Everything Talk DAT! does
49 features

Press your trigger, speak, and release. Talk DAT! then inserts, types, or copies the result through the selected delivery route.

Toggle it on, speak without holding the trigger, then finish from the Talk DAT! bar. The configured session limit still applies.

A speculative result can land first and a cleaner pass can replace it moments later. Avoid typing in that app until the Talk DAT! bar shows it is done.

Quiet speech is boosted automatically, so a whisper is heard like normal talking.

The Talk DAT! bar shows a wave that moves with your voice.

A bounded set of recent accepted voice sessions stays on your PC for replay, copying, and recovery.

It tells you after two silent seconds, before you dictate a whole paragraph into a dead microphone.

Press the keys you want, then let go to save the shortcut.

Your chosen route handles live speech: a local model, or a provider you connect with your own key. If a configured fallback route takes over, the Talk DAT! bar shows which route is in use.

On a provider route that streams, long dictations come back while you speak, and it waits for your last word before finishing.

If a live session on your own provider is interrupted, the captured audio retries there before your PC steps in.

When a dictation falls back to your PC, the Talk DAT! bar says so. The route does not change silently.

When your connection comes back, Talk DAT! switches back to your provider.

Optional AI cleanup through your own provider key.

Supported open speech models can be downloaded and run entirely on-device.

A catalog you choose from inside the app, with instant switching.

Setup checks your hardware and recommends the model that runs best on it.

Long recordings transcribe while you are still speaking.

After a one-time model download, dictation can work without a network. There is nothing to pay us for it.

Spoken commands honored; question marks only where a question was asked.

Spoken enumerations become real numbered lists.

Times, records, fractions and figures come out the way you'd type them: 3 p.m., 12–4, 1/5.

Say "Tuesday, no wait, Thursday" and only Thursday is typed.

From verbatim to polished, you choose how much smoothing your words get.

Tell Talk DAT! how to change the last paste. Availability depends on the packaged build and configured shortcut.

Speak instructions instead of content.

If AI formatting is not available, the built-in formatter still cleans up your text.

Teach it names, brands, and preferred spellings from Settings > Tools.

Fixed a name by hand? Copy the corrected word and Talk DAT! learns it for next time. It stays on your computer, and one switch in Words & Phrases turns it off.

Phonetic matching can turn "shiv on" into Siobhan, with context guards designed to reduce unwanted replacements.

Optional packs can supply selected product, professional, and trademark spellings before you add your own.

On engines that support it, your custom words help the speech recognizer itself.

One switch for auto-translated dictation; one button to tap, talk, and read it translated. Local engines, or your own provider key.

Capture a longer hands-free thought and save the finished result as PDF, Word, Markdown, or plain text. The configured session limit applies.

Use a black-glass caption tablet or floating white text at the size you choose.

Record a sample and see how your local speech model hears it.

A notepad with tabs for your notes and dictations.

Search retained transcripts, recover protected sessions, and copy or retry the latest text through a supported delivery route.

See words dictated, minutes saved, and streaks in the app, counted on your own computer.

A live level bar, immediate input switching, and a three-second check for silence, low level, clipping, and room noise.

Several color themes, which can sync to your account and this site.

The main utility shell reaches core destinations, while the tray and Settings expose additional tools.

Utility windows remember selected positions and sizes where supported. Only the Talk DAT! bar stays on top of other apps.

Drag the menu items into the order you like.

The setup guide introduces the Talk DAT! bar, controls, microphone, permissions, and a real test before you start.

Eligible updates summarize changes across skipped versions, including from the bundled offline changelog.

If you sign in, your account keeps your email address, how you signed in, the computers you signed in on, and your theme, never transcripts, history or your local dictionary. BYOK requests go from your machine straight to the provider you choose.

When you use a local model, your speech is never sent anywhere.

Recovery recordings stay on your PC, and you can delete them any time.