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AI · August 4, 2026

VoltType

Voice dictation that learns you. 100% offline on Pro.

VoltType launched on August 4, 2026 with 3 votes, #2,940 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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What it does

VoltType is a Windows dictation app that runs 100% offline on Pro — your audio never leaves your machine. It learns your vocabulary over time: names, jargon, your style. 99 languages. $9/mo or $99 lifetime. Free 14-day trial, no card.

Voice dictation for Windows. In offline mode your audio never leaves your machine, and we don

Private speech‑to‑text for Windows. Press a hotkey, talk, and your words appear anywhere. On Pro, all 99 languages run fully offline on your own CPU — no cloud, nothing ever uploaded, nothing leaves your machine. Prefer a direct installer? Download the .exe (Windows may show a security prompt — click More info → Run anyway ) Press a hotkey, speak naturally, watch your words appear wherever your cursor is. That’s the whole thing. Anywhere — in any text field, in any app. Works system-wide on Windows. Pause, “uh”, restart — no problem. The model cleans up filler and punctuates for you. Inserted at your cursor — formatted, punctuated, in…from volttype.com

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