SaypenSee what it hears
A small bar shows “Listening” and your words as they are recognized. It moves to the bottom when the field is near the top.
Free · No account · On-device
Type with your voice. Privately.
Saypen types what you say into the text field you’re using, on the websites you use every day. Chrome recognizes your speech right on your computer, so your voice doesn’t travel to a server and back.
- Free, no account
- No minute limits
- Works offline after setup
How it works
Set it up once. Then just talk.
Three steps on Saypen’s setup page, which opens by itself after you install it.
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Allow the microphone
Click Allow microphone and choose “Allow while visiting the site”. Chrome asks once, on Saypen’s own page, not on every website.
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Download your language
Pick your language and click Download. Chrome fetches its speech model from Google: about 200 MB, once per language, usually in less than a minute.
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Click a field and speak
Click into any text field, press Alt+Shift+D or the Saypen button in the toolbar, and talk. Press Esc when you’re done.
The setup page
Everything in one place
The same page shows whether the microphone is allowed and your language is ready, and lets you try voice typing before you use it on a website.
- Only the languages your Chrome can recognize on this computer
- Your shortcut, with a button to change it
- A “Try it here” box to test your voice
- Settings: punctuation, voice commands, silence timeout and sounds
To open it again later, right-click the Saypen icon in the toolbar and choose Options.
While you speak
Your words, typed as you go
Punctuation and capitals
Each finished phrase is typed with punctuation and capital letters. It’s a setting, on by default.
Spacing done for you
Saypen adds the space between phrases, and none in Japanese, Chinese or Thai, which don’t use them.
Stops when you do
Press Esc, click Stop or say “stop listening”. It also stops after a silence (1 minute by default), when you switch to another tab or window, or when the page navigates or closes.
Voice commands
Say it, and it’s done
Format and fix your text without touching the keyboard.
- new lineStarts a new line. In chat apps it adds a line break and doesn’t send your message.
- new paragraphStarts a new paragraph.
- delete thatRemoves the last phrase Saypen typed.
- stop listeningTurns voice typing off.
Voice commands work in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, and the setup page shows the words for your language. You can turn them off there.
Private by design
Your voice is recognized on your computer
Saypen uses Chrome’s built-in speech recognition with on-device processing switched on. The audio goes from your microphone straight to Chrome’s recognizer on this computer. Saypen never records, saves or sends it, and Saypen itself makes no network requests at all.
The one download. The first time you use a language, you click Download and Chrome, not Saypen, fetches that language’s speech model from Google. Chrome keeps it for all websites, and from then on recognition works without an internet connection.
Read the privacy policy →- No network requestsNo servers, no analytics, no ads, no account and no remote code.
- Mic only while onOpen only while voice typing is on. Saypen’s icon shows a red “ON” badge.
- No historyNo transcripts. It reads only the few characters before the cursor and stores nothing from the page.
- Settings stay hereStored on this computer only and never synced.
Where it works
Wherever you write on the web
Ordinary text boxes, and the rich editors behind many mail, chat, AI-chat and social sites.
Saypen types into
Text inputs, text areas, plain editable fields, and editors built on:
All 12 kinds were tested on our own test pages. It finds the field you’re in, also inside frames, and never types into password fields.
Chrome doesn’t allow it here
- Chrome’s own pages, such as
chrome://settings - The Chrome Web Store
- Chrome’s PDF viewer
Chrome doesn’t let extensions run there. Saypen’s toolbar button shows a short explanation instead.
No text field selected? Your words stay in the listening bar with Copy and Close buttons, so nothing you said is lost.
Good to know
What you need, and the honest limits
Chrome 139 or newer
On a desktop computer, with on-device speech recognition available in that Chrome. The setup page tells you if it isn’t.
A microphone
Built in or on a headset. Saypen uses it only while voice typing is on.
A language Chrome knows
The ones Chrome can recognize on your computer, listed on the setup page. On Chrome 156 for Windows: about 16 languages, such as English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese. Albanian, Dutch and Ukrainian aren’t available yet.
Good, not perfect
Recognition is Chrome’s on-device model. It’s good for dictation, but names and specialist words can come out wrong.
Your voice only
Saypen is not a meeting transcriber. It doesn’t transcribe tab audio or other people’s voices; it listens to your microphone while you have it on.
Free, with no limits
No paid tier, no account, no ads and no minute limits.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is Saypen really free?
Yes. There is no paid tier, no account, no ads and no minute limits.
Is Saypen listening all the time?
No. The microphone is open only while voice typing is on, or while the “Try it here” box on the setup page is listening. While it listens, Saypen’s toolbar icon shows a red “ON” badge. Your computer may also show that the microphone is in use. Voice typing stops when you press Esc, after a silence, or when you switch to another tab or window.
Does it work offline?
Yes, once your language is ready. The first time, Chrome downloads that language’s speech model from Google (about 200 MB). After that, recognition works without an internet connection.
Will “new line” send my chat message?
No. In chat apps, “new line” makes a line break and doesn’t send the message. Send it yourself when you’re ready.
Does it work on a Mac or on Linux?
Saypen is made for Chrome on desktop computers. We have tested it on Windows so far. If on-device speech recognition isn’t available in your Chrome, the setup page tells you.
More answers, and fixes for common problems, on the support page.
Say it. It’s typed.
Free for Chrome 139 or newer on your computer. No account, no minute limits, and your voice is recognized on your computer.
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