Talk DAT! (often written TalkDAT) is AI dictation for Windows and Mac by Knight AI+AV. Both desktop versions are in public beta.
Talk DAT! cleans up what you said first, then translates the clean text into your target language. 57 languages, a private option that runs on your own PC, and if a translation fails, you still get your original text.
If a raw transcript goes straight into a translator, every um, false start and half-sentence gets translated too. Talk DAT! cleans up your words first, so the translation is of what you meant to say.
Automatic dictation translation is a separate opt-in switch. Turn it on and every dictation is cleaned, translated through your chosen route, and inserted through the same safety path as normal dictation. If the translation fails, the cleaned source text is delivered instead, so you still get your words.
"um so the update is ready, version two point four, it fixes the login bug, and the download link is www.talkdat.app"
La actualización está lista. La versión 2.4 corrige el error de inicio de sesión. El enlace de descarga es www.talkdat.app.
Illustrative dictation. The version number and the link are masked before translation and restored exactly; the cleanup removes the filler before translation.
Right-click the Talk DAT! bar and choose Translate, or open Settings, Writing, Translation. The private local route runs through a translation engine you install on your own Windows PC, with a balanced model download of about 3.3 GB and larger models as explicit choices if your computer can run them. Nothing is bundled or downloaded silently, and once the model is in place, translation happens on your hardware. Translation runs on your own machine on a model you install once, and the requested text is processed transiently, not stored in the account database or application logs.
Your source language can simply follow your dictation language, and the target is yours to pick from the catalogue. Translation is one feature of a larger dictation app: see what Talk DAT! does as speech to text for Windows and as dictation software for Mac.
The engine only ever receives what you choose to translate. Whichever route you pick, the selected engine gets only the text you explicitly translate. On the local route that text stays on your machine. It is never sent to Knight. On a bring-your-own-key route it goes from your machine straight to the provider whose key you added, under your account with that provider, and is not stored in the account database or application logs.
Before any text reaches the translator, Talk DAT! masks URLs, email addresses, version numbers, percentages, and numeric values, then restores them exactly after the translated text comes back. If a protected token goes missing or comes back altered, the translation is stopped rather than delivered. A formatting-preservation mode goes further and rejects any result that changes the line-break count, so a carefully structured note stays structured.
If a translation fails for any reason, your cleaned-up words are pasted instead, with a note saying the translation failed. The same care goes into Talk DAT!'s professional dictation packs.
The picker lists 57 language and script entries, common choices first. Quality varies between language pairs. If your language is missing, request it from inside the app: the request opens an email draft that you review and send yourself, and no request ever silently changes how your text is processed.
See how Talk DAT! compares with Wispr Flow, Dragon, and Windows Voice Typing, or the specifics of switching from Dragon. Talk DAT! is free; the Windows and Mac builds are in the download section of the home page.
Straight answers, matching what the shipping product actually does.
The language picker lists 57 language and script entries, with common choices first. Quality is not identical across every pair, so the app also lets you request another language: the request opens an email draft that you review and send yourself, and no request silently changes how your text is processed.
On Windows, yes. Choose the local route, install the translation engine, and download a model, about 3.3 GB for the balanced tier, with larger models as explicit choices. Translation then runs on your own PC. Translation runs on this computer, on a model you download once. Model weights are never bundled or downloaded silently.
You keep your words. If the translation route fails, or a protected detail comes back missing or altered, Talk DAT! delivers your cleaned original text instead and says so. A translation is never allowed to silently replace your dictation with something broken.
No. URLs, email addresses, version numbers, percentages, and numeric values are masked before translation and restored exactly afterward. If any protected value comes back missing or altered, the translation is stopped instead of delivered.
Dictate in the language you think in and send clean text in the one your reader needs. If a translation fails, you still get your original words.
