Push-to-talk dictation that runs entirely on your PC.Your voice never leaves your machine.
Typing caps you at 40 to 60 words a minute. You think and speak at roughly three times that. Whisperstream closes the gap without sending a syllable to the cloud.
Punctuated text lands wherever your cursor is.
Dictated live. Transcribed on the CPU, typed in. No cloud round-trip.
Works in the apps you already use
Every feature can run on your PC. No account, no subscription. See all features.
hey um can you help me with the the report by Friday, sorry Saturday
Hey, can you help me with the report by Saturday?
A local model cuts filler and applies your spoken corrections.
Free optional cloud fallback for older hardware.
Add names, jargon, and acronyms once.
Write a custom AI prompt for each app or site, applied automatically.
Search past dictations and replay the audio. Encrypted on your device.
One switch turns off every cloud path and locks your history behind a password.
Drop in a recording and transcribe it, all on your PC.
Every word is transcribed right on your PC.
Configure any key. Hold to talk, or toggle for hands-free.
Outlook, VS Code, your browser. No add-in, no setup.
All running locally, with no cloud.
On a flight, on a train, or when the Wi-Fi drops.
Here's exactly what happens when you dictate:
- 1Your microphone captures audio.
- 2The local NVIDIA model converts it to text.
- 3The text is typed into your active window.
- 4The audio is discarded from RAM. Nothing is saved. Nothing is sent.
Transcription makes zero network calls. The only connections Whisperstream opens are license checks and app updates, and none carry your voice or your words. The one exception is opt-in: AI cleanup's free cloud fallback for older PCs.
Local isn't a policy. It's how the transcription works. Nothing to leak. Nothing to log. No data to sell.
Local isn't a policy we wrote. It's how the transcription works. There's no cloud transcription API, no audio upload, and no account tied to your voice. Nothing to leak. Nothing to log. No data to sell.
5.0 average, collected in-app.
Andre Alcici Cardoso
Brazil
The Suarez Law Firm
United States
Stephen Fox
New Zealand
Michael Zapin
United States
Ladislav Duda
Slovakia
ReFairIT GmbH
Germany
Kirill Malich
Netherlands
Alpha Beteiligung
Germany
David Matthews
United States
One-time purchase. Yours forever.
- One license for up to 2 PCs
- All features included
- No account required
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Free to try. No account.
- best dictation software for Windows
See where Whisperstream lands in our full guide.
- Wispr Flow alternatives for Windows
Coming from Wispr Flow? The six best, compared.
- offline dictation software for Windows
No internet connection? Four fully offline picks.
- Whisperstream vs Windows Voice Typing (Win+H)
Already using Win+H? What a dedicated app adds.
- voice input for Claude Code
Dictate prompts instead of typing them.
- how Whisperstream compares with Wispr Flow
Price, privacy, and Windows performance, side by side.

