Push-to-talk dictation for Windows
Turn what you say into emails, notes and AI prompts in the apps you use every day. Recognize speech on your own PC, or with your own provider key.
Launching soon. One-time purchase, no subscription.
If you use a hosted provider, it bills you for what you use.
See it work
The words land wherever your cursor is. Say “new line” or “question mark” and you get the break or the mark. Correct yourself with “actually”, “I mean” or “scratch that”, and Froge types the corrected version.
You say
“Summarize these notes as a table, I mean as a bulleted list. New line. Keep the dates and owners.”
Froge types
You say
“Hi Dana comma the review moved to Thursday at 5, actually 6 pm. New paragraph. Can you still make it question mark”
Froge types
You say
“Offsite to-dos number one book the venue number two send the agenda number three order lunch.”
Froge types
These are illustrations, not screenshots. The typed text follows the formatting and correction rules Froge applies after recognition; the recognizer’s own punctuation can vary. Froge doesn’t reword your sentences.
Two ways to run it
On first start, Froge offers both: download a free on-device model, or add your own provider key. You can switch between them whenever you like.
Free on-device models
Speech is recognized on your PC by Whisper small. For more speed, add Parakeet v3 (25 European languages). Nothing leaves your PC to transcribe.
Deepgram, Groq or OpenAI · your own key
Connect your own account for fast hosted recognition. Your key is stored on your PC, sealed to your Windows account.
Built for how you work
Text goes where your cursor is: email, chat, documents, the browser, AI tools. In terminals, admin windows and the password fields it can detect, Froge shows the text for you to copy instead. Which fields it can and can’t detect.
Hold Ctrl + Win, speak, let go. For longer thoughts, press Ctrl + Win + Space to go hands-free. You can change both in Settings.
Say “new line”, “comma” or “question mark” and get the break or the mark. Say “at 5, actually 6 pm” and Froge types “at 6 pm”.
Add the names, product terms and jargon you use. Whisper and hosted providers get them as a hint. Parakeet v3 doesn’t take hints.
Pick from 46 languages in Settings, with your Windows language listed first, or let Froge detect it. Choose which microphone to use from the ones on your PC.
Parakeet v3 was about seven times faster than Whisper small on our test PC.
One machine, one 6.6-second clip: 0.53 s against 3.73 s.
Hosted recognition is off until you add a key and switch it on. If your provider can’t be reached, Froge falls back to your on-device model, if you have one installed. Cloud cleanup works the same way: off until you switch it on with your own Groq key, and only the text is sent, never the audio.
Private by design
Froge is an app on your PC, not a service. We never receive your audio, your text or your keys.
These points describe how Froge is built. Before launch they will be checked with a network capture of the app running. Once text is in another app, that app decides what happens to it. If you use a hosted provider, its own terms apply to what you send it. These points are about the app. This website counts visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which sets no cookies, and with Google Analytics only if you allow its cookies in the banner (change your answer under “Cookie choices” in the footer). The app itself never talks to either.
Nothing to sign up for and nothing to sign in to.
Froge has no usage reporting, and doesn’t send what you say anywhere you haven’t chosen. Crash details stay in a local file on your PC, and never include your words.
Froge keeps no record of what you said unless you turn history on. Turn it off again and it stops with your next sentence.
Your API key is encrypted with Windows’ own data protection. A copied key file won’t open for anyone else.
Adding a key doesn’t switch either on, and each asks you first. Turning one off takes effect on your next sentence.
What you’re not paying for
Most dictation tools are services: an account, a monthly fee, and a server that hears everything. Froge is a program you buy once and run yourself.
| Question | Typical subscription dictation | Froge |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay | A monthly or yearly fee | One purchase |
| Account | Sign up, sign in | None |
| Where your speech is recognized | Their servers | Your PC, or a provider you choose with your own key |
| Your words used to improve their product | Depends on the vendor and your settings | No. Nothing reaches us; there is no Froge server |
| Works offline | Usually needs a connection | Yes, once the on-device model is downloaded |
| Rewrites your sentences | Often, by design | No. Froge types what you said, with the punctuation and corrections you spoke |
The left column describes subscription dictation tools in general, not any one product; check a vendor’s own terms. If you use a hosted provider with Froge, that provider’s terms apply to what you send it.
What you need
No. Froge can recognize speech entirely on your PC with a free on-device model, downloaded once from inside the app. A key is only needed for a hosted provider.
No. There’s no Froge server. On your computer, audio stays on your PC. With a provider, it goes from your PC to the provider you chose.
Yes, once the on-device model is downloaded. On-device recognition doesn’t need an internet connection.
Whisper small recognizes many languages, and Settings lists 46 of them. Parakeet v3 covers 25 European languages; for any other language, Froge uses Whisper. So far we’ve tested Froge mostly in English.
No. Froge types what you said, with the punctuation, line breaks and corrections you asked for out loud. If you turn on optional cloud cleanup with your own Groq key, a hosted model tidies punctuation and removes filler sounds like “um”. It may not add, reorder or change your words; an answer that tries is thrown away and your words are typed as you said them.
Ordinary text fields in ordinary windows: email, chat, documents, browsers, AI tools. Three places get a copy-only preview instead of typing: terminals, windows running as administrator, and password fields that Windows reports as such (most browser and app password boxes do). A password field that doesn’t report itself, or answers too slowly, is typed into like any other field, so don’t dictate a password. That check happens as the text is inserted, after recognition, so with a hosted provider switched on the words have already gone to that provider. Games and anti-cheat software are unsupported.
Windows voice typing is built in and free, and if it does what you need, keep using it. Froge adds a hotkey you hold in any app, an on-device model you download once and keep, spoken corrections like “actually” and “scratch that”, a dictionary for your names and terms, and the option of your own provider key when you want hosted accuracy.
Launching soon. One-time purchase, no subscription.
Froge is with a small group of testers now. Want a note when it goes on sale, or to try it early? Send a line to this address and say which.
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