QuickSay Voice to text for Windows. Buy it once.
Hold a hotkey, speak, and clean text appears at your cursor in any app.
$49 one time. No subscription, and every future update is included.
Windows 10+ | 101 MB installed (29 MB download) | 30-day money-back guarantee
You think faster than you type.
Every day, ideas slow down between your brain and your keyboard.
What if your words just appeared, already polished?
By the numbers.
One-time price. Own it forever.
vs $144/year for Wispr Flow
installed
a 29 MB download, no bundled AI models
free to try
then a licence key is needed
languages
multilingual support
Three steps. Zero friction.
Speak naturally.
Hold your keyboard shortcut and talk. QuickSay captures your voice using your preferred microphone.
Default trigger (configurable)
AI transcribes and cleans it up.
Your voice becomes text, in any of 25 languages.
AI polishes your text.
AI removes filler words, fixes grammar, and formats everything. Clean text appears wherever your cursor is.
Works everywhere you type.
QuickSay pastes into the apps you already use, including ones where Windows' built-in dictation does not. Windows running as administrator is the one exception.
Built for how you work.
okay so uh create a function that takes a list of numbers and returns the average but make sure to handle the empty list case
Create a function that accepts a list of numbers and returns their average. Handle the empty list edge case.
okay so uh create a function that takes a list of numbers and returns the average but make sure to handle the empty list case
Create a function that accepts a list of numbers and returns their average. Handle the empty list edge case.
Privacy by design.
No screen capture.
Analytics off by default.
Your licence key, and nothing else.
Your audio is sent to Groq for transcription. Groq may keep it for up to 30 days for abuse monitoring, and offers a zero-retention option. Our own server only ever sees your licence key and a machine code. Full details in our privacy policy.
Everything you need for speech-to-text. Nothing you don't.
Voice Commands
Stay in flow without reaching for the keyboard. Navigate, select, and edit hands-free.
25 Languages
Dictate in any of 25 languages. QuickSay detects which one you're speaking automatically.
Custom Dictionary
Your jargon, spelled right every time. Add names, acronyms, and technical terms.
Smart Punctuation
Speak naturally. Periods, commas, and paragraphs appear automatically, with no voice commands needed.
Recording Presets
Optimize for your environment. Save presets for different microphones and rooms.
History Export
Every dictation saved and searchable. Filter by date, search by keyword, and export anytime.
The real thing.
No mockups. No staged demos. This is QuickSay running on Windows, captured directly from the app.
Track your usage and see how much you have dictated over time.
No subscription, and no surprises
QuickSay is new, so there is no wall of reviews to point at yet. Here is what can be checked instead.
Code-signed installer
The download is signed with a verified certificate, so Windows can confirm it came from the person who built it.
Signed updates
QuickSay verifies update signatures and refuses anything it cannot verify.
Nothing watches your screen
No screen capture, ever. Usage analytics and crash reporting are both off unless you switch them on, and our licence server only ever sees your licence key and a machine code.
Your key, both steps
Speech recognition and AI cleanup both run on your own Groq account, and there is no subscription to unlock either one.
30-day money back
Buy it, use it properly, and if it is not for you, ask for a full refund. No questions asked.
A real person behind it
QuickSay is built by Adrian Beeksma, a solo developer in Alberta. Email [email protected] and he is the one who answers.
Windows 10 and 11 only. There is no Mac, Linux or mobile version, and saying so up front seems better than letting you find out after paying.
Buy once. Own it forever.
Superwhisper's lifetime plan is $249.99. QuickSay is $49, and there is no subscription at any point.
QuickSay
$49
one time
Wispr Flow
$144/year
Aqua Voice
$96/year
SuperWhisper
$249.99
*QuickSay runs on your own free Groq account. Groq's free tier covered roughly two hours of dictation a day when measured on 2026-08-12, and its limits are Groq's to change. See groq.com for current limits.
Competitor pricing and plan details checked on 2026-07-01 from each vendor’s own public pricing page. Prices and plans change; check theirs before deciding.
One payment. Every future update included. 30-day money-back guarantee.
Built by Adrian
Solo developer · Alberta, Canada
"I got tired of paying $15/month to rent voice-to-text. So I built my own, and used it to build itself. 95% of my typing goes through QuickSay now. If something breaks, I'm the first to feel it. One person, one price, no subscriptions."
Questions? Answered.
QuickSay needs an internet connection, because your audio is transcribed in the cloud. It usually takes a second or two, depending on your connection and how long you spoke, but it won't work offline.
Your audio goes from your machine to your own Groq account. No QuickSay server is in that path, so there is nothing on our side that could see it. Groq may keep audio for up to 30 days for abuse monitoring, and offers a zero-retention option. QuickSay stores no voice data and takes no screen captures. Usage analytics and crash reporting are both off unless you switch them on, and our licence server sees only your licence key and a machine code.
There is a 30-day money-back guarantee. Buy it, use it properly, and if it is not for you, ask for a full refund. No questions asked.
No. QuickSay is Windows only, and that is a real limitation rather than a design statement. It was built on Windows by one developer who uses Windows. Mac and Linux versions are under consideration based on demand.
QuickSay connects to your own free Groq account, not a QuickSay account, so you see exactly what you're using and what it costs. Groq's free tier typically covers it. If you outgrow it, Groq's paid usage runs about $0.04 per hour of audio, which stays under a dollar a month even for heavy use. Your QuickSay purchase is separate and permanent either way.
Learn more about how it works →Yes, all of them, forever. Bug fixes, performance improvements, new features, and language additions are included, and so are future major versions. Buy QuickSay today and version 3 costs you nothing extra. You will never be asked to pay again for an update.
$49, one-time. There is no subscription and no feature tiers. You pay once and every future update is included.
See the full pricing →Most people are dictating within a few minutes of installing. Download QuickSay, create a free account at Groq (the AI service that handles transcription), paste your key into the app, and start talking. The onboarding wizard walks you through every step in plain English.
Read the setup guide →Windows built-in voice typing gives you raw speech-to-text, so every filler word, grammar mistake, and formatting issue is yours to fix. QuickSay adds AI cleanup that removes filler words, fixes grammar, formats text, and adapts to context. It's the difference between a rough transcript and polished writing.
QuickSay works with built-in laptop mics, USB headsets, Bluetooth earbuds and studio condensers. Windows captures your default microphone out of the box; picking a different one uses the bundled FFmpeg and needs the device's exact name, which the settings screen fills in for you. It types into the apps you already use: VS Code, Google Docs, Slack, Microsoft Word, email clients, browsers, and more. Windows running as administrator is the one exception.
Start speaking. Stop typing.
Windows 10+ | 101 MB installed (29 MB download) | One-time purchase, own it forever