Hold a key, speak your prompt, release. Whisper Dictator types it into the ChatGPT box at the cursor and transcribes on your PC, so long prompts stop being a typing chore.
Installed from the Microsoft Store: the app passed Microsoft's review and comes signed by Microsoft, with no Windows warnings.
Available for Windows 10 and 11.
Windows 10/11 (64-bit) · Free tier: 7 transcriptions/day
Context, constraints and examples are what make an answer useful, and they take a while to type.
Per OpenAI's help page, a ChatGPT Dictation recording goes to OpenAI's models to be transcribed. Whisper Dictator transcribes on your PC instead.
Hold one key, speak, let go. The text lands where your cursor is, with no icon to click.
Click into the ChatGPT box, hold the hotkey, speak your prompt, and release. The text is typed at the cursor. Transcription runs on your PC, with a Whisper model you download once.
Speak your prompts in any app on Windows, in your own language.
Text goes into whichever field has focus, the ChatGPT prompt box included.
After the model download, dictation itself needs no connection.
Prompt in your own language, and switch from the system tray.
ChatGPT, email, Word, chat: one key, nothing to click.
Smaller models for speed on older laptops, larger ones for accuracy.
Your voice is processed on your PC and never uploaded by Whisper Dictator.
Get it free from the Microsoft Store. The package is signed by Microsoft, so Windows shows no warning. The setup wizard then offers to download a Whisper model (Large-v3 Turbo recommended for most users) while you confirm your email.
Default hotkey is right-Alt (AltGr). Open ChatGPT in your browser, click into the prompt box, hold the key, and speak.
Let go of the key. Whisper Dictator transcribes on your PC and types the text into the active field. Read it, edit it if you like, and send it.
Using OpenAI's Help Center page on dictation.
| Capability | Whisper Dictator | ChatGPT Dictation |
|---|---|---|
| Where it works | ✓ Any Windows app, ChatGPT box included | Records a prompt in ChatGPT |
| Who turns speech into text | ✓ A Whisper model on your PC | OpenAI's models, after the audio is sent |
| How you start | Hold a hotkey | Press the microphone icon |
Whisper Dictator gives you one hotkey in every Windows app, with transcription on your PC. Facts about ChatGPT Dictation as described on OpenAI's help page on Nov 13, 2026.
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The free tier covers casual use. Paid plans are a yearly or one-time purchase.
Enough to find out if voice dictation fits your workflow
Installed from the Microsoft Store: the app passed Microsoft's review and comes signed by Microsoft, with no Windows warnings.
Available for Windows 10 and 11.
~$3.33/month, billed annually
Pay once, own forever. No renewals.
Click into the ChatGPT prompt box, hold the Whisper Dictator hotkey (default AltGr), speak, and release. The text is typed at the cursor.
Per OpenAI's help page, ChatGPT Dictation sends the recording to OpenAI's models to be transcribed. Whisper Dictator is a Windows app that types at the cursor and transcribes on your PC.
They do different jobs. Voice mode is a spoken conversation; Whisper Dictator types your words at the cursor, so you speak your prompt and send it as text.
99 languages, switchable from the system tray.
Yes. It types into whichever field has focus, so the same hotkey works in email, Word, chat and code editors.
Install Whisper Dictator from the Microsoft Store, click into the ChatGPT box, hold the key, and speak.
Installed from the Microsoft Store: the app passed Microsoft's review and comes signed by Microsoft, with no Windows warnings.
Available for Windows 10 and 11.
Windows 10/11 · Free tier · Works offline