Voice to text for your whole computer · v1.6

Say it once. It's typed.

Hold a key, speak, and let go. Lazytype writes clean, punctuated text right where your cursor is — in any app, any language, with realtime preview while you speak.

macOS 12+ · Windows 10/11 · Free 14-day trial · No signup

left Ctrl held
0.7s · whisper-large-v3-turbo

What you say

“Can you send the proposal to Maria by Friday and cc the team?”

Live preview

Can you send the proposal to Maria by Friday

Injected into Gmail

Can you send the proposal to Maria by Friday, and cc the team?

Hold to talkAuto punctuateTranslate

100+

languages

Sub-second

transcription

Realtime

live preview

Every app

system-wide

Mac & Win

desktop-first

No card

to start

The case for talking

Your hands are the slow part.

Most people speak about three times faster than they type, and never lose their train of thought hunting for keys. Lazytype turns that speed into finished text.

Typing

~40

words per minute, average

Speaking

~130

words per minute, comfortable pace

How it works

Two minutes to set up. Then you forget it's there.

  1. 01

    Install & launch

    Download the app. A small microphone sits in your system tray, quietly ready whenever you are.

  2. 02

    Choose your plan

    Bring your own free Groq key with a one-time license, or subscribe and let us handle transcription. No key, no setup.

  3. 03

    Hold, speak, done

    Press and hold left Ctrl, say your sentence, and let go. Clean text lands wherever you were typing — with a live preview as it arrives.

In your apps

It types where you're already working.

No window to copy from. Hold the key, talk, and clean text lands straight in the app you're in.

GmailSlackGoogle DocsNotionVS CodeTerminal

Listening · hold left Ctrl

New in v1.6: watch your words land before you finish.

  • Words stream in chunk by chunk as you speak
  • Catch mistakes before they land in the app
  • Final clean text types automatically when you release
  • Toggle on or off in tray settings
Email — New messageLive

Hi team,

This quarter we want to focus on

What's inside

Small app. Surprisingly capable.

01 / 05

Faster than the keyboard

Runs Whisper large-v3-turbo on Groq, roughly 216× real time. A short sentence is back before your hands reach the keys.

02 / 05 · v1.6

See it land in real time

A floating preview bar shows each chunk as it streams in. Catch a mistake or change direction while you’re still mid-sentence.

03 / 05

Talk in one language, type in another

Speak Dutch and get English text straight in your email. AI translates and cleans filler words at the same time across 100+ pairs.

04 / 05

Lives in every app

Not a window you paste from. Text appears in whatever has focus: mail, chat, docs, your editor — or the terminal.

05 / 05

Private by design

Audio is sent only to transcribe a clip and never stored. Switch to the on-device engine to work fully offline.

Translate

You said

Stuur het voorstel naar Maria voor vrijdag, en cc ook het team.

Typed in your email

Please send the proposal to Maria by Friday, and cc the team as well.

Voice macros

One product. Three ways to talk.

All three hotkeys are fully configurable — choose any key combination you like.

left Ctrl

Dictate

Hold, speak, release. Clean punctuated text injects at the cursor.

Ctrl + Alt

Translate

Speak one language, type another — no translation tab, no paste.

Ctrl + Shift

Command

Say “make it shorter” or “make this formal.” Lazytype rewrites in place.

Pricing

Try it free. Keep it your way.

Every plan starts with a 14-day trial, all features included. No card to start.

Best for ownership

Personal

Pay one time, use it forever. You bring your own free Groq key.

€25once

  • One-time payment, no subscription
  • Use your own free Groq key
  • All features, Windows & macOS
  • Offline on-device engine included
  • Realtime preview, voice macros, all v1.6 features

No setup

Pro

We host the transcription. No API key, nothing to configure.

€5/ month

  • No Groq key needed, ever
  • Always on the latest models
  • All features, Windows & macOS
  • Cancel anytime
  • Realtime preview, voice macros, all v1.6 features

Prices include VAT where applicable · No card to start · Personal includes a 14-day money-back guarantee

Ready when you are

Put your keyboard on a diet.

Download Lazytype, talk for a day, and see how much typing you don't miss.

macOS 12+ · ~35 MB · 14-day free trial · No signup required

FAQ

Good questions.

What’s the difference between the two plans?

Personal is a one-time €25 license where you bring your own free Groq key (about two minutes to set up). Pro is a subscription where we host transcription — no key, nothing to configure. Both include every feature and the full 14-day trial.

What is realtime preview?

Realtime preview (v1.6) shows your words in a floating bar as you speak — chunk by chunk, before you stop. When you release the key, final clean text types into your app. Toggle it in tray settings.

What are voice macros?

Assign different AI behaviors to different hotkeys. One key dictates, another translates as you speak, a third runs a command like “make this shorter.” Fully configurable in settings.

Is there really a free trial?

Yes. Fourteen days, all features, no payment method required. If it doesn’t earn a place in your day, you simply stop.

How is it so fast?

It runs OpenAI’s Whisper large-v3-turbo on Groq’s inference hardware, around 216× real time. A few seconds of speech is transcribed in well under a second.

Is my audio private?

Audio is sent only to transcribe a clip and is not stored or reused. Prefer nothing leave your machine? Switch to the built-in on-device engine and work fully offline.

Which languages does it handle?

More than 100, detected automatically. Accuracy is excellent in English and Dutch, and you can translate into another language as you dictate — or assign a dedicated translate hotkey.

Does it work on macOS?

Yes — macOS and Windows. Download the .dmg, drag to Applications, grant Accessibility, Input Monitoring, and Microphone once. Same hold-to-talk flow.