Blabb vs Google Docs Voice Typing
Free, but only in Docs
Google Docs Voice Typing is the free option everyone tries first — open a Doc, Tools → Voice typing, talk. It's genuinely useful, and genuinely narrow: it works inside Google Docs in Chrome, and the audio goes to Google. Blabb is dictation that works in any Windows app, on your own PC. As of July 2026 — Google's feature set and data handling can change; check its current docs.
Google Docs Voice Typing
FREE
Blabb
ONE COFFEE / MONTH
† NOT INTO ELEVATED/ADMIN WINDOWS — A WINDOWS LIMIT, NOT BLABB'S. ‡ AN ALREADY-VERIFIED SUBSCRIPTION KEEPS DICTATING FOR 30 DAYS WITHOUT REACHING THE LICENCE SERVER. FEATURE CLAIMS FOR GOOGLE DOCS VOICE TYPING SOURCED FROM ITS OWN PUBLIC DOCS, JULY 2026 — VERIFY CURRENT DETAILS BEFORE DECIDING.
Free, and built for one job
Use Google Docs Voice Typing if…
You write almost entirely in Google Docs, you're fine with the audio going to Google, and free is the whole decision. For drafting a Doc, it does the job and costs nothing.
Choose Blabb if…
You dictate into anything other than Docs — Word, Outlook, Teams, Slack, a terminal, a browser field — or you're on a locked-down corporate desktop where a Chrome tab talking to Google isn't allowed. Blabb types at your cursor wherever it is, and the words never leave the PC.
The thing free doesn't include
Docs Voice Typing has no AI cleanup — the "ums" and "uhs" print verbatim, and it won't tidy grammar or turn "twenty three" into "23". Blabb's cleanup is the difference between a transcript and something you can send. Free from Google versus 2,000 words a day free from Blabb, on-device.
Anywhere you type. Not just Docs. On your PC.
Free tier, 2,000 words a day. Models included in the download.
FREE TIER 2,000 WORDS/DAY · 14-DAY UNLIMITED TRIAL IN-APP · CANCEL ANY TIME