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TALKSCRIBE FOR WRITERS

Dictation built for people who write for a living

Speak your first draft at 150 words per minute instead of typing at 40. TalkScribe turns long-form dictation into clean, structured text you can actually edit.

Most dictation tools give you a wall of unpunctuated text that takes longer to clean up than typing would have. TalkScribe is different: transcription with timestamps while you speak, then a one-click AI polish that fixes recognition errors and restores natural punctuation - without paraphrasing a single sentence. Your word choice survives. Your voice survives.

For working writers there is a second problem: drafts dictated into cloud tools tend to become someone else's training data. TalkScribe processes audio in real time and discards it. Unpublished manuscripts stay unpublished.

How it works for you

  1. 1
    Talk through the chapter
    Record live with the in-browser mic, or upload a voice memo from a walk (MP3, WAV, M4A, or MP4 - up to 2 hours).
  2. 2
    Polish in one click
    AI polish fixes misheard words and punctuation while preserving your exact phrasing - it edits like a copyeditor, not a ghostwriter.
  3. 3
    Structure and export
    Generate an outline and key quotes, then export to Markdown or Word and drop straight into Scrivener, Docs, or your editor of choice.

Built for the way you work

Custom vocabulary for your world
Character names, invented places, recurring jargon - add them once and transcription biases toward your spellings instead of guessing.
Outlines and key quotes
Pro plans distill a long dictation session into an outline and pull the lines worth keeping - useful when a braindump runs 8,000 words.
Timestamps for every passage
Each segment carries a [mm:ss] marker, so you can jump back to how you actually said it when the text reads flat.
Drafts stay private
Audio is discarded after transcription and saved history is opt-in, default off. Nothing you dictate trains an AI model.
EXAMPLE
Dictate 8,000 words on a morning walkFull chapter draft + 12 key quotes + character arc summary

Common questions

Will the AI rewrite my prose?

No. Polish fixes recognition errors and punctuation while preserving every meaningful word you said. It never paraphrases or "improves" your writing - that part stays yours.

Can I dictate offline and upload later?

Yes. Record voice memos on any device and upload MP3, WAV, M4A, or MP4 files up to 2 hours long. A 30-minute file is typically transcribed in 1-2 minutes.

What export formats do writers get?

TXT, Markdown, and SRT on every plan. Pro adds PDF and Word exports, which paste cleanly into Scrivener, Google Docs, and editorial workflows.

Try it on your own voice

30 minutes free. No signup, no credit card - the trial runs in your browser.

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