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. For schoolwork that means course titles, professor names, theory terms and citation shorthand come out spelled your way after you fix them once.
SayDart is voice input for any app on Windows and Mac (beta). Click into an essay in Word or Docs, a lecture note or a campus email, press Right Alt (Right Option on Mac) and talk; AI cleanup removes filler words and restarts before the text lands at your cursor. It does live dictation only — not text-to-speech, not long lecture recording and not speaker separation. 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 that many students use for essays and notes. Pro costs $15/month, or $144/year ($12/month billed yearly, save $36 or 20%). Prices exclude tax.
What students usually need from speech to text
- Works in the apps you already open for class. Word, Google Docs, email and notes — not a separate writing silo.
- Course vocabulary. Module codes, author names, lab terms and acronyms need a Dictionary that learns corrections.
- Clean drafts you still edit. Auto cleanup can drop "um"s; you remain responsible for citations, quotes and academic integrity.
- Recovery. If text fails to land, History should keep the transcript on your computer.
- A free plan you can try before paying. SayDart Free includes a modest weekly limit; Pro is optional for heavier use.
Draft essays and papers by voice
Open your essay in Word or Google Docs, click where the next paragraph should go, press Right Alt (Right Option on Mac) and talk through the argument the way you would explain it out loud. Stop, read the insert, then fix citations and topic sentences on the keyboard.
Short takes work better than one long monologue: thesis in one pass, evidence paragraph next, counter-argument after that. Add recurring author names and theory labels to Dictionary once so they stay consistent across the paper.
Capture lecture notes and study summaries
After class, click into your notes app and dictate a summary while the lecture is still fresh: main claim, three points, open questions. SayDart inserts cleaned text into Notion, OneNote, Docs or whichever field has focus.
This is live note-taking by voice, not a recorder that transcribes the whole lecture. If you need a full recording transcript, use a dedicated transcription tool; SayDart is for drafting what you want written.
Dictate campus emails and messages
Click into the email body, press your shortcut and dictate the reply to a professor, groupmate or advisor. SayDart does not connect to your mailbox or send mail — you review and press Send yourself.
The same shortcut works in webmail, Outlook and chat apps, so you do not learn a different dictation tool for each place you write.
Dictionary for course terms
Add module codes, professor names, theory terms and citation labels to Dictionary once. When you correct a word, Cloud learning can remember that spelling for later dictations — turn learning off anytime in Dictionary > Learning settings.
Import a CSV if your course already has a glossary. That is often faster than teaching terms one by one mid-essay.
What this is not
- Not text-to-speech. SayDart turns speech into text; it does not read documents aloud.
- Not a disability-accommodation certification. Schools and exam boards set their own approved tools and procedures. SayDart does not claim to be an official accommodation product or certify eligibility.
- Not lecture or hearing transcription. It does not record classes, separate speakers or produce an official transcript.
- Not a compliance claim. Follow your school's policies for what you dictate and where History may be stored.
How to try speech to text with SayDart in 3 steps
- Download SayDart for Windows or Mac and sign in with email.
- Add a few course names and terms to Dictionary.
- Open Word or Docs, press Right Alt (Right Option on Mac), dictate a paragraph, review, then keep writing.
Pricing for students
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, open the essay or notes page you are already editing and dictate the next paragraph.