Question 1

What is speech to text?

Accepted Answer

Speech to text (also called voice recognition or dictation) converts spoken language into written text. QTool.io's Speech to Text tool uses your browser's built-in Web Speech API to transcribe your voice in real time, with no server uploads or signups required.

Question 2

Which browsers support speech to text?

Accepted Answer

The Web Speech API works best in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge on desktop. Safari has partial support. Firefox does not currently support the SpeechRecognition API. For the best experience, use the latest version of Chrome.

Question 3

What languages are supported?

Accepted Answer

QTool.io's Speech to Text supports 15+ languages including English (US/UK), German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Dutch, Polish, and Turkish.

Question 4

Is my voice data kept private?

Accepted Answer

Your audio is processed by your browser's speech recognition engine (which may send audio to cloud services like Google for processing in Chrome). QTool.io itself never receives, stores, or transmits your audio data. The transcript stays entirely in your browser.

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