# Voice In. Words Out: The Free, 100% Offline Voice Typing App for Windows

> Source: <https://dev.to/avikeid2007/voice-in-words-out-the-free-100-offline-voice-typing-app-for-windows-gpp>
> Published: 2026-08-14 15:21:47+00:00

Imagine this: You’re drafting a long email, writing a report, or responding to a wave of Slack messages.

Instead of hunching over your keyboard and typing at 40 words per minute, you simply **hold down Ctrl + Space**, speak your thoughts at 150+ words per minute, and release the keys.

Instantly, clean, perfectly punctuated, polished text appears right where your cursor is.

Meet ** Vacanam** — a free, 100% private, offline voice typing tool built for Windows 10 & 11.

If you’ve ever tried built-in dictation tools or commercial transcription services, you’ve likely run into the same annoyances:

We built **Vacanam** (वचनम् — Sanskrit for *Voice & Speech*) to fix all of this once and for all.

Vacanam doesn’t trap you inside a special recording window. It works universally:

Just click into any text box, hold Ctrl + Space, speak, and let go.

When we talk, we hesitate, say *"um"*, repeat words, and forget punctuation.

Vacanam features an optional **Built-in AI Assistant** that runs silently on your computer:

Your voice and thoughts belong to you alone:

Whether you dictate in **English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, or Portuguese**, Vacanam accurately transcribes your speech in its native alphabet and script.

Thanks to local speech engines (Whisper), dictation happens with near-zero latency. As soon as you release the shortcut, your text appears in under half a second.

| Feature | Windows Dictation | Wispr Flow | Cloud Apps (Otter/Dragon) | Vacanam 🎙️ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Price |
Free | $12 - $20 / month | $10 - $30 / month | 100% Free Forever |
Works Offline? |
❌ No | ❌ No (Requires Cloud) | ❌ No | ✅ Yes (100% Offline) |
Privacy & Security |
⚠️ Sends to Cloud | ⚠️ Cloud-processed | ⚠️ Cloud Storage | ✅ 100% Local / Zero Cloud |
AI Grammar Polish |
❌ No | ✅ Yes (Cloud LLM) | ⚠️ Basic / Cloud | ✅ Built-in Local AI |
Global Push-to-Talk |
⚠️ Toggle only | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ App-dependent | ✅ Universal (`Ctrl+Space` ) |
Microphone Health Alerts |
❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Mute / Low Vol Warnings |
License & Ownership |
Proprietary | Closed-Source | Proprietary | ✅ Open Source (MIT) |

Getting started with Vacanam is completely frictionless:

`VacanamSetup.exe`

from *(Tip: Right-click the tray icon to customize your language, voice profile, or AI grammar rules).*

Vacanam is an independent, free, and open-source project licensed under the **MIT License**.

⭐ **GitHub Repository**: [https://github.com/avikeid2007/Vacanam](https://github.com/avikeid2007/Vacanam)

🔒 **Privacy Policy**: [https://avikeid2007.github.io/Vacanam/privacy.html](https://avikeid2007.github.io/Vacanam/privacy.html)

If you love the idea of fast, private, offline voice typing on Windows, give the project a star ⭐ on GitHub, share it with a friend, and let me know your thoughts in the comments below!