately transcribes your speech to text in real time. You can add paragraphs, punctuation marks, and even smileys using voice commands. Dictation can recognize and transcribe popular languages including English, Español, Français, Italiano, Português, हिन्दी, தமிழ், اُردُو, বাংলা, ગુજરાતી, ಕನ್ನಡ, and more. See full list of supported languages . You can add new paragraphs, punctuation marks, smileys and other special characters using simple voice commands. For instance, say "New line" to move the cursor to the next list or say "Smiling Face" to insert :-) smiley. See list of supported voice…from dictation.io

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