Speechnotes

Speechnotes is an AI transcriber tool. Speechnotes pairs a free, login free voice dictation notepad with a pay as you go transcription service for audio and video files. It runs in the browser on Google and Microsoft speech engines, adds timestamps, captions and speaker tagging, and charges per minute rather than by subscription.

Speechnotes is a browser based speech to text service that has been running since 2015 and splits its work into two products: a live dictation notepad for people who would rather speak than type, and a paid transcription service for recorded audio and video. Both run on speech recognition engines from Google and Microsoft, and no software installation is required for either. The dictation notepad opens in Chrome or Edge and works without an account, so the first note can be dictated within seconds of landing on the page. The notepad is the free half of the product and the part most users touch first. It offers voice commands for punctuation and formatting, automatic capitalization, and a deliberately stripped back editor that fades non essential interface elements out of view. Notes are saved to the browser's local storage rather than to Speechnotes servers, which keeps the text on the user's own machine. A Chrome extension extends the same dictation to text boxes across the web, including Gmail, and an Android app covers mobile note taking. The company positions voice typing as a way to reduce repetitive strain from long typing sessions as much as a convenience. The transcription side handles uploaded files as well as material pulled from Google Drive, YouTube or another online source. Output includes timestamps, automatic punctuation, optional speaker diarization in English, subtitles in .srt format and AI summaries. The site states that recordings are deleted as soon as processing finishes and that its contracts with the speech engine providers forbid them from retaining audio; it also describes the service as HIPAA compliant and notes that no human listens to the files. Turnaround is quoted in minutes rather than days. Speechnotes fits between free browser dictation tools and full transcription suites. Its differentiators are pay as you go billing without a subscription and a very low per minute rate, which suits interviewers, students, podcasters and journalists who process recordings in bursts. Teams that need collaboration features or heavy language coverage beyond what the site advertises should compare dedicated transcription platforms before committing.