The Best Speech-to-Text Apps and Tools for 2025

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Typing isn't easy or even possible for everyone, which is why many prefer to simply talk. Speech-to-text software, also sometimes called dictation software, can help with that; it turns what you say into typed text. You likely don't need to install software to dictate text to your computer or phone either since every major operating system has a speech-to-text feature that works just about as well as anything else on the market. Here, we point out where to find these features on your devices and discuss a powerful commercial product with more features. Below are the best apps and tools we evaluated.

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