Speechnotes
Speechnotes is a cloud-based dictation and transcription service available on the web, Android, and as a Chrome extension.
What Speechnotes is
Speechnotes is a cloud-based dictation and transcription service available on the web, Android, and as a Chrome extension. Dictation supports custom vocabulary and voice commands, but it requires an internet connection because offline dictation is not supported. The free Dictation plan costs nothing, billed monthly, and includes an online dictation notepad, voice typing Chrome extension, and unlimited dictation. Dictation Premium costs $1.90 a month, billed for one year, does not auto-renew, and adds premium versions of the notepad and extension, no ads, development-team support, and unlimited continuous dictation. A separate Transcription plan is pay as you go with no subscription, listed at $0.10 a month. It covers audio and video transcription, speaker diarization in English, timestamps, SRT captions, and REST API, webhooks, and Zapier integration. Speechnotes, the maker, was founded in 2015. Its privacy model is cloud-based, so dictation and transcription workflows depend on online service access.
Good
- Free plan includes unlimited dictation
- Works on web, Android, and Chrome
- Supports custom vocabulary and voice commands
- Premium dictation does not auto-renew
- Transcription includes SRT captions and integrations
Watch out
- Offline dictation is not supported
- Dictation uses a cloud privacy model
- Premium costs $1.90 a month
- Transcription is a separate paid plan
Who it suits
Speechnotes suits users who want browser, Android, or Chrome-based dictation with custom vocabulary and voice commands. Its transcription plan also suits workflows needing timestamps, SRT captions, or integrations.
Verdict
Speechnotes covers online dictation and separate transcription needs across three listed platforms. Its key trade-off is reliance on cloud access, with premium and transcription features priced separately.
Plans and prices
From Speechnotes's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Dictation - Free | Free | Online dictation notepad · Voice typing Chrome extension · Unlimited dictation · billed monthly |
| Dictation - Premium | $1.90 a month | Premium online dictation notepad · Premium voice typing Chrome extension · No ads · Support from the development team · Unlimited continuous dictation · Billed for 1 year; does not auto-renew |
| Transcription | $0.10 a month | Audio and video transcription · Speaker diarization in English · Timestamps · SRT captions · REST API, webhooks, and Zapier integration · Pay as you go - no subscription |
The facts
Each one read from Speechnotes's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Custom vocabulary
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Offline dictation
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2001
- Paid from
- 1.9checked 20 Sep 2001
- Privacy model
- cloudchecked 20 Sep 2001
- Voice commands
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
The company
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2001
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- web,Chrome extension,Androidchecked 20 Sep 2001
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