Dictate in Spanish: speech to text in Spanish on Windows and Mac

What is SayDart?

SayDart automatically learns the words you correct and the words you use most, so it takes less effort and understands you better the more you use it. When you dictate in Spanish, that means the names, places and work terms you keep fixing come out spelled your way after you correct them.

SayDart is voice input for any app on Windows and Mac (beta). Click into a text field, press Right Alt (Right Option on Mac), speak Spanish, and AI cleanup removes filler words and restarts before the text lands at your cursor. Spanish is one of SayDart's 30 recognition languages: use automatic detection, or pick Spanish under Input languages. Cloud learning in the Dictionary is on by default; it is guidance, not an accuracy guarantee, and you can turn it off in Dictionary > Learning settings.

SayDart has a Free plan with a modest weekly limit. Pro costs $15/month, or $144/year ($12/month billed yearly, save $36 or 20%). Prices exclude tax.

Spanish dictation, not translation

Dictating in Spanish means you speak Spanish and the text stays in Spanish. If you want to speak Spanish and get English text instead, that is voice translation, which has its own shortcut in SayDart and its own guide.

How to dictate in Spanish with SayDart

1. Download SayDart for Windows or Mac and sign in with email.
2. Open Settings > Voice & translation > Input languages. Choose Detect automatically, or select Spanish. You can select up to 4 recognition languages, for example Spanish and English if you switch between them.
3. Click into the email, document or chat box where the Spanish text should go.
4. Press Right Alt on Windows or Right Option on Mac, speak in Spanish, then press it again. Use this voice shortcut, not the Translation shortcut, so the text stays in Spanish.
5. Read the result and fix any word by keyboard. Language changes apply to your next recording.

Spanish voice typing on Windows (Win+H)

Windows voice typing supports Spanish (Spain) and Spanish (Mexico) in Windows 11. It needs an internet connection and a working microphone, because Microsoft says voice typing uses online speech recognition.

• Add Spanish as an input language: Start > Settings > Time & language > Language & region > Add a language, then search for Spanish and pick your region.
• Switch the input language to Spanish with the language switcher on the taskbar, or press Windows logo key + Spacebar.
• Click into a text box and press Windows logo key + H, then speak Spanish.
• To add punctuation, say it in Spanish. Microsoft's Spanish (Spain) command list includes "coma", "punto", "signo de interrogación", "signo de apertura de interrogación" for ¿, "signo de apertura de exclamación" for ¡, and "nuevo párrafo".

Spanish dictation on Mac

• Choose Apple menu > System Settings > Keyboard, go to Dictation and turn it on.
• Click Edit next to Languages, then select Spanish and your region.
• If you set up more than one language, switch while you dictate by clicking the language shown next to the cursor, or press the Globe key (if your Mac has one) and choose Spanish.
• Apple's guidance is to say punctuation marks by name. Apple also notes that Dictation is not available in all languages or regions and features may vary.

Spanish dictation in Word

Word's Dictate button (Home > Dictate) lists Spanish (Spain) and Spanish (Mexico) among its supported languages, and by default it uses your document language. It needs a reliable internet connection, and Microsoft says the feature is only available to Microsoft 365 subscribers. Spoken Spanish punctuation in Word includes "punto", "coma" and "signo de apertura de interrogación".

Accents, ñ and punctuation tips

• Accents are usually added automatically from context; check homophones like esta/está.
• Dictate whole sentences rather than single words, then read the sentence back as a whole.
• In Windows voice typing and Word, say the opening marks ¿ and ¡ as commands; Spanish questions and exclamations need both marks.
• With SayDart, speak naturally and let AI cleanup handle filler words and punctuation, then review the text before you send it.
• Add names, places and work terms to the Dictionary with the spelling you want, or correct them once in a draft.
• If you mix Spanish and English, choose both as recognition languages or use automatic detection, then check the point where the language switches.
• Use a headset or a microphone close to your mouth in a noisy room. Neither a dictionary nor a language setting can recover speech the microphone did not capture clearly.

Free plan

The SayDart Free plan includes a modest weekly limit for Spanish dictation on Windows and Mac. Pro is optional when you want unlimited use of current features.

Pro costs $15/month, or $144/year ($12/month billed yearly, save $36 or 20%). Yearly Pro is charged once, as $144. Prices exclude tax.

Pricing

SayDart is free to start. Pro is unlimited for $12/month, billed yearly ($144), or $15 month to month. Prices exclude tax.

Talk, don't type.

Download SayDart, pick Spanish or automatic detection under Input languages, and dictate your next email in Spanish. Review it before you send.