Seva Marginlo
“I ended up completely replacing Whisper Flow with Vowen. It just feels better to use: lightweight, smooth, practical, and built with real attention to user experience.”Email
Windows
Voice to text for Windows.
Dictate into any app on Windows 10 and 11. Vowen turns your voice into clean, formatted text on your PC, offline, with one hotkey.
Free download. Windows 10 and 11. No account required.
Holding Ctrl and Shift on Windows: the Vowen pill shows a live preview, and on release the text lands in the email: "Hi Priya, thanks for sending the deck over. The numbers look good. Can we move the review to Thursday at 2 so the design team can join?"
Why Vowen
Better than Windows Speech Recognition and Voice Access.
Windows ships with built-in dictation, but it transcribes words and leaves the cleanup to you. Vowen is built to produce text you can actually use.
AI formatting, not raw dictation
Windows Speech Recognition and Voice Access drop a wall of unpunctuated words. Vowen adds punctuation, capitalization, and clean structure automatically, so what you say comes out ready to send.
Works offline, on your PC
Speech recognition runs on-device. Your voice never has to leave your computer, and dictation keeps working on a plane, in a café, or with the Wi-Fi off.
Types into any app
Press your hotkey and dictate straight into Word, Outlook, Chrome, Slack, VS Code, or any text field on Windows 10 and 11, with no app-by-app setup.
Side by side
Vowen vs Windows Speech Recognition.
How Vowen compares to the dictation built into Windows.
| Feature | Vowen | Windows Speech Recognition |
|---|---|---|
| AI formatting & cleanup | ||
| Automatic punctuation | ||
| 99 languages | Limited | |
| Works fully offline | ||
| Custom vocabulary | ||
| File transcription | ||
| Works in any app |
AI formatting & cleanup
VowenWindows Speech RecognitionAutomatic punctuation
VowenWindows Speech Recognition99 languages
VowenWindows Speech RecognitionLimitedWorks fully offline
VowenWindows Speech RecognitionCustom vocabulary
VowenWindows Speech RecognitionFile transcription
VowenWindows Speech RecognitionWorks in any app
VowenWindows Speech Recognition
What people say
Loved by thousands
Real reviews from people who replaced typing with their voice.
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Chris G
“I found the replacement to Wispr Flow, and it's the best digital product I've ever used.”LinkedIn · Read the original postView testimonial on LinkedIn:
Louison Dumont
“Been really enjoying Vowen as a free and private alternative to Wispr Flow.”LinkedIn · Read the original post
Does it work on Windows 10?
Yes. Vowen runs on Windows 10 and Windows 11 (64-bit). Download the installer, set a hotkey, and you can dictate into any app right away.
Is Vowen better than Windows Speech Recognition or Voice Access?
For most people, yes. The built-in Windows tools transcribe words but leave you to fix punctuation, capitalization, and formatting. Vowen adds AI formatting on top of accurate speech recognition, supports custom vocabulary and 99 languages, and can transcribe audio files. The built-in tools do none of that well.
Does voice to text work offline on Windows?
Yes. Vowen's speech recognition runs on-device, so dictation keeps working without an internet connection and your audio stays on your PC.
Which apps can I dictate into?
Any app with a text field. Press your hotkey and speak, and Vowen types the result into Word, Outlook, Chrome, Slack, Notion, VS Code, and anywhere else you'd normally type on Windows.
What languages are supported?
Vowen handles 99 languages, and you can add custom vocabulary for names, jargon, and acronyms it might not get right out of the box.
Is Vowen free?
Yes. There is a free tier, and you need no account to install it and start dictating. Vowen also runs on macOS if you switch machines.
Try Vowen on Windows.
Free to install on Windows 10 and 11. No account needed. Set a hotkey and dictate into any app in minutes. Windows 10 or later, x64.