What is Voltip
Voltip is a dictation app for Windows, macOS and Linux. You hold a shortcut, speak and release it, and the text appears at your cursor in whatever app you are using.
How a dictation works
- Hold the shortcut, Ctrl+Alt+Space by default. Voltip opens the microphone and shows a small overlay at the bottom of the screen with the input level.
- Speak. With the live transcription model installed, the words appear in the overlay as you say them.
- Release the keys. The recording is recognised, either on your computer with a downloaded model or by a cloud service. Voltip then applies your dictionary, AI polish if it is on, and your replacement rules.
- The text is pasted at your cursor in the app you were using, and a copy is saved in the history on your computer.
Press Esc at any point during a dictation to cancel it.
What you can adjust
- How recording starts and stops: hold to talk, press to start and again to stop, or lock a long take with a short press. A single key or a mouse button can also start dictation. See Shortcuts and recording modes.
- Where recognition happens: on this computer with a local model, with the built-in service, or with a cloud provider you choose. See Local recognition and Cloud services.
- How the text is written: AI polish, a personal dictionary, replacement rules and scenes for particular apps. See AI polish, Dictionary and rules and Scenes.
- How the text is inserted: pasted at the cursor or only copied to the clipboard, all at once or while you speak. See Where the text goes.
What Voltip is not
- Not a voice assistant. There is no wake word, and Voltip does not carry out what you say. It turns speech into text; voice edit rewrites a selection only when you ask it to.
- Not always listening. The microphone is open only while you record, or while you test it on the home page.
- Not an input method. Voltip does not replace your keyboard or your input method. It inserts text by pasting it, as any app can. A few places refuse pasted text; Where the text goes explains them.