Voice to text for Windows, in any app

Vurb runs in the background. Click into any text box — email, chat, a document, a browser, a code editor, a form — and hold your dictation key. A slim pill shows at the bottom of the screen while it's listening. Release the key and the text is typed at your cursor.

The default key on Windows is Right Control. You can change it to Left Control, Left or Right Alt, the right Windows key, or Right Shift. Double-tap for hands-free dictation and tap again to stop; press Esc to cancel a recording before it's typed.

Vurb uses OpenAI's open-source Whisper model through whisper.cpp. On Windows it starts with the Balanced model (190 MB), a good trade-off between speed and accuracy on most PCs. If transcription feels slow, switch to Fast or Fastest (English only); if your PC is quick, try Best (574 MB).

All models except Fastest understand 90+ languages and detect the language automatically, so you can dictate in English one minute and Spanish the next. Add names and jargon to custom vocabulary so they're spelled the way you spell them.

Audio is transcribed locally and discarded. Transcripts, history and stats are stored in Vurb's folder on your computer. If you turn on optional AI cleanup, only the transcribed text is sent to Anthropic with your own API key. See how your data moves.