Speechlogger

Speechlogger is a web app that turns spoken words into text as the user talks. It also produces captions for video and translates speech between languages. The service runs in the Chrome browser and relies on Google speech recognition.

What Speechlogger offers

• Live transcription — click the microphone, speak, and text appears in real time with automatic punctuation.
• Captions — exports subtitle files in SRT format, which can then be translated for other languages.
• Instant translation — acts as an automatic interpreter so two parties see each other's words in their own language.
• Saving and export — auto-save, timestamps, plain-text export, local save and upload to Google Drive.
• Read aloud — reads text out loud and can dictate into any website.

Who it works with

People dictating notes, creating subtitles, holding multilingual meetings, learning languages or needing hearing assistance.

Key facts

• Platform: Web app, used with Chrome and a connected microphone
• Speech engine: Google speech recognition
• Registration: No user sign-up needed
• Related services: Speechnotes for dictation and Speechnotes Files for audio and video files