The same phrase covers two different jobs. Start by working out which one you have — that saves more time than choosing a tool does.
Speech to text splits into two cases. Live dictation, where you speak and words appear immediately — the free tools built into your operating system handle that best. Transcription, where you already have a recording and want it written out — that is what skryba.ai does, with timestamps and speaker labels.
Drop a file here or choose one from your device. We will show you the beginning of the transcript first.
skryba.ai transcribes on Scribe v2, which gets 2.2% of words wrong in Artificial Analysis' independent index — the lowest of every model measured. Gemini 3.5 Transcribe gets 2.6% wrong, Whisper large-v3 4.1%. It is the same model that writes the transcript preview you see before paying.
| Model | WER |
|---|---|
| skryba.ai (Scribe v2)the model we transcribe on | 2.2% |
| MAI-Transcribe-1.5Microsoft Azure | 2.4% |
| Gemini 3.5 TranscribeGoogle | 2.6% |
| Universal-3 ProAssemblyAI | 3.1% |
| GPT TranscribeOpenAI | 3.3% |
| Whisper large-v3OpenAI | 4.1% |
| Nova-3Deepgram | 5.2% |
Source: Artificial Analysis, AA-WER v2 index, non-streaming mode — read 27 August 2026. Seven of the 40-plus models measured: the top of the table and the names you already know. The index is measured mostly on English audio; for other languages, Polish included, no comparable public ranking exists. That is why we show you the start of every transcript before we ask for anything.
| Signal | Live dictation | Transcribing a recording |
|---|---|---|
| When the text appears | While you speak | After you upload the file |
| How many people speak | One — you | Usually several |
| Typical use | A note, an email, a message | An interview, a meeting, a lecture, a hearing |
| What you need | A built-in OS tool, free | Transcription with timestamps |
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skryba.ai does not do this, and there is no point creating an account here for it. You already paid for dictation with the device in your hand.
Where your voice goes depends on the tool, and it is not uniform: dictation in Windows 11 and in Google Docs is processed server-side, while Apple and Google can recognise speech on the device itself — but that depends on the model and the language. If the material is confidential, check the documentation for your specific system before you start dictating.
Come back here if it turns out you do have a recording to convert — a dictaphone file from a meeting, say, or a file somebody sent you.
This is the case skryba.ai was built for. The difference from dictation runs deeper than timing: a recording has several speakers, background noise, interruptions and room acoustics, and the output has to be a document rather than a stream of words.
The choice of tool matters less to the result than the quality of the recording. The same factors degrade transcription at every provider, so they are worth knowing before you record rather than after.
No. skryba.ai converts recordings you already have. For live dictation use your operating system's built-in tool — the keyboard microphone on iPhone and Android, Windows + H on Windows, Dictation in settings on macOS.
“Speech to text” is the umbrella term covering both. Transcription specifically means converting an existing recording, usually with several speakers and timestamps. Dictation means turning your voice into text in real time.
Yes. iPhone voice memos are M4A files and messenger voice notes are usually OGG or WebM — all of those are supported. Upload the file without an account and see a preview of the transcript.
Yes. Polish is this tool's primary language alongside English, and the language is detected automatically. The best test is your own recording — the free preview exists for exactly that.
