Urdu Voice Typing بول کر اردو لکھیں

Speak in Urdu and watch your words appear as Urdu text. This free online Urdu voice typing tool is the fastest way to write long messages, notes or articles without an Urdu keyboard.

How to use Urdu voice typing

1. Open this page in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. These browsers have Urdu speech recognition built in. It works on computers and Android phones.
2. Press “Start speaking” and allow microphone access when your browser asks.
3. Speak naturally, at a normal pace, in complete phrases. Your words appear as you finish each phrase.
4. Add punctuation with the buttons: full stop ۔, comma ،, question mark ؟ and new line.
5. Edit, then copy. The text box is editable, so you can fix any word before copying or downloading.

Tips for accurate Urdu speech to text

• Use a quiet room. Fans, traffic and TV noise cause more mistakes than accent does.
• Hold the microphone close. A headset or phone held near your mouth works far better than a laptop microphone across the room.
• Speak in phrases, not single words. The recogniser uses the surrounding words to choose the right spelling.
• Pause before punctuation. Stop briefly, tap ۔ or ؟, and continue.
• Names and English words may come out in English letters or an unusual spelling. Correct them in the text box.

Which browsers support Urdu voice typing?

Voice typing on websites depends on the browser. Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge support Urdu, on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. If your browser does not support it, the tool tells you. On any phone, you can also use the microphone on an Urdu keyboard app, then paste the text into our converter or anywhere else.

When voice typing beats a keyboard

Voice typing is not only for people who can’t use an Urdu keyboard. Even fast typists find it quicker for some jobs:

• Long messages and letters. Most people speak about three times faster than they type on a phone. A page of Urdu that takes twenty minutes to type can be spoken in five, then tidied up.
• Drafting articles and speeches. Say your ideas out loud in the order they come, then edit. Many writers find the wording more natural this way.
• Notes from memory. Dictate what was said in a meeting, class or phone call while it is still fresh.
• Elderly relatives and people who find typing hard. Anyone who can speak Urdu can write it with voice typing, with no keyboard layout to learn.

Urdu dictation: a simple way to write a longer text

1. Plan what you want to say in a few points before you start.
2. Dictate one point at a time, pausing between them.
3. Tap ۔ at the end of each sentence and “New line” between points.
4. When you finish, read the whole text once and fix names, numbers and English words.
5. Copy the result, or press “Save as image” to share it as a picture.

Privacy

Speech recognition is provided by your browser, not by this website. In Chrome, your voice is sent to Google’s speech service to be turned into text; in Edge, to Microsoft’s. Likho Urdu never receives or stores your voice. The text you dictate stays on this page until you copy it or close the tab.

Urdu speech to text: what happens when you speak

Urdu speech to text works in two parts. Your browser listens through the microphone and sends the sound to its speech service, which returns the words in Urdu script. This page then places those words in the text box, adds the punctuation you tap, and keeps listening until you press Stop. The language is set to Urdu (Pakistan), so everyday Pakistani Urdu is recognised well.

Voice to text in Urdu on a phone

On an Android phone, open this page in Chrome, press “Start speaking” and allow the microphone. Hold the phone as you would for a voice note. When you finish, press Copy Urdu and paste the text into WhatsApp, Facebook or your notes app. Our guide on typing Urdu on your phone compares voice typing with Urdu keyboards and Roman Urdu.