Does Evernote have voice to text?

Yes, two kinds. Evernote’s Dictation, added in June 2026 with desktop version 11.21.5 and available on desktop and web, types your speech into a note as you talk and saves no audio. Voice note and Meeting recorder, under Insert (+) → Audio recording, keep the audio and transcribe it when you press stop. Dictation is still reaching phones and tablets gradually. On a computer, Mac Dictation and Windows voice typing also type into Evernote.

Is Evernote speech to text free?

Evernote’s Compare plans page ticks AI Transcribe, its recording and transcription feature, on every plan, Free included, though its AI Meeting Notes help article still calls meeting notes a beta for paid users. Neither page lists Dictation, so look for Dictation in the Insert (+) menu of your own Evernote. Mac Dictation and Windows voice typing come with your computer and type into Evernote at no extra cost. VoiceSnap Pro starts with a free allowance, no card, then a Pro subscription.

What is the difference between Dictation, Voice note and Meeting recorder in Evernote?

Dictation types text into the note while you speak and keeps no audio. Voice note is for one speaker, such as a memo to yourself: it keeps the audio and transcribes it when you press stop. Meeting recorder is for meetings in person or online, and adds speaker recognition, with speakers you can rename, and a summary. While a recording runs, a floating Live Transcription panel can show the words as they are spoken. Once a recording has a transcript, Evernote’s search finds the words spoken in it.

Can Evernote transcribe an audio file?

Yes. Add an .mp3, .m4a, .wav or .aac file to a note with Insert (+) → Attachment/File, or drag it in. Evernote transcribes it automatically and shows the transcript below the file; if it doesn’t, start transcription from the … menu. Evernote’s pages disagree on the limit: its AI Transcribe FAQ says 100 MB or 60 minutes, its AI Meeting Notes article 200 MB or 120 minutes. VoiceSnap Pro has no file transcription: it types only what you say into your microphone as you dictate.

Does Evernote dictation work offline?

No. Evernote says Dictation needs an active internet connection, and so does transcription, though you can record audio offline. Windows voice typing and VoiceSnap Pro need a connection too. Mac Dictation may work without one; the text under Dictation in System Settings → Keyboard tells you whether yours does.

Does Evernote dictation add punctuation?

Evernote’s Dictation article doesn’t say whether it punctuates or takes spoken commands, so try a sentence and check. Mac Dictation adds commas, periods and question marks in supported languages and accepts “new paragraph”. Windows 11 voice typing takes “comma” and “new paragraph” and can punctuate automatically. VoiceSnap Pro punctuates for you but takes no spoken commands, so press Return or Enter where a new paragraph should start.

Is there an Evernote voice to text app?

You don’t need a separate one. Evernote’s own apps include audio recording and Dictation, though Dictation is still reaching phones and tablets gradually. Evernote also publishes AI Transcribe by Evernote, a separate app for iPhone and iPad on Apple’s App Store, and an AI Transcribe web tool that transcribes files and links outside a note. On a Mac or a Windows PC, your computer’s dictation and VoiceSnap Pro type straight into an Evernote note.

Notes · Dictation workflow

Evernote voice to text Speak the thought into a note, or keep the recording too.

Evernote has two kinds of speech to text. Dictation types your words into the note while you talk and keeps no audio. Voice note and Meeting recorder keep the recording, can show a live transcript while you record, and save the full transcript when you press stop. Mac Dictation and Windows key + H type into the Evernote desktop app and Evernote Web as well. This page covers each one, with its limits and fixes, then VoiceSnap Pro: hold one key, speak, let go, and punctuated text lands in the note.

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An example to try

An idea after a call

You say

“idea for the onboarding email um send the setup checklist on day two not day one people are still installing the app on day one ask siobhan if we can test it with the march group no the april group”

After release and transcription

Idea for the onboarding email. Send the setup checklist on day two, not day one. People are still installing the app on day one. Ask Siobhan if we can test it with the April group.

Illustrative transcript. Recognition and punctuation can vary; review your own result.

Already on your computer

How to use voice to text in Evernote

To use voice to text in Evernote, open a note, click where the words should go, then choose Dictation from the Insert (+) menu, the / menu or the microphone in the editing toolbar. Your speech appears as text while you talk, and no audio is saved. Evernote added Dictation in June 2026, with desktop version 11.21.5, and its help lists it on desktop and web, with phones and tablets getting it gradually. To keep the audio as well, record a Voice note or use Meeting recorder: Evernote transcribes the recording, and search can then find what was said. Your computer’s own dictation is a third route. Mac Dictation and Windows voice typing type into the Evernote desktop app and Evernote Web like any other text field.

