Writers
Draft at the speed of speech, keep the manuscript yours
Most people speak three to four times faster than they type, and for first drafts that gap is everything. Quiet Dictation turns your speech into clean, punctuated text in whatever you write in: Word, Google Docs, Scrivener, your notes app. The recognition runs on your own computer, so an unpublished manuscript is never uploaded to anyone's server, and it works offline in the cabin, the café and the dead zone where you actually focus.
First drafts at speaking speed
Hold a hotkey, talk through the scene or the chapter, release. Clean text lands where your cursor is, ready to edit rather than retype.
Your unpublished work stays unpublished
Recognition runs on your laptop. No audio of your draft, your characters or your ideas passes through a cloud service.
A dictionary that learns your world
Character names, place names, invented words. The personal dictionary learns from your corrections, so your world comes out spelled your way from the second chapter onward.
Hands-free for long sessions
Double-tap the hotkey and talk for as long as the ideas last. Tap again when you are done. No holding a key down for twenty minutes.
Why writers are switching to dictation
Typing speed caps most writers somewhere between 40 and 80 words a minute. Comfortable speech runs at 130 or more. Writers who dictate their first drafts routinely finish them in a fraction of the time, and many find the spoken draft has a more natural voice than anything they type. The edit still happens at the keyboard; dictation just gets you to the edit sooner.
Why not just use the built-in option?
Apple Dictation and Windows Voice Typing are fine for a quick note. They fall down on a writing session: no dictionary that learns your character names, no hands-free mode built for an hour of talking, and in Microsoft's case your speech goes to their cloud. Quiet Dictation is built for the long session, and it never sends your manuscript anywhere.
What it costs
Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, no credit card needed. After that it is $5 a month, $39 a year, or a $79 lifetime deal at launch. Less than a single writing course, and it works every day.
Common questions
Does it work in Scrivener, Word and Google Docs?+
Yes. Quiet Dictation types wherever your cursor is, in any application.
Will it learn my character and place names?+
Yes. The personal dictionary learns from your corrections, and you can add names and invented words manually so they are always spelled your way.
Does it work offline?+
Yes. After a one-time setup download it works fully offline, apart from an occasional licence check.
Is my draft uploaded anywhere?+
No. Speech recognition runs on your computer. Your audio and your text stay on your machine.
Try Quiet Dictation free for 14 days
No credit card needed. Your voice never leaves your computer.
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