Stilopad

A simple guide to dictation

How to turn speech into text

Say a short note and insert the words as editable text on your page.

By Stilopad

Dictation is different from an audio recording: it makes words you can edit, not a sound clip.

Dictate text on Android

Choose Dictate text, review, then insert

Real Stilopad Android editor with the Add button visible in its bottom toolbar.
Start on the open pageOpen a notebook and tap Add in the bottom toolbar. The real editor screen shows the action before its menu opens.

Step 1 of 5 — Start on the open page

The editor and Add sheet are real Android Stilopad Light captures. Record menu, transcript and inserted-text frames are labelled illustrations. In local Chrome, Web Lite Dictate text stayed on Starting and returned a start error without a transcript; Insert and Android dictation remain unverified. Speech support varies by browser, language and provider.

Dictate text on Android

Dictate text on Android

  1. Start on the open page

    Open a notebook and tap Add in the bottom toolbar. The real editor screen shows the action before its menu opens.

  2. Open Record

    In the real Add sheet, tap Record. Dictate text appears alongside Audio recording and Video recording, but does a different job.

  3. Choose Dictate text

    This labelled example highlights Dictate text. In the app, choose it from Record. The drawing is not a captured menu.

  4. Speak and review the words

    Allow microphone access if asked, then speak clearly. This example shows a sample waveform and a sentence appearing as recognition runs; it was not spoken or recognised by the app.

  5. Insert editable text

    Review the words, correct mistakes, then tap Insert. The example shows the kind of page text you get; it is not a real transcription result.

The app provides a Dictate text action in Add → Record. It requests microphone permission and uses the available device speech-recognition service. Availability, languages and offline behaviour depend on the device and provider.

On Web Lite

On Web Lite

  1. Open a notebook page. Tap Add (+) in the bottom toolbar, then choose Record from the Add menu.

  2. In Record, choose Dictate text. This opens Live dictation, not Audio note. The option appears only when the browser exposes speech recognition.

  3. Tap Start or Resume, allow microphone access if asked, and speak a short sentence. If the status stays on Starting or no words appear, check browser speech support, permission and language, then try Resume.

  4. Review any words that appear, correct mistakes, and tap Insert to add editable text to the page. Recognition quality and availability depend on the browser and speech service.

Open Stilopad Lite

Dictation makes text, not an audio clip

Use Dictate text when you want editable words on the page; it makes text, not an audio clip. Use Audio recording when you want to keep the sound itself. Recognition quality and availability can vary by language, device and speech provider.

Read the text before you move on

Inserted words behave like a text object, so you can select and edit them. Always review names, numbers and important instructions because speech recognition can make mistakes.

If no words appear

  • Check microphone permission and whether another app is using the microphone.
  • Check that the device or browser has a speech-recognition service for the selected language. Do not assume recognition works offline.
  • If recognition stops, retry a short phrase, then review and insert only the words that look right.

Simple guides

Choose Audio recording when you want a playable voice note rather than editable text.