Voice to text app

The voice to text app that writes for you.

You talk. AudioPen writes it up. Ramble, backtrack, lose your train of thought, and it still hands you clean text in your style and your language.

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AudioPen on iPhone recording a note: the timer counts down and the waveform moves.
AudioPen's style picker on iPhone: the rewrite level, the writing styles and the output length.
A finished note in AudioPen on iPhone, titled In defense of being bored.

Transcription is only step one

Most apps stop at the transcript. AudioPen keeps going.

Raw transcripts hand you back exactly what came out of your mouth, like the live text in our free online voice recorder. Every filler word. Every detour. Every sentence you abandoned halfway through. That is fine for a record. It is not the same as writing.

AudioPen does both. It captures everything you say, faithfully. Then it reshapes the transcript into something clean, in the style you set. Your ideas, without the noise.

How it works

Talk, and get finished text.

  • 1. Speak

    Record a note inside AudioPen, voice type into another app on your Mac, Windows PC, iPhone, or Android phone, or, on Prime, upload an audio file you already have.

  • 2. It writes it up

    AudioPen transcribes what you said, then rewrites it into clear, structured text in the style and language you pick. Or keep the plain transcript. Your call.

  • 3. Keep it or send it

    Save a note to your library to find later. On Prime, restyle it or combine notes into one summary. Push it to Notion or Google Docs with Zapier.

You stay in control

Decide how much it rewrites.

Most AI writing gives itself away in a sentence. AudioPen lets you set how heavy the edit is, so the text never stops sounding like a person wrote it.

  • A light touch

    Fix the grammar, tidy the obvious slips, and leave your words alone.

  • A real restructure

    Reorganize a rambling note so it flows, with your points in an order that makes sense.

  • In your own voice

    Feed it a sample of your writing and it matches your tone, so the result still sounds like you.

Voice typing, in any style

Type anywhere, in any style.

AudioPen is not just an app you record into. It also works as a voice keyboard in every other app you use, from Gmail and Slack to Notion and your code editor.

Talk the way you think. Start mid-thought, circle back, change your mind halfway through. AudioPen types your exact words when you want them, or writes it up in a style you pick, right at your cursor.

What you say
“okay so reply to sam, um, thanks for the call, it was good, so yeah we're in on the pilot, oh wait but the start date, the first doesn't work for us, can we do the fifteenth instead, and uh ask her to send the new pricing, the updated one”
Typed into Gmail, in Formal Email style

Hi Sam, Thank you for your time on the call earlier. We're happy to go ahead with the pilot. One change: the 1st doesn't work for us. Could we move the start date to the 15th? In the meantime, please send over the updated pricing. Best regards

Works in any app, on every device: a hotkey on Mac and Windows, the AudioPen keyboard on iPhone and iPad, and a floating bubble on Android.

Who it is for

Made for people who think out loud.

  • Drawing of a writer walking and talking into their phone, a written page flowing out of it.

    Writers

    Dictate the draft of an article on a walk. Upload past work and AudioPen writes in your voice.
  • Drawing of an older woman in an armchair telling a story into her phone, pages of her memoir drifting out.

    Memoir writers

    Tell your life story one memory at a time and get back written pages in your own voice.
  • Drawing of a voice note at the centre, linked to an article, a social post, a video and a profile card.

    Creators

    Turn a voice memo into a newsletter, a script, or posts for LinkedIn and X.
  • Drawing of a salesperson in a parked car talking into their phone, a checklist above the car.

    Salespeople

    Debrief a call you could not record. Five minutes of talking becomes a clean summary.
  • Drawing of a lawyer talking through a case beside the scales of justice and a stack of papers.

    Lawyers

    Talk through a memo or a clause and get a structured first draft in precise language.
  • Drawing of a therapist in an armchair writing up her notes after a session, an empty chair beside her.

    Therapists

    Speak your notes the moment a session ends and get them back organized by client.
  • Drawing of a tangle of thoughts, clocks and ideas turning into a short to-do list.

    Busy, noisy minds

    Brain dump everything in any order and get back clear notes and to-do lists.
  • Drawing of hands at a laptop, a spoken sound wave turning into a written page.

    When typing is hard

    For dyslexia, RSI, or anyone who finds typing slow or painful. Speak, and get polished writing back.

  • Multilingual users

    Speak in one language and get polished text in another. Whatever language you think in, AudioPen works in it.
  • Drawing of a woman walking past a bus stop, talking into her watch.

    People on the move

    Catch the idea on a walk or a commute, from your phone or your wrist, and read it back as a clear note.

Rewrite level

You control the rewrite

Choose how heavy the edit should be. Keep it close to your exact words, or let AudioPen polish everything.

