Teach it your names.
Add the spelling you want and what it sounds like, or turn on one of four industry word packs with nearly 1,400 terms.
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Talk DAT!Dictation for Windows and Mac.
Free, on your computer.
Hold a key and talk. Fully formatted text appears where you’re typing: punctuation, capitals, lists and your corrections, done for you.
Free. No card, no plan, no account needed.
Opens your own mail app with the download link.
- On your computerEvery on-device model, Parakeet included. See your words as you say them. Works with no connection once the model is downloaded.
- Your own keyBring a Deepgram, OpenAI or Anthropic key. Requests go from your computer to that provider, which bills you directly.
What you say
hi sam thanks for sending the draft um can we move our call to tuesday no wait thursday at three p m before then i need three things number one the final logo number two the updated timeline and number three the client’s notes new paragraph thanks again
Fully formatted
Hi Sam, thanks for sending the draft. Can we move our call to Thursday at 3 PM? Before then, I need three things:
- The final logo
- The updated timeline
- The client’s notes
Thanks again.
Example only. Results depend on your microphone, settings and how you speak.
On your screen
LocalYour key
Local is on by default and stays on this computer. Your key is optional: your own provider handles the speech and bills you. Set up your key
Talk DAT!
Free demo
Try dictation in your browser
Tap once, say a sentence, then tap again to see it cleaned up.
1. TapStart the mic
2. SpeakSay it naturally
3. SeeGet finished text
Try dictation in your browser
This is a real, working preview in your browser. On a phone, tap to start and tap again to stop. On a computer, hold the button while you talk. You can also paste a rough note. The installed app adds keyboard shortcuts, typing into any app, recording backups, local models and full formatting.
Ready when you are
Microphone is off
This browser preview sends the take for transcription, then finishes the text on our server. The page does not add your audio or words to an account history. Deepgram requests opt out of model improvement, and browser-provided speech follows your browser provider's privacy terms.
Live transcript
WaitingYour words will appear here.
Phone: tap once to start and again to finish. Computer: hold while speaking, or choose Hands-free.
No microphone? Paste a rough note.
Paste a messy sentence and compare Chill with Executive. Important details like numbers are checked, and a risky rewrite falls back to a simpler cleanup.
Working
This preview sends microphone audio to a speech service and rough text through our demo service to be finished. This page does not save the microphone capture. The installed app does not use our demo service: with local speech and writing models selected, dictation stays on your computer. Selected provider routes send their audio or text directly to that provider under your account and its privacy terms.
Continue on your computer
Download Talk DAT! for your computer.
Available for Windows and Mac.
Custom words, recording recovery and a choice of where speech runs
It learns the names you use, keeps your recording if a paste fails, and lets you choose where speech is processed.
If a paste fails, you can get it back.
Your recent recordings stay on this computer, so you can play them back, copy the text, or transcribe them again.
Protected locallyReplay · Copy · Recover
Choose where speech is processed.
Connect a supported provider with your own key, or download a local model and keep speech processing on your machine.
Your keyLocal
What the dictation app does
Start with the basics: how you start dictating, how much your words are cleaned up, where the text goes, and where speech is processed. Then see the extra tools.
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See every feature
Start dictating with a key, mouse button or controller.
On Windows, a keyboard chord, mouse side button, Xbox or XInput control, or MIDI note can start dictation.
- Keyboard chord
- Mouse or controller
- MIDI note
Choose how much your words are cleaned up.
Chill tidies your words and keeps your tone. Executive rewrites them to sound more formal and organized. Chill is the default.
- Two writing styles
- One-tap switch
- Your choice stays visible
Your words are typed into the app you’re using.
With auto-paste on, Talk DAT! puts the text into whichever app is active when it finishes. If that app won’t accept it, the text is on your clipboard, ready to paste.
- Types into the active app
- Clipboard backup
- Shows how it pasted
Choose where speech becomes text.
Connect a supported provider with your own key, or download a local model. Available routes depend on your setup.
- Downloaded local models
- Supported provider keys
- Your choice stays visible
If something fails, your recording is still there.
Your recent recordings stay on this computer, so you can play them back, copy the text, or transcribe them again.
- Saved on this computer
- Replay and copy
- Retry transcription
Teach it the names and words it gets wrong.
