Sometimes typing is the slow part
Pain, fatigue, travel, or long meetings can make typing slower than speaking. DuckType inserts the result where your cursor is.
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Dictate polished text up to 4x faster than typing. Record meetings and get automatic summaries. No screenshots. No document scraping. Works offline.
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Today
1m agoHi Priya,
Thanks for the detailed proposal. I reviewed it this morning, and Tuesday at 2 works for me if that still works for you.
SkillSpeechVoice 11s25 words136 WPM
15m agoIt was great meeting you today. I will share the recap this afternoon.
SkillSpeechVoice 10s14 words146 WPM
Skill output
Fue un placer conocerte hoy. Compartiré el resumen esta tarde.
Translate to Spanish@cf/meta/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instructLatency 1.5s
Pastes or types where your cursor is
No screenshots, messages, or open documents uploaded
Meeting recording without a bot
Use local models or your own API key
Try on web
Try dictation in the browser first.
Record a short dictation, choose a cleanup style, and test dictionary words and shortcuts before installing.
Record from the browser mic
Choose styles, dictionary, and shortcuts
Install the desktop app when you are ready
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Cleaned result
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Click Record or hold R to start. Style cleanup, dictionary words, and shortcuts are applied here.
Dictations are stored locally in this browser.
Ben's story
I built DuckType after I had RSI.
Later, after surgery on my median nerve, I could not lift even a loaf of bread. I could still use my computer, but my fingers were numb and I kept missing keys. DuckType helped me keep working, and I did not want my page contents sent over the internet just so I could dictate.
It is not just for surgery recovery. It is for any time typing is slower than speaking.
Public stats from my own DuckType account
Current shared total: 433660 dictated words. Last shared May 17, 2026.
- Dictated words
- 433,660
- Dictations
- 32,251
- Time saved
- 126h 19m
Why I built my own
I wanted dictation that did not need to read my screen.
Raw dictation needs cleanup
Most speech needs edits before you send it. DuckType cleans it up before pasting.
No recorder joins your call
Record microphone and system audio from your computer. The meeting stays normal.
Your notes stay as files
Meeting notes and dictated text are Markdown files you can open outside DuckType.
DuckType writes where your cursor is
Dictate into any app. Record meetings. Keep the files.
Use one desktop app to dictate, record calls, clean up transcripts, and save Markdown notes.
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Dictate where you are typing
Press a shortcut, speak, and DuckType inserts cleaned-up text where your cursor is.
Explore dictation2.
Record meetings without a bot
Record a call, a room, or a webinar. DuckType captures the audio and turns it into notes you can keep.
See meetings3.
Save notes as Markdown
Turn conversations and dictation into Markdown notes you can open, copy, back up, and move.
Open notesPrivacy and files
Desktop software with files you control.
DuckType records from your computer, keeps output portable, and lets you choose local models, your own API key, or hosted transcription.
Transcript to working note
[00:04] windows build first [00:18] security page follow up [00:33] sam owns release note #decision: Windows build goes first. #todo: Sam, draft release note.
# Launch notes ## Decisions - Ship Windows before Linux. ## Actions - [ ] Sam: draft release note. - [ ] You: update security page.
No screenshots, messages, or open documents uploaded
DuckType records audio. It does not upload screenshots, browser tabs, messages, documents, or what you have open.
Local files first
Recordings and notes can live in ordinary folders you control.
Use local models or your own API key
Use local models or your own API key when you want unlimited transcription without DuckType-hosted AI.
Markdown files you can keep
Keep the text from recordings and edited notes in formats that other tools can read.
A note from the creator
So I just built one myself.
I've been building software for years (pre-AI), and I noticed other products didn't meet my expectations.
I hope you like it.
Ben Butterworth
Creator, DuckType
What I tried first
- Built-in dictationFree
Wasn't good enough.
- VC-backed AI appsPaid
Too expensive, and invasive.
- Open source dictation appsFree
Wasn't good enough. Often doesn't use the more accurate, proprietary cloud models.
The alternatives
They grow at all costs.
Some applications have a privacy mode switch, but it didn't do anything until a security researcher reported it. That was not the only thing I found.
Credentials in a leaked file
They leaked an implement-api.md file containing database connection strings, including credentials. That exposed the conversations of their users, which they had captured in the first place.
Your screen sent to their servers
They track their users invasively by sending your screen contents to their servers.
Bans for raising privacy issues
They ban users on forums for raising privacy issues.
Your own notes behind a paywall
They keep your data (meeting notes and summaries) behind a paywall.
As AI becomes part of more conversations, companies are aiming to turn your usage into training data, data moats, and their startup valuation. Your screen and voice should not be saved in their database.
Ready when typing is not
Write without doing all the typing.
Download DuckType for private dictation, bot-free meeting recording, and notes you can keep.