Transcript

“Okay, so, um, after the meeting today I think we should push the launch back by a week. The landing page still needs copy for the, you know, the pricing section, and the onboarding flow has like a couple of bugs that we, that we found in QA. I already talked to Maya about the copy and she said she can have a draft by Thursday. For the bugs, let's prioritize the ones that blocks signup and, um, leave the rest for a patch after launch. Also, can someone send the updated timeline to the rest of the team so everyone is on the same page.”

Rewrite level

Retains structure where possible, rewritten in your chosen style

Output length

Some compression, but not too much.

Writing style

Note

After today's meeting, I think we should push the launch back a week. The landing page still needs pricing copy, and QA found a couple of bugs in onboarding. Maya can draft the copy by Thursday. Let's prioritize the signup-blocking bugs and leave the rest for a post-launch patch. Someone should send the updated timeline to the team.

Try it with your own voice

Free to start, on every device.

Everywhere you work

One account, every device.

On Mac, Windows, and iPhone, AudioPen works as a voice keyboard: speak, and the words land wherever your cursor is, inside any app. On Android, a floating bubble does the same. Voice typing gives you an offline option too, so transcription can run on your device.

One Prime account covers all of them. Your notes sync across every device, so whatever you capture on one is waiting on the next.

This is by far the greatest and most useful tool I have ever had! I have severe ADHD and it’s able to translate my rambling into a well written and concise note. I feel more organized and less anxious!

Kristen Doutsas · Aesthetician, entrepreneur

I love it. Once AudioPen knows my style, everything I write sounds like me, but better.

Tony Carlisle · Google Play

I used to manually summarize my transcribed brainstorming sessions. Took hours. AudioPen automates everything to the point where I am almost done with my article after talking about a topic for 10min. Magic.

Arvid Kahl · @arvidkahl

I use AudioPen mainly as a way of clearing my mind.

Melanie Fraser · App Store

I am a natural speaker. My ideas flow faster when I speak. I record my voice notes and with my accent, it is perfect all the time.

Ash Ravikumar

Testimonials

Loved by people who think out loud

Read what real users have to say about AudioPen.

No product has fundamentally changed the way I work over the last 12 months more than Audiopen. Home Screen on iPhone.
Sidin · @sidin
I can now create 95% of my blog posts and have minimal editing. In my tone of voice. This saves so much time
Vincent · @vincenthaywood
I’ve been using AudioPen to talk through my ideas, have them summarized and then use the summarization as a draft for blog posts. 13 out of 10. Highly recommend for the “blank page” problem.
chase adams · @curiouslychase
This is probably the best product I’ve come across in the past 18 months. So useful and it just keeps getting better.
Dave O’Callaghan · @OCallaghanDavid
Simple, but effective. The best tool to convert rambling into structured text, while keeping what you rambled intact.
Murali Balaraman · Founder, Studio CX360
I freakin love AudioPen.ai. If you are not using it yet, get on it.
Mr. Fettfinger
Most helpful AI tool = audiopen. Been using it daily to do things like: turn voicenotes into action items, content ideas (magic for this), summarize calls, giving feedback. The UI is also so clean that it’s an absolute joy to use.
Cathryn Lavery · @cathrynlavery
You speak to it as thoughts come in. It stitches a fine narrative from the rant. Writers can edit a ‘wrong’ page, not a ‘blank’ page. AudioPen gets you to 90% and then you do the rest.
Joseph Jude · @jjude
OH MY GOSH. I just learned about AudioPen today, and it’s already a GAME CHANGER. If you write, create, or do any serious thinking, this tool is for you.
Bear Smith · @RealBearSmith
This is one tool that has dramatically changed the way I think. It has allowed me to get the thoughts out of my head and down on paper.
Melvyn Tan · @melvyndotme
I can’t say enough good things about the AudioPen app. It’s been my go-to app for getting ideas down without having to type. Not only does it arrange even the most inarticulate nonsense into readable sentences, it’s the best dictation app I’ve ever used.
Otis Frampton · @otisframpton
I’ve been writing online for over 10 years and tried virtually every writing app, productivity, note-taking, and idea-capture system out there. Nothing comes close to the amount of time AudioPen saves me.
Trying Not to Suck at Life · @trynotsuck
Best buy in 2023: AudioPen from @louispereira. Hats off.
Galih Kusumah · @galih_kusumah
Switched from Superwhisper to Audiopen Mac App within 20 minutes of using the Mac App.
Namit Oberoy
Tried it out, and paid for the prime version because it is SO good and simple to use. The product has made it so much easier to track my various thoughts throughout my day.
Maya · @buildwithmaya
AudioPen is able to clear my spoken thoughts into text in Estonian, one of the most complicated languages in the world! Shut Up And Take My Money!
Reigo Kimmel · YouTube expert, AI enthusiast
Already not sure what I did before I had AudioPen. If you often have thoughts you want to capture in writing, check it out. Cost is super reasonable too.
Laura · @Iam_LauraD
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Questions

Everything you might want to know

Straight answers to the questions people ask before they start.

Go on, say something.

You bring the thought. AudioPen helps with the words.

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