Overview

VoiceType AI is a dictation app that lets you write by speaking in any application on your computer. It transcribes what you say, removes filler words, and automatically formats and lightly improves your writing, so spoken thoughts come out as clean text. The company says more than 65,000 people use it, including doctors, lawyers, journalists and founders, and it pitches the tool as a way to save one to two hours a day on writing tasks.

How it works

You place your cursor in any text field, whether an email client, a document, a chat app or a notes tool, trigger VoiceType and start speaking. The AI converts your speech to text and cleans it up: filler sounds like um and hmm are removed, punctuation is added and sentences are formatted. The result is inserted where you were typing. Because people speak much faster than they type, this can greatly speed up writing emails, notes and drafts.

Key features

Speech-to-text that works across all your apps.
Automatic removal of filler words.
Auto-formatting and punctuation.
Light AI editing to improve readability.
Unlimited transcriptions on the Premium plan.

Use cases

Professionals can dictate long emails and reports. Doctors can write notes faster between patients. Lawyers can draft documents by speaking. Journalists can capture ideas and first drafts quickly. Founders can clear their inbox with voice. People with repetitive strain injuries or who find typing difficult can use voice as their main input.

Speed claims

The site advertises writing at up to 360 words per minute and a high accuracy score. Actual speed depends on how fast you speak and how much you need to edit, and accuracy varies with microphone quality, accent, background noise and vocabulary. Treat these figures as best-case and test the tool with your own speech during the trial.

Pricing

VoiceType offers Premium with unlimited transcriptions. There is a 3-day free trial. The monthly plan is listed at 19.50 US dollars per month, the 12-month plan works out to 14.89 dollars per month, and a lifetime access option is offered as a one-time payment, listed at 475 dollars at the time of writing. Check the pricing page for current offers.

Things to consider

AI cleanup changes your wording slightly, so review important messages before sending. If you dictate sensitive information, such as patient or client details, check the privacy policy to understand how audio is processed and stored.