Study Smarter, Not Harder
Between lectures, essays, research papers, and study sessions, students produce an enormous amount of text. Chirp helps you get it all done faster by turning your voice into text at 150 words per minute — nearly four times the speed of typing. Press a hotkey, speak, press it again, and your words appear at your cursor on Mac, or on your clipboard on Windows.
Capture Lecture Notes
Use Chirp to quickly dictate key points right after a lecture, while they're fresh. Speak your notes naturally and let Chirp handle the transcription. Chirp is made for dictating your own voice in short bursts (up to five minutes per recording), not for recording a whole lecture, so it works best as a fast way to write up what you just heard.
Brainstorm Essays and Papers
The hardest part of writing is starting. Chirp makes it easy to get past the blank page by letting you talk through your ideas first. Dictate your thesis, outline your arguments, and dump your research notes — all by speaking. You can refine and edit afterward, but the heavy lifting of getting ideas out of your head is done in minutes, not hours.
Create Study Summaries
After reading a chapter or reviewing your notes, speak a summary of the key concepts into Chirp. This serves double duty: the act of explaining material out loud reinforces your understanding, and you end up with a written summary you can review later. It's active recall and note-taking combined.
Search Past Transcriptions During Revision
Every transcription Chirp creates is saved locally and fully searchable. During exam revision, search your transcription history for specific topics, keywords, or concepts. It becomes a personal archive of everything you've dictated throughout the semester.
No Campus WiFi Needed
All voice processing happens locally on your device using a small (~30 MB), English-only AI model. That means dictation works in lecture halls with terrible WiFi, in the library basement, on the bus, or anywhere else you study — transcription never needs an internet connection. Here's how on-device dictation works.
Works with Any App
On Mac, Chirp's auto-paste inserts transcribed text directly into whatever application you're using — Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Notion, Obsidian, your email client, or any other tool. On Windows, the text is copied to your clipboard so you can paste it with Ctrl+V into any of the same apps.
Student-Friendly Pricing
Chirp starts with 28 free transcriptions, and no account is required to get started. When you need unlimited transcriptions, a $9.99/year license unlocks them on up to 5 devices. Available on macOS 13+ and Windows 10/11.