Dictation to text
Speak it, get it written — record your dictation in the browser or upload a memo you already recorded, and get clean, punctuated text you can edit.
By Anubhav Jain, Trustample founder · Updated July 2026 · Claims verified against the live product
Free: 60 min per 30 days, files up to 30 min / 50 MB · Paid plans: 10 to 100 hrs, files up to 2 GB. Big video? Upload just its audio track — same transcript, much faster upload.
Encrypted in transit · audio & video auto-delete in 30 days · never used to train AI
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Dictation to text means creating written text by speaking instead of typing — a letter talked out on a walk, a memo dictated between meetings, a chapter spoken aloud, ideas captured before they vanish. Trustample does this two ways: record straight in your browser with the microphone button above, or upload a dictation you already recorded on a voice recorder or phone. Either way you get back clean, punctuated text with an editor to polish it.
One honest distinction worth understanding, because it decides whether this is the right tool. Live voice-typing — words appearing on screen as you speak, like Windows Voice Typing, Mac Dictation or Google Docs voice typing — is built into your device and is the right choice when you want to watch text form in real time. Trustample works the other way: you record the whole dictation first, then it transcribes. For anything longer than a sentence or two, that's usually better — the AI uses the full context to punctuate properly, you're not stopping to fix mistakes mid-thought, and you end up with an editor, timestamps and export formats rather than raw voice-typed text.
It's free to start: 60 minutes of dictation a month, no credit card, exported as text you paste anywhere. Paid plans add longer recordings, DOCX and PDF export, and AI actions that can tidy a rambling spoken draft into structured prose — handy when you dictate faster than you organize.
How it works
- 1Tap the microphone button and dictate — or upload a memo you already recorded.
- 2The AI transcribes it with punctuation, usually in seconds for a short dictation.
- 3Read it back, fix any word inline, then copy the text or export a document.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Is this live dictation — do words appear as I speak?
No, and that's deliberate. You record the whole dictation, then it transcribes in one pass. For real-time voice typing, your device's built-in dictation (Windows Voice Typing, Mac Dictation, Google Docs) is purpose-built. Record-then-transcribe wins for longer dictation: better punctuation from full context, no mid-sentence stumbles, and an editor plus exports at the end.
Do I need to install anything to dictate?
No — the microphone recorder runs in your browser (it asks permission first, and confirms you have consent before recording). Nothing to install on a computer or phone. Prefer your own recorder app? Record there and upload the file; both paths reach the same transcript.
How accurate is dictation to text?
On clear speech into a close microphone — which is exactly how you dictate — it's among the best-case scenarios for AI transcription, typically 95%+ in a major language. Speak at a natural pace, say punctuation only if you want it literally written, and fix the occasional proper noun inline afterwards.
Can it clean up a rambling spoken draft?
Yes on paid plans: the AI actions can restructure a stream-of-consciousness dictation into tidy paragraphs or bullet points, grounded in what you actually said. Useful when you think out loud faster than you organize — dictate the mess, let AI structure it, then edit.
Is my dictation private?
Yes — recordings are encrypted, never used to train AI models, auto-deleted after 30 days (transcripts stay until you delete them), and paranoid mode erases the recording the moment transcription finishes. What you dictate stays yours.
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