Add a preferred spelling, a sounds-like alias, or one of four optional industry packs with nearly 1,400 curated terms. Fixed a name by hand? Copy the corrected word and Talk DAT! learns it for your next dictation, with an undo button right above the Talk DAT! bar. It reads only what you copy, it stays on your computer, and one switch in Words & Phrases turns it off.
- Preferred spellings
- Sounds-like aliases
- Learns from your fixes
- Four terminology packs
Translate what you say, with numbers and links kept exact.
Typed or dictated text uses a downloaded local model, or the provider whose key you brought. Safeguards are designed to preserve links, emails, versions, and numbers.
- Typed or spoken source
- Local model or your own key
- Numbers and links kept exact
Keep speech processing on your machine.
Download, compare, and select an on-device model. After setup, speech stays on the computer whenever Local is selected.
- Downloadable model catalog
- Hardware-aware choices
- No speech upload in Local
Turn a longer thought into a document.
Ramble captures a hands-free thought, finishes it, and saves the result as PDF, Word, Markdown, or plain text.
- Four export formats
- Saved to a dedicated folder
- Rainbow recording indicator
See your words while you are still speaking.
On a local model, turn on Show words while I speak and the Talk DAT! bar shows the text so far while you hold the key, about 1.2 s behind your voice on a GPU or on six CPU cores. These captions are processed locally. Your selected writing route finishes the text when you release the key, whether captions are on or off.
- Local models, on your PC
- Off until you switch it on
- Same finished text on release
Feature availability depends on your platform, selected speech route, downloaded models, and hardware.
Get the app
Download Talk DAT! for your computer.
Available for Windows and Mac.
Download Talk DAT! for Windows and Mac
Choose Windows or Mac. The recommended Windows route opens the Microsoft Store; the Mac button downloads the current notarized disk image.
Talk DAT! public beta
Windows 10 and 11 are available through the Microsoft Store. The Mac public beta is a notarized disk image for Apple silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later. Intel Macs are not supported.
Checking the current verified builds...
Need the Windows file directly?Use this only when the Microsoft Store is unavailable.
Direct beta installer
About the direct Windows installer
The Microsoft Store is the recommended Windows route and updates automatically. A direct beta installer can still show “Windows protected your PC,” especially when a release is new. Choose Run anyway only after confirming the file came from the official release page. SHA-256 checksums and a build receipt are published for the Windows EXE and portable ZIP.
Mac beta: first-open permissions
The current disk image is signed with a Developer ID, notarized by Apple, and carries a stapled notarization ticket. Download it from the official page. macOS may show its normal first-open confirmation, then requests Microphone for speech capture, Input Monitoring for the global hold-to-talk trigger, and Accessibility for delivering finished text into another app.
Mac App Store availability
The Mac App Store edition is being prepared. The signed and notarized direct Mac download is available now.
Free.
No card, no plan, and no account needed to dictate. If you bring your own provider key, that provider bills you at its own rates on your account with them; Talk DAT! adds nothing on top.
Windows
Full overlay, global hotkeys, auto-paste, local history, protected voice sessions, updater, on-device speech and bring-your-own-key routes.
Public beta
macOS
Notarized disk image for Apple silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later. Intel Macs are not supported.
Public beta
Linux
Linux is planned, but no public Linux build is available yet.
PlannedTalk DAT! for teams
Dictation for teams, on each person’s computer
With local speech and writing models selected, your team’s dictation is processed on each person’s computer. If someone selects a provider route, its audio or text goes directly to that provider under their account and the provider’s privacy terms.
Review the setup for your team. Local processing can reduce exposure, but it does not satisfy HIPAA, GDPR or a security review by itself. Your organization must assess local storage, access controls and any selected providers against its own obligations. Talk DAT! has not completed SOC 2 and does not offer a HIPAA BAA.
Four optional industry packs are already included in the desktop app. Medical, legal, military, and aviation packs contain nearly 1,400 curated terms to help recognize the terminology you use at work. Accuracy varies with the recording and selected model. Review the text, especially names and medical or legal details.
Free on every computer
Local speech models
Local writing models
Provider routes optional
Ask about a rollout
What a team pays
Nothing.
- No seats to count or buy
- No accounts needed to dictate
- Microsoft Store installs and updates on Windows
- Questions about deployment or a shared dictionary go to Build@KnightAIAV.com
Free for Windows and Mac, and it runs on your own computer.
An account is optional.
Talk DAT! is free and dictates without one. Signing in lets the desktop app and this site recognise you, and carries your chosen theme between them. It never carries what you say.
