Windows already has voice typing. Why this?
Windows + H is free and worth trying first. JustSpeak is for when it isn't quite enough:
- Names and your words. Add people, places and work terms to the Dictionary once, and they come out right. If a word keeps coming out wrong, tell JustSpeak what to write instead and it fixes it every time.
- Clean mode. Drops the ums and uhs, keeps what you meant. Or Verbatim, if you want every word.
- One shortcut, same everywhere. No floating panel to find. Tap the shortcut, talk, tap again, and the text lands where your cursor was.
- Over 60 languages, and a mode that follows you when you mix English with another language mid-sentence.
- A real person to email when something's off.
How it works
- Click where you want to write. An email, a document, a chat box, a form.
- Tap Ctrl + Space and talk the way you'd talk to a person.
- Tap it again. Your words appear where the cursor was, punctuation and all.
That's the whole app. The shortcut is yours to change, and you can hold it down instead of tapping if you prefer push-to-talk.
Installing on Windows
JustSpeak is new, so Windows shows a warning the first time you open the installer. Here's exactly what to click. It takes about a minute, and it works on Windows 10 and 11.
After installing, JustSpeak lives in the little icons at the bottom-right of your screen and listens for your shortcut. Closing the window doesn't quit it.
What it costs
Start with 30 free minutes, no card. After that it's $8 a month, $59 a year, or $99 once for life. Every paid plan is unlimited dictation on your own computers. If a disability or painful hands make typing hard, email support@justspeak.live and we'll take 20% off any plan.
Questions
- Does it work in every program?
- Anywhere you can type: Outlook, Word, Excel cells, Chrome and Edge, WhatsApp Desktop, Teams, Notepad, web forms. JustSpeak puts the text at the cursor the same way pasting does.
- Which Windows versions?
- Windows 10 and Windows 11. It's a small download, about 3 MB.
- Which languages does it understand?
- Over 60, including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Hindi, Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic and Russian. Pick one in Settings, or choose automatic detection to mix English with Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, Italian or Dutch in the same sentence.
- Does it need the internet?
- Yes. Your recording goes to our speech partner, comes back as text, and isn't kept. There's no offline mode.
- Is my audio stored?
- No. Recordings are turned into text and then dropped. Keeping a history of your transcripts is optional and off by default.
- How long can I talk in one go?
- Up to ten minutes. At nine minutes a small notice warns you, and at ten JustSpeak types what you've said so far.