Evernote Dictation: text as you speak

Update Evernote. Dictation came with desktop version 11.21.5 in June 2026; on phones and tablets it is rolling out gradually.
Open or create a note, then click where the text should go.
Open the Insert (+) menu, or type / in the note, and choose Dictation. Evernote’s help also points to a microphone (Dictation) button in the editing toolbar.
Speak. Evernote inserts the text while you talk.
Stop Dictation when you are done. It needs an internet connection throughout.

Voice note or Meeting recorder: audio plus a transcript

In the note, open the Insert (+) menu and choose Audio recording, or type /audio.
Choose Voice note for a quick memo with one speaker, or Meeting recorder for a meeting in person or online. Meeting recorder adds speaker recognition and a summary.
Type in the note while it records if you like. You can pause, resume or stop at any time.
Press stop. Transcription starts automatically.
For a file you already have, add an .mp3, .m4a, .wav or .aac file with Insert (+) → Attachment/File, or drag it into the note. The transcript appears below it.
On a phone, start from the Recorder option on the Create screen.

Mac Dictation or Windows key + H

Stop Evernote’s own Dictation if it is running, so only one dictation is listening.
Mac: turn Dictation on once, in Apple menu → System Settings → Keyboard, and note which shortcut it uses.
Mac: click in the note body, press that shortcut or the Microphone key, and speak. It adds commas, periods and question marks itself in supported languages.
Mac: a spoken “new paragraph” shows up in the note only once you stop dictating.
Mac: press Escape or the shortcut to stop. Thirty seconds of silence stops it too.
Windows: click in the note body, press Windows key + H and start talking once the voice typing bar shows it is listening. It needs an internet connection.
Windows 11: say “comma” or “new paragraph”, or turn on Automatic punctuation under the gear icon. Say “stop listening” to stop; Windows 10 stops on “stop dictation” instead.

Where the built-in option stops

Evernote Dictation saves no audio file, so there is nothing to play back if a word comes out wrong.
Dictation and AI transcription both need an internet connection. You can still record offline; it is the AI processing that needs one.
Evernote’s Dictation article lists no languages, punctuation rules or spoken commands. Its “over 50 languages” figure is given for AI Transcribe, not for Dictation.
Before version 11.30.6, Dictation did not work in a note opened in its own window.
Evernote’s pages give different transcription limits: 100 MB or 60 minutes per recording in the AI Transcribe FAQ, and 200 MB or 120 minutes in the AI Meeting Notes article. A note holds up to 200 MB on every plan.
Transcripts and summaries can’t be downloaded yet. Use the Copy transcript button at the bottom of the block instead.

The built-in option compared with VoiceSnap Pro in Evernote
Feature	Evernote Dictation and recorder	VoiceSnap Pro
Where it works	Inside Evernote notes, on desktop and web. On phones and tablets, Dictation is still rolling out	Text fields on an Apple silicon Mac or a Windows PC: the Evernote desktop app, Evernote Web in your browser, and the other apps you write in
When the text appears	Dictation types while you are still talking. During a recording, a floating Live Transcription panel can show the words as they are spoken; the transcript is saved in the note after you press stop	Nothing until you let go; then the full passage lands in one go once it is transcribed
Starting and stopping	Choose Dictation from the Insert (+) menu, the / menu or the editing toolbar, then stop it when you finish. Evernote’s shortcut list has no key for it	Hold Right Option on a Mac or Right Alt on Windows while you speak, and let go to finish. You can change the key
Recordings and audio files	Voice note and Meeting recorder keep the audio, transcribe it and make the spoken words searchable. Meeting recorder also labels speakers and writes a summary, and uploaded audio files are transcribed too	A dictation keeps no audio; it is discarded once transcribed. VoiceSnap Pro does not transcribe audio files you already have or label speakers. Its own voice notes keep their recordings in your VoiceSnap Pro account, not in Evernote
Fillers and slips	Evernote’s Dictation article doesn’t say whether fillers are removed	Clean up dictation is on by default and strips fillers, repeated words and slips you correct out loud from dictations up to about five minutes long. It never adds or rewords
Names and jargon	Evernote’s Dictation and transcription articles describe no custom word list	A personal vocabulary of the names, terms and acronyms you use, synced to every device you sign in on
Setup and connection	Built into Evernote: update the app to get Dictation. You can record offline; Dictation and transcription need a connection	A desktop app to install and sign in to. On a Mac, allow Microphone, Accessibility and Input Monitoring. Every dictation needs a connection

From cursor to draft

How to dictate in Evernote with VoiceSnap Pro

First install VoiceSnap Pro, sign in and complete the microphone and system-permission prompts. Then keep the app running while you write.