- No password. A six-digit code by email, or Sign in with Apple.
- What it holds: your email address, how you signed in, the computers you signed in on, and your theme and Pill menu order.
- Delete it any time from this panel, or by writing to Build@KnightAIAV.com.
Talk DAT! account
Sign in with your email or with Apple. There is no password.
Type your email and we send a six-digit code, or continue with Apple. Either way there is no password to make, and both open the same account.
- Signed in as
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- Email verified
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- Sign-in methods
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Deleting your account removes your email address, your sign-in methods and the computers signed in to it from our account service. It cannot be undone. Talk DAT! keeps working on your computers without it.
By creating an account, you agree to the Terms and the Privacy Notice.
Dictation guides for Windows, Mac and your work
Pick your computer, your kind of work, or the app you’re switching from.
Common questions about Talk DAT!
What people ask before installing.
Is it TalkDAT or Talk DAT!?
Both name the same app. The product is Talk DAT!, and it is often written as one word, TalkDAT, including in this site’s address and on the Microsoft Store. It is made by Knight AI+AV.
Is Talk DAT! an AI dictation app?
Yes. TalkDAT uses AI speech recognition to hear you and AI writing models to clean up the text, so you get punctuated, formatted writing instead of a raw transcript. You choose the engine: on-device models that run entirely offline, or your own provider key.
Will Windows warn me when I install it?
The Microsoft Store is the recommended Windows route and updates automatically. A direct beta installer can still trigger SmartScreen, especially when a release is new. Use a direct installer only when it came from the official release page, and verify it with the published SHA-256 checksum and build receipt.
Does it work offline, and does my dictation get uploaded?
Yes: with local speech and writing models selected, dictation can run offline after setup. If you select a speech or writing provider, audio or text for that route goes directly to that provider under your account and its privacy terms. Your recent recordings are kept on the computer so you can recover them, and a support log is only sent if you choose to attach it to a message.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. Talk DAT! is free on Windows and Mac, with no account, card or plan needed. If you choose to bring your own provider key, that provider bills you directly at its own rates; Talk DAT! adds nothing.
Is Talk DAT! open source?
Yes. The source code is public on GitHub under the Apache License 2.0, so you can read it, build it and change it. The Talk DAT! name and logo stay trademarks of Knight AI+AV. Our downloads are the signed builds, with automatic updates.
Does it run on Mac as well as Windows?
Yes. Talk DAT! has public betas for Windows 10 and 11 and for Apple silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later. The Mac disk image is notarized by Apple. Intel Macs are not supported.
What happens to your voice and your text
Talk DAT! runs on your computer. Nothing you say in the app is sent to us, and your recent recordings are kept on your computer so you can recover them.
The microphone is off until you press the key.
The Talk DAT! bar can stay on screen while the microphone is off. Hold-to-talk stops when you let go, and hands-free only starts when you turn it on.
Your last five recordings are kept.
Each recording is saved on your computer before anything else happens. If a later step fails, History can play it back or recover the text, so a long dictation isn’t lost.
On your computer, or with your own key.
A downloaded local model needs no provider account to set up. Supported bring-your-own-key providers remain a user-selectable alternative.
Rough speech becomes usable writing.
After your speech becomes text, Talk DAT! adds punctuation and capitals, fixes spacing, applies your custom words and snippets, and saves it to History.
More tools in the desktop app
The desktop app also includes History, recording recovery, Translation, Live Captions, Ramble, Words & Phrases, Mic Doctor, snippets, per-app settings, themes and advanced controls.
Privacy and security.
Speech stays on your computer.
With a downloaded model selected, speech is processed on your computer. The app also keeps your recent recordings there, so a failed paste can be recovered.
You choose where dictation is processed.
With local speech and writing models selected, dictation stays on your computer. Selected provider routes send their audio or text directly to that provider. The preview on this page uses our demo service when you press it. The optional account never holds dictation; a feedback report includes a support log only if you choose to attach it.
No SOC 2 or HIPAA certification.
Talk DAT! has not completed SOC 2 and does not offer a HIPAA BAA. Local mode can reduce exposure, but regulated organizations must evaluate the product against their own obligations.
Ready when you are
Download Talk DAT! for your computer.
Available for Windows and Mac.
Get Talk DAT! for Windows or Mac.
Install the free beta, pick a local model or add your own provider key, and start talking.