VoiceNote II

Name: VoiceNote II
Author: Vito Galante

by Vito Galante

Chrome app for taking voice notes via the browser's speech recognizer.

TL;DR

Chrome app for taking voice notes via the browser's speech recognizer.

Best for free, no-account voice notepad pinned in Chrome. Pricing: free.

What it is

VoiceNote II is a Chrome web app that records voice notes by transcribing in real time via the Web Speech API. Continues to be one of the simpler, free choices for browser dictation.

Best for: Free, no-account voice notepad pinned in Chrome.
Watch out for: Web Speech API; Chrome relays to Google.

Install / use

open https://chromewebstore.google.com/

Features

Speaker diarization	No
Word-level timestamps	No
Streaming / real-time	Yes
Languages supported	50
HIPAA eligible	No

VoiceNote II vs Whipscribe

Feature	VoiceNote II	Whipscribe
Category	Products	Transcription APIs
Pricing	free	free beta
Speaker diarization	No	Yes
Word timestamps	No	Yes
Streaming	Yes	No
Languages	50	99
Platforms	Chrome	Web, API, MCP

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