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Dictāta: Voice-to-Text for Your Entire Computer

Dictāta: Voice-to-Text for Your Entire Computer

Dictāta TeamBy Dictāta Team

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Most voice-to-text tools lock you into one app. Dictāta works everywhere.

Dictate into Any App

Email, Slack, Word, code editors, notes — if you can click into a text field, you can dictate into it. No copy-pasting, no app-switching, no limitations.

Press your hotkey, speak naturally, and your words appear exactly where your cursor is.

How It Works

Picture feature is an empty Windows PC screen with little three dots at the bottom and a red arrow pointing at it

A small floating button sits at the bottom of your screen and follows you wherever you work.

Once you click the hotkey and start to speak, real-time audio waves confirm the app is listening.

When you're done, you click the hotkey again, and the text appears instantly at the cursor, cleaned up and ready to use.

One hotkey controls everything: Alt twice on Windows, Option twice on Mac. You can also drag the button out of the way or hide it completely if you prefer a clean screen.

AI Actions: Transform Text with Your Voice

Dictāta doesn't just transcribe — it lets you rewrite and reshape text without touching the keyboard.

Windows app dashboard displays prompt library and AI enhancements toggle

You can save your most-used prompts directly in Dictāta's Prompt Library — things like "make this more concise," "fix the tone," or "turn this into bullet points." Then activate them with a single hotkey, right as you dictate.

A Windows screen featuring a floating button and a drop-down where the user can choose prompts.

Already have text you want to improve? Highlight it, press Alt + R (or Control + Option on Mac), and tell Dictāta what to do with it. It edits in place, no extra windows needed.

A screenshot from Google Doc featuring a selected text and next to it a floating button saying "Dictate your prompt".

Who Uses Dictāta

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Dictāta tends to click for people who write a lot and feel like the keyboard is slowing them down:

  • Writers and knowledge workers who think faster than they type
  • Professionals working through a heavy email load
  • Developers who want to dictate comments and documentation
  • Students capturing notes during fast-moving lectures
  • Anyone who's been stuck using Google Docs just to get voice input

Get Started in Seconds

On macOS:

  1. Download Dictāta
  2. Press Option twice
  3. Speak
  4. Press Option twice again — your text appears at the cursor

On Windows:

  1. Download Dictāta
  2. Press Alt twice
  3. Speak
  4. Press Alt twice again — your text appears at the cursor

That's it. No setup wizard, no account required to get started.

Dictāta — your voice, everywhere.