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General

What is FastSpeech?

An app for your Mac or PC that turns speech into finished text. Hold a key, say your sentence, let go, the text appears where your cursor is, in whatever program you are working in.

Which programs does it work in?

All of them. FastSpeech types into the window you are already using, e-mail, chat, documents, a browser form, your code editor. There is nothing to install per program.

Mac or Windows?

Both. macOS 11 or newer on Apple Silicon and Intel, Windows 10 and 11 on 64-bit. The same account works on both.

Which languages can I dictate in?

Over 100. FastSpeech can detect the language by itself, or you set one fixed language if you always dictate in the same one.

Does it work without internet?

No. FastSpeech needs a connection while you dictate, that is where the speech is turned into text. Between dictations it sits quietly and uses nothing.

Plans & payment

Do I need a credit card to start?

No. The Free plan stays free, create an account and start dictating right away. You only enter payment details if you upgrade.

How does the weekly word limit work?

It counts the words you dictate over the last seven days, on a rolling basis. Free gives you 2,000, Lite 12,000, and Pro 40,000. Nothing is blocked overnight, as the oldest days fall out of the window, the words come back.

Which payment methods can I use?

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Klarna, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Your card details never reach us, the payment runs through our payment provider.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. Cancel with one click in your account, your plan stays active until the end of the paid month, then falls back to Free automatically. Nothing is lost: dictionary, snippets and your numbers stay.

What about refunds?

If you are in the EU, you have a statutory right of withdrawal. Right of withdrawal explains what applies and how to use it.

Setup & usage

How long does setup take?

About two minutes. Install, allow the microphone once, sign in, then hold your key and talk.

What is Command Mode?

Select any text, hold your key and say what should change, “make this shorter”, “more formal”, “translate to English”. FastSpeech rewrites it in place. Pro only.

Can I change the shortcut?

Yes. Under Shortcuts you set the key for starting and stopping, the push-to-talk key you hold, and the Command Mode combination.

Can I use it on more than one computer?

Yes. Sign in with the same account and your plan, dictionary and snippets follow you. There is no per-device licence.

Do I have to download updates?

No. FastSpeech updates itself in the background and tells you when a new version is ready to restart into.

Privacy & support

What happens to my recordings?

Your dictation belongs to you. We don't store your transcripts. With privacy mode, sensitive text never leaves your device.

What exactly does privacy mode do?

It keeps your history off our servers. What you dictate stays on the machine you dictated it on.

How do I reach a person?

Through the help options in the menu above, or in the community, a human answers, not a bot.

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