STT4UVoice typing for Windows

Speak.
Get clean, polished text.

STT4U is a voice typing app that works in any Windows app. Press your keyboard shortcut and speak. STT4U turns your speech into text, cleans it up, and pastes it at the cursor.

Get it from Microsoft
The STT4U Home screen
Free appWindows 10 / 11On the Microsoft StoreNo subscription required

Features

Voice typing
in any app
Clean,
readable text
Dictionary for
your terms
Live draft
as you speak
Translation into
15+ languages
Transcription and
meeting notes
Read text
aloud
Choose your
AI models

Voice typing, made easy.

  • No subscription requiredThe app is free. You pay only for the AI you use, and months you don’t use it cost nothing.
  • Works in any appEmail, chat, documents, browsers, and more. Text goes right where your cursor is.
  • Clean, readable textRemoves “um” and “uh,” and fixes misrecognized words from context.
  • No developer server in betweenYou use your own AI account. Your voice and text never pass through the developer’s servers.
Dictionary screen with terms sorted by category

What it costs

$0The app
about $0.005Per minute of speech
about $1.50A month at 10 minutes a day
about $9A month at an hour a day

You pay for AI directly to OpenRouter, a service that gives you access to many AI models, through your own account. Amounts are estimates for the recommended settings as of October 2026.

Get started

STEP 1

Get it from Microsoft Store

Install STT4U for free from the Microsoft Store.

STEP 2

Set up OpenRouter

Create an OpenRouter account and an API key. See the Getting started guide for how.

STEP 3

Follow the setup screen

When you first start the app, set your API key and microphone.

STEP 4

Press and speak

Click where you want to type, press your keyboard shortcut, and speak. Your text appears right there.

And there’s more

More than
voice typing.

  • Transcription and meeting notesTurn recordings into text, and then into summaries, decisions, and action items.
  • TranslationSpeak in one language and type in another, with more than 15 languages to choose from.
  • Read aloudHave text read in a natural voice and save it as an audio file.
See how to use it
Translation settings screen

What you need

  • A PC running Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit)
  • A microphone and an internet connection
  • An OpenRouter account and API key (see the Getting started guide)

About generative AI

Cleaned-up text, summaries, translations, and read-aloud audio are created by generative AI. AI output may be inaccurate. Your voice and text are sent through your own OpenRouter account to the provider of the AI model you choose (Privacy policy).

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Also on Android.

On your phone, STT4U works as a voice typing keyboard. It cleans up what you say and types it into any app.

About the Android version

Just speak. Get text.

Get STT4U for free from the Microsoft Store. For questions or problems, contact us.

Get it from Microsoft