Not for writing code. For everything around it.
Dictating syntax is a party trick. Dictating the prose of software work is a daily win: a 60-word PR description takes about 25 seconds to say and 2–3 minutes to type. VoltType types what you say into whatever field has focus — VS Code, JetBrains, Windows Terminal, GitHub, Jira, Linear, Slack, Notion.
Where developers actually use it
Commit messages & PRs
Say the why, not just the what. Dictate into the commit box or the PR description field; punctuation and paragraphs come out clean.
Code comments & docstrings
Put the cursor inside the comment, press the hotkey, explain the function in plain words. Works in any editor because it types at the Windows level.
Tickets, incident notes, standups
Jira, Linear, GitHub issues, post-mortems: the fields where a paragraph of context saves everyone an hour.
READMEs and docs
Draft the explanation by voice, then tidy the code blocks by hand. First drafts stop being the blocker.
Spoken commands that matter in an editor
Structure is spoken, not clicked. The same rules run in every VoltType app:
- “new line” / “new paragraph” — a line break or a blank line, exactly where you say it.
- “bullet”, “number one” — lists for PR checklists and release notes.
- “comma”, “period”, “question mark” — punctuation on demand when the automatic cleanup would guess.
- “scratch that” — removes the last thing you said.
- “confirm send message” at the very end — presses Enter in chat apps, so a Slack reply is fully hands-free.
Identifiers stay yours: VoltType’s vocabulary learns names like kubectl, useEffect or your service names from your corrections, and a personal dictionary maps “post gres” to Postgres every time.
Terminals and remote sessions
VoltType inserts text through the Windows clipboard and keyboard, so it works in Windows Terminal, PowerShell, WSL shells, SSH sessions and browser-based IDEs (GitHub Codespaces, Gitpod) — anywhere the cursor blinks. It does not run commands for you: it types the words and you press Enter, which is exactly what you want in a shell.
Private by construction on Windows
Code review notes and incident channels are full of things that must not leave the company. In offline mode on Windows, VoltType runs the Whisper speech model on your own PC: the audio is processed locally and is not sent to VoltType’s servers. In cloud mode (all platforms, 99 languages), audio is sent for transcription and deleted after; transcripts are not stored by us. The choice is yours per machine, and the app shows which mode is active.
VoltType vs the alternatives developers try
A 40-second example
Cursor in the PR description. Hotkey. Speak: “This replaces the retry loop in the upload worker with exponential backoff, comma, capped at thirty seconds, period. New paragraph. Tested against the staging bucket with simulated 503s, period. Follow-up ticket for metrics is linked below, period.”
Result: three clean sentences in two paragraphs, ready to submit. Time: about 15 seconds of speaking, under a second of waiting.
Frequently asked questions
Can it write code?
It types what you say. For prose around code it is excellent; for syntax you will still use the keyboard. Many developers dictate the comment, then write the function.
Does it work inside VS Code’s terminal and the Copilot chat box?
Yes — any focused text field on Windows, including Copilot and ChatGPT prompts in the browser.
Will my audio go to a third party?
In cloud mode the audio is transcribed by a speech provider and deleted after. In offline mode on Windows it is processed on your PC. Details in the privacy policy.
Start dictating — free
Free plan: 3,000 cloud words a month in 99 languages, plus your first 3,000 offline words on Windows. No card.
Pro is €9/month for unlimited dictation.
Windows 10 / 11 · Also on the web and Android · Offline mode on Windows