Read the getting-started guide

Pick the note and the spot
With VoiceSnap Pro running, open the note in the Evernote desktop app or in Evernote Web, then click in the body or the title where the words belong. If Evernote’s own Dictation is on, stop it first: both listen to the same microphone, and the note could get your words twice.
Hold the key until the thought is done
Hold Right Option on a Mac or Right Alt on Windows, or the key you chose, and talk. You can stop to think mid-sentence; recording runs until you let go. The mic pill reads “Listening… · Evernote” in the desktop app, or names your browser for Evernote Web. After you release, the punctuated text lands all at once. Clean up dictation, on by default in Settings → AI, has already removed an “um” or a slip you corrected out loud.
Break it up and file it
Press Return (Enter on Windows) wherever a new paragraph or list item should start, because VoiceSnap Pro adds no breaks and takes no spoken commands. Then move the note to the notebook it belongs in while you still remember the context.

Three useful ways to write in Evernote

An idea while you work in another app

On a Mac, press Control + Option + Command + N, Evernote’s system-wide shortcut, to open a new note window over the app you are in. Click in the body, hold Right Option, say the idea and the first thing to do about it, then close the window and carry on. On Windows the same shortcut is Alt + Ctrl + N, which VoiceSnap Pro also uses for a hands-free voice note; the troubleshooting below explains how to settle it.

Your own notes after a meeting

If Meeting recorder ran, the note already has its transcript and summary. Click above them and dictate what you decided, what you still need to check and who you need to hear from, so the note opens with your part.

A page worth keeping

Save the article with Evernote’s Web Clipper, or paste the passage and its link. Then click above it, hold the key and say why it caught your attention and where you might use it. Your reaction is what makes the note worth finding later.

The human part

Make the draft yours.

Check that Siobhan’s name is spelled her way, and add it to personal vocabulary if it isn’t. Confirm April is the group you meant. Then click the title and give the note the words you would search for, such as “onboarding email”, before you file it.

Read the note once before you move on. Neither Evernote’s Dictation nor a VoiceSnap Pro dictation keeps the audio, so the text is the only record of what you said.
A title you dictate with VoiceSnap Pro arrives punctuated like a sentence, so delete the period if one lands at the end.
Saying a tag or notebook name only types the words. Add tags with the keyboard after the text lands, so the note turns up when you search or filter by tag.
If you recorded the meeting too, check names and numbers in your summary against Evernote’s transcript before you share the note. On desktop, click the play button on a speaker block to hear that moment again.

When dictation in Evernote doesn’t work

There is no Dictation option in Evernote: Update Evernote. Dictation arrived with desktop version 11.21.5, and version 11.30.6 made it work in notes opened in a separate window. Look for Dictation in the Insert (+) menu or the / menu, or for the microphone in the editing toolbar. On phones and tablets it is still rolling out gradually, so yours may not have it yet.
No Transcribe button or transcript, or “Error during transcription”: Check that AI Transcription is on under Settings → AI features (Settings → Preferences → AI features in some versions), and that the file is in a supported format such as .mp3, .m4a, .wav or .aac. Let the note sync, then refresh with Command + R (Ctrl + R on Windows) or quit and reopen Evernote. For a recording or an uploaded file, you can start transcription from the … menu. After an error, retry first, since Evernote says it can be temporary, then check that the file is within 100 MB or 60 minutes, the lower of the two limits Evernote’s help gives. If it still fails, try Evernote’s standalone AI Transcribe web tool or contact Evernote support.
An audio recording won’t start in the desktop app: For a Voice note, Evernote needs your microphone. On a Mac, open Apple menu → System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone and turn on Evernote. On Windows, open Start → Settings → Privacy & security → Microphone, check that Microphone access is on, and turn on Evernote or Let desktop apps access your microphone. To record a remote meeting on a Mac, Evernote also needs permission to capture the call’s audio: turn on Evernote under Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording. Then quit and reopen Evernote.
Mac Dictation or Windows key + H types nothing into the note: Click inside the note body, not the note list or the search box, so the cursor blinks in the text. If the note was shared with you to view only, you can’t type in it until the owner gives you edit access. Stop Evernote’s own Dictation first, so only one dictation is listening. On a Mac, Dictation must be on under System Settings → Keyboard, and it is unavailable while Voice Control runs. On Windows, voice typing needs a connection; press Windows key + H again once the cursor is in the note.
On Windows, Ctrl + Alt + V, H or N does the wrong thing: While Evernote runs, its system-wide shortcuts Paste to Evernote (Alt + Ctrl + V), Open Evernote Helper (Ctrl + Alt + H) and New note window (Alt + Ctrl + N) use the same keys as VoiceSnap Pro’s Paste last dictation, History pop-up and hands-free voice note. In Evernote, press Ctrl + / to open its shortcut list, and choose Edit or Disable where it offers them. VoiceSnap Pro’s hands-free voice note keeps its key, so change or disable New note window in Evernote. In VoiceSnap Pro, you can switch off Paste last dictation in Settings → Shortcuts and the History shortcut in Settings → Dictation history, and Settings tells you when another app holds one of them. Right Alt, the key you hold to dictate, is not on Evernote’s list, and on a Mac the two apps use different keys.
VoiceSnap Pro’s text doesn’t appear in the note, or appears twice: Click in the note body so the cursor blinks there, and keep Evernote in front until the text lands. If the words appear twice, Evernote’s Dictation was probably listening too; stop it before you hold the key. Check that you are online. On a Mac, turn VoiceSnap Pro on under System Settings → Privacy & Security in Microphone, Accessibility and Input Monitoring, then quit and reopen it. If the text went to another window, undo it there, click back into the note and press Control + Option + V to paste it again. On Windows, where Evernote may hold Ctrl + Alt + V, click History in the VoiceSnap Pro window’s sidebar or press Ctrl + H there, copy the dictation, then click back into the note and press Ctrl + V.

