LOCAL VOICE TYPING FOR WINDOWSA LITTLE LESS FRICTION.
A LOT MORE FLOW.

Your voice.
In full flow.

For the ideas that move faster
than your fingers.

Hold a key. Speak your mind. Your words appear in the app you’re already using.
PROJECT NOTEEXAMPLE RESULT

Send the draft to the HR team.

Your saved spelling: hr → HR

“Um, send the draft to the hr team.”

Illustrated demo
No microphone access
YOU TALK. IT TYPES.
No account.No subscription.Your PC does the listening.

It sounds like you.
It should read like you.

There’s more to dictation than recognising words.
Try the details that make them yours.

YOU SAY

“Send the draft to the hr team.”

YOUR SAVED REPLACEMENT

hr → HR

Hold here or use Right Ctrl.
Release to see your words.
YOUR WORDSLocal feature example
Send the draft to the HR team.
Your spelling. Every time the rule matches.

Names, brands, acronyms. Teach TawkType the spelling you want, or replace a phrase it keeps mishearing. Your vocabulary also applies after an optional rewrite.

Interactive illustration.
No microphone access.

A small presence.
A thoughtful one.

Native Windows. A quiet status bar.
The controls you need, when you need them.

A home for your settings, vocabulary and dictation stats. Actual app screenshot.
WINDOWS / NATIVE01 — 03

Find the right
register.

Switch modes with a key. See the active mode on the bar. All four work locally; choosing one never turns on cloud rewriting.

RECOGNISED

“um, check the api before we ship.”

CLEAN PROSE

Check the api before we ship.

Filler removed. A sentence starts with a capital.

Illustrative example · Technical uses a saved “API” spelling.

Make a correction count.

Search and edit history, compare raw and cleaned text, re-run cleanup, and explicitly save a replacement from an edit.

A way back to your words.

If insertion fails, open the dictation box to edit, copy, or send text back when the destination supports it.

A shortcut on your terms.

Hold to talk or use a separate toggle key. Esc cancels. A recording limit finishes a runaway dictation instead of discarding it.

Your voice.
Your words.
Your machine.

No account. No subscription. No telemetry.
Speech recognition runs on your PC.

Fast on a CPU.

English and 24 other European languages. Parakeet runs on your CPU, so a dedicated GPU isn’t required.

~670 MB modelDownloaded when you choose
Your words stay close.+

Once a speech model is downloaded, local dictation works offline. History is stored locally when enabled; turn it off to stop saving dictations and delete the history file. Diagnostic logs record counts and timing, not your words.

Claude is an option, not a requirement.+

Optional Claude rewriting can apply spoken corrections and format lists. It is off by default and uses your own Anthropic API key. When enabled, transcript text is sent to Anthropic; audio isn’t. API charges may apply.

Before your
first words.

What do I need?+

Windows 10 or 11 and a microphone. A GPU is optional. The installer can fetch the .NET 8 Desktop Runtime if you need it.

How do I get started?+

Install TawkType, open Settings → Transcription, and choose a model to download. Models are not downloaded automatically. Select your microphone and language, then hold Right Ctrl, speak, and release.

Which apps can I type into?+

TawkType targets the focused text field in editors, browsers, chat apps and other Windows programs. Compatibility varies. If it can’t insert text, it offers clipboard fallback and the dictation box.

Can I bring my vocabulary with me?+

Yes. Preferred spellings, replacements and spoken snippets can be imported and exported together as a vocabulary file. They work locally, with or without a Claude API key.

Why does Windows show an install warning?+

TawkType is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may show a warning. The latest installer and release details are available in the project’s GitHub releases.

Say it.
Make it happen.

  1. 01

    Install TawkType.

    Get the Windows installer from GitHub releases.

  2. 02

    Choose a speech model.

    Open Settings → Transcription to download one. Select your mic and language.

  3. 03

    Give your thought a voice.

    Click a text field. Hold Right Ctrl, speak, then release.

Your next good idea
is already on the tip of your tongue.

Get TawkType for Windows Windows 10 / 11 · Speech models downloaded separately
TawkType General settings

Actual TawkType app · Esc to close