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TawkType documentation

Set up local voice typing, make it your own, and get your words where they need to go.

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Start with a working dictation#

TawkType turns speech into text on your Windows PC. Click into a text field, hold your push-to-talk key, speak, then release. Recognition runs after you finish speaking; the completed text is inserted into the app you were using.

NEW TO TAWKTYPE?

From install to your first sentence.

Check your microphone, choose a local speech model and try a real dictation in guided setup.

Install TawkType Follow guided setup

The default shortcut is Right Ctrl. You can change it, add a separate toggle shortcut, and decide how much cleanup your text receives.

Find your way#

Install & get ready

Requirements, the installer and the first launch.

Your first dictation

A step-by-step guide to all seven setup stages.

Make it sound like you

Preferred spellings and corrections that stay local.

Say less. Write more.

Turn a short spoken trigger into a reusable passage.

Keep your words

Find completed text when it does not reach your app.

Know where words go

Local processing, optional cloud cleanup and stored data.

What happens to your words#

You speak. TawkType records the microphone while your hold or toggle session is active.
Your PC transcribes. Parakeet or Whisper converts the recording to text locally.
Your preferences apply. The active mode, spellings, replacements and snippets shape the result. An optional Claude rewrite is a separate choice.
The text is delivered. TawkType checks the destination and types or pastes the completed text. If it cannot deliver, recovery keeps a completed result available.

About this guide#

This manual describes the current project implementation, checked on 11 September 2026. If a control shown here is missing, check your installed version and the latest release. Screenshots are real captures from the app; their labels may reflect an earlier build.

The guides explain local dictation and optional cloud rewriting separately. Local recognition needs a downloaded model, but no TawkType account or subscription.