Voice Writer
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveTurns spoken dictation into polished text in the browser or on Mac, correcting grammar as you talk.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $10/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free web/extension plan at $0 (browser speech recognition, English only, basic grammar correction). Pro is $10/month or $80/year with a 14-day free trial, adding premium speech recognition and 20+ languages; the native Mac app is a separate free download with no account.
Use tool ↗About Voice Writer
Voice Writer converts speech into written text in real time, correcting grammar as the user talks and adapting to a personal writing style over time. The browser version works inside Gmail, Docs, and Notion through a Chrome extension and supports over 30 languages on the Pro plan; the free plan is English-only with basic grammar correction. A separate native Mac app runs entirely on-device with no account or cloud connection required, and is free regardless of the web plan. The company behind it, Efficient NLP, was founded by a machine-learning engineer with a background in natural language processing research.
- Platforms
- Web · Chrome extension · macOS
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing section on the home page: Free $0/month, English only; Pro $10/month or $80/year billed annually with a 14-day free trial and 20+ languages (15 October 2026)voicewriter.io ↗
- Mac page: on-device dictation and grammar correction, free, no account, M-series Macs on macOS 13+, English only for now (15 October 2026)voicewriter.io ↗
Is Voice Writer legit?
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- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 5, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Efficient NLPOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Voice Writer
Voice Writer is a dictation tool built around real-time cleanup rather than raw transcription — it fixes grammar and adapts to how the user writes as they speak, instead of handing back a literal transcript to edit later. The free web plan is limited to English, and the more useful multi-language and style-adaptation features sit behind the $10/month Pro tier; the on-device Mac app is a genuinely separate, fully free option for anyone who doesn't need the browser integrations.
Pros
- grammar correction happens in real time while speaking, not as a separate editing pass
- native Mac app runs fully on-device and is free with no account requirement
- browser extension integrates directly with Gmail, Docs, and Notion rather than requiring copy-paste
Cons
- free web plan only supports English
- no Windows or Linux desktop app, only Mac
- no API for developers to build on
Best for
- drafting text by speaking instead of typing, inside Gmail, Docs, or Notion
- private, offline dictation on a Mac with no account or cloud step
Not for
- non-English dictation on the free plan
- users who want one unified app instead of separate web and Mac products
Watch out: The free web/extension plan and the free Mac app are different products with different capabilities — multi-language support requires the paid Pro plan even though the Mac app is free.
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