Voktik

Voktik is a Windows-only dictation app. Hold Ctrl and the Windows key, speak, and it pastes tidied, punctuated text into the active app, with per-app styles, a custom dictionary and about 100 languages. Free for 2,000 words a week.

Voktik is a voice typing and speech-to-text app built only for Windows. The workflow centres on a single hotkey: hold Ctrl and the Windows key, speak, and release. The app removes filler words, adds punctuation and capitals, then pastes the result wherever the cursor sits, restoring whatever was on the clipboard afterwards. It targets people who write a lot in email, chat, documents and AI assistants, and who find typing slower than talking. In practice the app adapts its output to the window in focus. Twelve ready-made writing styles are included, five of them on the free plan, and users can build their own. Some switch automatically by app: a casual register for WhatsApp and Discord, a professional email tone for Gmail and Outlook, and an AI prompt style for ChatGPT and Claude. A personal dictionary stores names, brands and jargon along with their usual mishearings. Around 100 languages are detected as the user speaks, and Pro adds speaking in one language and getting text in another. Hands-free mode allows up to ten minutes of dictation, with a pause key, a cancel key with a five second undo, and a paste-last shortcut. Privacy and reliability get unusual attention. The site states that no screenshots or clipboard contents are sent, only the recording and the resulting words, and that voice data is not used to train AI. If the connection drops, recordings are held encrypted on the PC for 14 days for retry. The product needs an internet connection, shows text only after the key is released rather than live, and has no Mac or mobile version. Among dictation tools, Voktik sits at the focused, lightweight end: a tray app with a weekly free allowance of 2,000 words and a paid Pro tier priced in pounds. It suits Windows users who dictate prompts to AI tools, write email, or want accurate spelling of specific names, and less so anyone needing cross-platform support or offline use.