Does Voice In process my voice in the cloud?

Voice In is a browser extension that sends your speech to a cloud recognition engine — it states it doesn't store audio or transcripts on its own servers, but the recognition itself is server-side. Blabb runs speech recognition and AI cleanup entirely on your PC; your audio and transcripts are never uploaded. Blabb still contacts one server for the licence check, and a verified subscription keeps dictating for 30 days without reaching it.

Can Voice In type into Word, Outlook, or my desktop apps?

No — Voice In works in text fields inside Chrome or Edge, on the websites it supports. It cannot dictate into native Windows apps like Word, Outlook, Teams, or a terminal, and it can't reach a locked-down RDP/Citrix/VDI session. Blabb types at the cursor in whatever Windows app has focus, on your PC.

How do the prices compare?

Voice In is free for 60 minutes of dictation a day, and Voice In Plus unlocks the rest at roughly $60/year (its site runs promotions, and there's a lifetime option — check current pricing). Blabb Free gives you 2,000 words a day, forever, no card; Unlimited is USD $4.99/month, USD $49.99/year, or USD $99 once for a lifetime licence. Annually they're close — the deciding factor is browser-and-cloud versus any-app-and-on-device.

Blabb vs Voice In
In your browser, or on your PC

Voice In is the speech-to-text extension most people add to Chrome — 600,000+ users, 50+ languages, 10,000+ websites. It's genuinely handy, and genuinely narrow: it works inside text fields in your browser, and the recognition is cloud-side. Blabb is dictation that works in any Windows app, on your own PC. As of July 2026 — check Voice In's current pricing and privacy pages before deciding.

Voice In

FREE / ~$60 YR

Blabb

ONE COFFEE / MONTH

Where your audio goes

A cloud speech engine — Voice In doesn't store it, but recognition is server-side

✓This PC — audio and transcripts are never uploaded

Types into

Text fields in your browser, on 10,000+ websites

✓Any Windows app with a text cursor

Offline

Needs the internet for every word

✓Dictation runs on-device; the subscription re-checks online at least every 30 days‡

AI cleanup (fillers, grammar)

Formatting and punctuation commands — but transcription is verbatim

✓Removes fillers, fixes grammar, converts spoken numbers to digits

Spoken formatting

✓Voice commands for punctuation, new lines, and editing

✓Layout, lists, punctuation, and symbols by voice

Specialist vocabulary

Custom words and voice commands you define

Medical (48,133 terms) and Legal (13,004 terms) vocabulary plans — on-device, USD $9.99/mo each

Locked-down RDP, Citrix, VDI

A browser extension — not a documented scenario

✓Types straight in†

Price

Free for 60 min/day; Voice In Plus ~$60/yr with a lifetime option

Blabb Free: 2,000 words a day, no card. Unlimited: USD $4.99/mo, USD $49.99/yr, or $99 once

Platforms

✓Chrome / Edge on any OS

✕Windows 11 (x64) only — and deeply

Sign-up

Free; Plus via Stripe

A Polar checkout and a licence key you paste into Settings

† 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 AND PRICING CLAIMS FOR VOICE IN SOURCED FROM ITS OWN PUBLIC SITE, JULY 2026 — VERIFY CURRENT DETAILS BEFORE DECIDING.

01The honest read

In the browser, or on the whole PC

Use Voice In if…

You live in the browser — Gmail, Docs, a web CRM, a tab-based EHR — and a free extension that dictates into text fields is exactly what you're missing. For web forms, Voice In is the easiest add and the free tier is generous.

Choose Blabb if…

You dictate into native Windows apps — Word, Outlook, Teams, a terminal, a desktop EHR — or you're on a locked-down corporate desktop where a browser extension can't reach and cloud recognition isn't allowed. Blabb types at your cursor wherever it is, on your PC, with no word caps.

On price and privacy

The annual prices are close — Voice In Plus is about $60/year and Blabb Unlimited is USD $49.99/year (or $99 once, for life). The real difference is architecture: Voice In's recognition is cloud-side and scoped to the browser, while Blabb runs on your PC and works in any app. Same neighbourhood on price, opposite on where your words go.

Any app. Not just the browser. On your PC.

Free tier, 2,000 words a day. Models included in the download.

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