Independent voice studio for live conversations and text to speech
Voice-to-text app that types directly into any application on macOS, Windows, and iPhone
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Freemium
Pricing
Starter: $19.9/month for 660 credits. Pro: $39.9/month for 2,000 credits. Max: $79.9/month for 4,100 credits. Annual billing also available. Live Talk costs one credit per six seconds (10 credits per minute). Text to Speech costs one credit per 160 trimmed Unicode characters, rounded up per request.
Local — $2.99/month or $39 one-time; Pro — $10/month or $96/year; Pro+ — $29/month or $276/year; iPhone Pro — $14.99/month; iPhone Lifetime — $39 one-time. 14-day free trial available.
Key features
Live voice conversations with multiple voice options
Text-to-speech with downloadable WAV files
Multiple conversation modes including casual chat, language tutoring, mock interviews, and storytelling
Live captions during conversations
Downloadable conversation transcripts
Support for multiple languages
Session length limits based on subscription plan
Credit balance management across both tools
Failed operation refunds and recovery
Real-time voice-to-text transcription
AI style matching for messaging, email, code, and notes
99 languages supported
6 transcription styles
Custom dictionary for personalized terms
Hotkey activation for instant dictation
Voice commands for text transformation
Transcript history stays local to your machine
14-day free trial with full access
Optimized for whispering and background noise
What makes it different
Independent service clearly distinguished from Block's official Dessa research model
Transparent provider identification with clear separation of research samples from tool outputs
Unified credit system shared between live chat and text-to-speech tools
No credit card required for free trial
Detailed documentation of pricing calculation and service limits
On-device only option with no cloud data storage
Works in any app with automatic text insertion
Automatic grammar, spelling, punctuation and filler word removal
Voice commands for document editing and transformation
Affordable lifetime purchase option at $39 one-time
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