Choose what fits

Pick the route by what you need to keep

If you want the words in the note right away, Evernote’s Dictation is already there and shows text as you speak. If you need the audio, or a record of who said what in a meeting, use Voice note or Meeting recorder and let Evernote transcribe it; for an audio file you already have, add it to a note. If Dictation hasn’t reached your Evernote yet, use the dictation that comes with your computer: it types into any note, and on a Mac or Windows 11 it takes spoken commands such as “new paragraph”.

Where VoiceSnap Pro fits

Choose VoiceSnap Pro if you write in Evernote and in other apps through the day, on a Mac, a Windows PC or both. One held key works in a note, an email or a browser form, and nothing is typed until you let go. Clean up dictation drops fillers and slips you correct out loud without rewording you, and personal vocabulary keeps names spelled your way on every device. A dictation keeps no audio, and VoiceSnap Pro does not transcribe audio files or label speakers, so keep Evernote’s recorder for those. It needs an internet connection, adds no paragraph breaks and obeys no spoken commands. A free allowance comes first, with no card.

Official guidance checked October 19, 2026.

Questions about dictating in Evernote

: Yes, two kinds. Evernote’s Dictation, added in June 2026 with desktop version 11.21.5 and available on desktop and web, types your speech into a note as you talk and saves no audio. Voice note and Meeting recorder, under Insert (+) → Audio recording, keep the audio and transcribe it when you press stop. Dictation is still reaching phones and tablets gradually. On a computer, Mac Dictation and Windows voice typing also type into Evernote.
: Evernote’s Compare plans page ticks AI Transcribe, its recording and transcription feature, on every plan, Free included, though its AI Meeting Notes help article still calls meeting notes a beta for paid users. Neither page lists Dictation, so look for Dictation in the Insert (+) menu of your own Evernote. Mac Dictation and Windows voice typing come with your computer and type into Evernote at no extra cost. VoiceSnap Pro starts with a free allowance, no card, then a Pro subscription.
: Dictation types text into the note while you speak and keeps no audio. Voice note is for one speaker, such as a memo to yourself: it keeps the audio and transcribes it when you press stop. Meeting recorder is for meetings in person or online, and adds speaker recognition, with speakers you can rename, and a summary. While a recording runs, a floating Live Transcription panel can show the words as they are spoken. Once a recording has a transcript, Evernote’s search finds the words spoken in it.
: Yes. Add an .mp3, .m4a, .wav or .aac file to a note with Insert (+) → Attachment/File, or drag it in. Evernote transcribes it automatically and shows the transcript below the file; if it doesn’t, start transcription from the … menu. Evernote’s pages disagree on the limit: its AI Transcribe FAQ says 100 MB or 60 minutes, its AI Meeting Notes article 200 MB or 120 minutes. VoiceSnap Pro has no file transcription: it types only what you say into your microphone as you dictate.
: No. Evernote says Dictation needs an active internet connection, and so does transcription, though you can record audio offline. Windows voice typing and VoiceSnap Pro need a connection too. Mac Dictation may work without one; the text under Dictation in System Settings → Keyboard tells you whether yours does.
: Evernote’s Dictation article doesn’t say whether it punctuates or takes spoken commands, so try a sentence and check. Mac Dictation adds commas, periods and question marks in supported languages and accepts “new paragraph”. Windows 11 voice typing takes “comma” and “new paragraph” and can punctuate automatically. VoiceSnap Pro punctuates for you but takes no spoken commands, so press Return or Enter where a new paragraph should start.
: You don’t need a separate one. Evernote’s own apps include audio recording and Dictation, though Dictation is still reaching phones and tablets gradually. Evernote also publishes AI Transcribe by Evernote, a separate app for iPhone and iPad on Apple’s App Store, and an AI Transcribe web tool that transcribes files and links outside a note. On a Mac or a Windows PC, your computer’s dictation and VoiceSnap Pro type straight into an Evernote note.