Speechnotes
Speechnotes is a secure and reliable web-based speech-to-text tool that offers dictation and transcription services. It’s been serving millions of users since 2015. The tool is designed to save time and effort by transcribing audio and video recordings accurately and quickly. It also allows users to dictate notes instead of typing.
Features
- Voice commands for punctuation and formatting
- Automatic capitalization
- Easy import/export options
- Voice typing – Chrome extension
- Transcription API & webhooks
- Zapier integration
- Android Speechnotes app
- iOS TextHear app
- Audio & video converting tools
Use Cases
- Writing notes, thoughts
- Dictation for medical forms
- Authors, students, transcribers
- Transcribing interviews, lectures, phone calls, voice messages
- Creating captions for YouTube videos & movies
- Text-indexing entire audio archives
Key Advantages
- Accuracy: Powered by Google & Microsoft’s AI engines
- Lightweight & fast: Works entirely online in real-time
- Super Private & Secure: No human handles, sees or listens to your recordings
- Health advantages: Minimizes risks of Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI)
- Saves time: Transcribe an hour-long recording in less than a minute
- Saves money: Dictation notepad is free (with ads) or small fee for ad-free. Transcription is only $0.1/minute
Pricing
- Dictation – Free: $0/mo. Includes online dictation notepad, voice typing Chrome extension
- Dictation – Premium: $1.9/mo. Includes premium online dictation notepad, premium voice typing Chrome extension, support from the development team, no ads
- Transcription: $0.1/minute. Pay as you go – no subscription. Includes audio & video recordings, speaker diarization in English, timestamps, captions .srt files, REST API, webhooks & Zapier integration
The company values user privacy and does not store any data unless it is solely needed for the purpose of user operation. The transcription service is HIPAA compliant and ensures no human in the loop, secure encrypted communications, automatic deletion of recordings from servers once transcription is done.