Windows 10 & 11 · One-time $49 · No subscription
Voice to text Windows — across Gemini CLI, Cline, Claude Code, JetBrains, Warp, Bolt.new, and every other tool your cursor lands in. No subscription. Ever.
30-day money-back guarantee · No subscription · Your audio stays in your own Groq account
The problem
Half of them have no voice at all. The other half make you hold a button every time you want to speak — that's push-to-talk, not hands-free. None of them work across every app. DictDrop is the only one that just listens.
DictDrop listens continuously in the background. The moment you speak, it captures your voice. The moment you stop, it transcribes and delivers text — into Gemini CLI, Cline, JetBrains, Cursor, PowerShell, your browser, any app your cursor is in. No activation step. Ever.
Works with
Without switching anything. Without pressing anything.
Also works in every app that accepts keyboard input
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"I built DictDrop because I needed it for myself — to dictate prompts into Claude Code and Cursor without stopping to type. I use it every day. The tool you're buying is the same tool I'm using right now."
Setup
No terminal. No pip. No configuration files. You're a developer, but you won't need any of that to install this.
Visit console.groq.com and create a free account. No credit card required. Groq's free tier covers typical developer usage — library names, function names, CLI flags, long AI prompts. Most people use DictDrop without paying Groq a cent.
The installer bundles everything it needs. The setup wizard opens automatically, walks you through connecting your Groq key, and registers DictDrop to start with every Windows login. Nothing to configure after that. No command line, no prerequisites, no maintenance.
Click into Claude Code, Cursor, PowerShell, Gmail — any app. Speak your prompt. When you go quiet for 2 seconds, DictDrop transcribes and pastes. No button to click. No hotkey to hold. It just works, every time, in any app your cursor is in. The only thing you press is Enter, after your words are already there.
Privacy
This is the architecture, not a marketing claim.
DictDrop has no server. Your audio goes from your microphone directly to your Groq account — we are not in that chain at all, not during setup, not at runtime, not ever. You can verify every transcription request in your own Groq dashboard.
Features
Not a general-purpose dictation tool. A developer-built tool that fits your existing workflow without changing anything.
There is no activation step. DictDrop runs silently from the moment Windows starts. The instant you speak, it records. The instant you pause, it transcribes. Your words are there before you think to check.
DictDrop pastes your transcribed text wherever your cursor is — terminal, CLI, IDE, browser, email, everything. Symbols, punctuation, CLI flags, code snippets — they all come through exactly as spoken.
DictDrop registers at install to start with every Windows login automatically. You never launch it. You never think about it. If it ever stops unexpectedly, it restarts itself within minutes. Zero maintenance, ever.
The entire chain: your voice → your Groq API account → text → your cursor. We are not in that path. Not on the first transcription, not after the thousandth. Verify every request in your own Groq dashboard.
On a video call? Need silence? Alt+Shift+V pauses DictDrop. Same shortcut to resume. That's the only hotkey — and the only time you ever need to think about DictDrop at all.
Groq's speech-to-text runs at 5–10× real-time speed. Your audio is back as text in well under a second. Handles technical vocabulary — library names, camelCase, CLI flags, version strings — accurately, out of the box.
Pricing
Wispr Flow: $180 after your first year. Dragon: $700. Windows Voice Access: free, but broken in Chrome, broken in terminal, and your audio goes to Microsoft. DictDrop: $49, once, and it just works.
No subscription. No renewal. No price increase after purchase.
FAQ
Real questions. Straight answers. No marketing fluff.
DictDrop. It is the only tool built specifically for developers on Windows — it works in every terminal, IDE, CLI tool, and browser simultaneously, runs always-on with no hotkey to hold, and costs $49 once. Every alternative either requires a subscription, fails in the terminal, or uploads your audio to someone's server.
Install DictDrop. Claude Code's built-in /voice command does not work reliably on Windows. DictDrop is always-on and pastes directly into the Claude Code terminal prompt — speak your instruction, pause for 2 seconds, and it appears. No configuration required after setup.
Yes. DictDrop pastes text wherever your cursor is — including PowerShell, Windows Terminal, CMD, and WSL prompts. This includes symbols, flags, and punctuation. Windows Voice Access has a known unfixed bug that prevents symbol input in Windows Terminal — DictDrop does not have this problem.
Click into the Cursor or Windsurf chat panel and speak. DictDrop detects your voice, transcribes it, and pastes the text into the focused input field. No configuration per-app — it works the same way in every app on your machine.
Your audio goes from your microphone to your personal Groq API account — DictDrop has no server in that chain. We never receive your audio, your transcripts, or any usage data. You can verify every API call in your own Groq dashboard at console.groq.com.
Groq has a free tier that covers typical developer usage — most people use DictDrop without paying Groq a cent. If you exceed free limits, Groq's pay-as-you-go for Whisper transcription is a fraction of a cent per minute. You will not notice it on your bill.
Claude Code's /voice depends on system audio APIs that do not function reliably on Windows — the command either fails silently or produces garbled output. DictDrop works around this entirely by capturing audio independently and pasting the result directly.
Three reasons. First, Windows Voice Typing cannot inject text into Chrome or Edge — Chromium's sandbox blocks the Windows accessibility APIs it relies on. If your browser is any part of your workflow, it simply does not work there. Second, setup silently fails on machines with non-standard audio configurations (virtual audio cables, multiple audio devices). You see "listening" — nothing pastes — no error message, no explanation. Third, your audio is sent to Microsoft's servers and may be retained to improve their speech models — a real concern for anyone speaking confidential content, client names, or business information. DictDrop pastes via clipboard, works in every app including Chrome and Edge, and your audio goes only to your own Groq account.
Gemini CLI has no voice input. Once DictDrop is installed, click into the Gemini CLI terminal window and speak. Your transcribed text pastes at the prompt automatically. No Gemini CLI configuration required.
No. Cline has no voice capability. DictDrop adds voice to Cline's task description panel, chat input, and any other text field in VS Code or your browser — just click in, speak, and your words appear.
Warp's voice feature relies on macOS-specific audio APIs and does not function on Windows. DictDrop works natively on Windows and pastes directly into Warp's input without any Warp-specific integration.
DictDrop. Wispr Flow is $15/month ($180/year), does not work in terminal windows, and sends audio to their servers by default. DictDrop is $49 once, works in every terminal and IDE, and your audio goes only to your own Groq account.
No. The DictDrop installer is fully self-contained — it bundles everything it needs to run. You do not need anything pre-installed, you do not need to run any commands, and you do not need admin rights after the initial install.
Yes. The SmartScreen warning appears because the installer does not yet have an Extended Validation (EV) code signing certificate — these cost $150–300/year and require an LLC. It is on our roadmap. To proceed: click "More info" on the SmartScreen dialog, then "Run anyway." The installer is safe.
No — transcription requires an internet connection to send audio to the Groq API. Offline mode with local speech recognition is on our roadmap. Sign up at the bottom of this page to be notified when it ships.
Windows 10 (64-bit, version 1903 and later) and Windows 11. The bundled runtime handles all dependencies — no system changes needed.
30 days, no questions. Email [email protected] within 30 days of purchase and we will refund you in full. We would appreciate knowing what did not work — but we will not ask you to prove it or jump through hoops.
Offline mode, multi-monitor support, and voice sensitivity control are on the roadmap. One email when something ships — nothing else.