Independent voice studio for live conversations and text to speech
AI voice-to-text dictation for Mac and Windows that inserts punctuated text at your cursor in any app
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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.
Free: 5,000 words for dictation and voice-note transcription combined, 50 manual AI actions, all features. Pro: $9 a month, unlimited transcription and AI actions on up to 3 devices, cancel anytime.
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
Dictation with punctuation inserted at cursor in any app
Voice notes with AI titles and tags
Personal vocabulary for names and technical terms
Voice-activated reminders
Customizable keyboard shortcuts
Optional filler word removal
Paste last dictation shortcut
Voice notes sync across devices
Markdown export for notes
Hands-free or push-to-talk modes
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
Works with any app that has a text field without separate integration
Completely independent and funded only by subscriber revenue
Dessa AI
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