I tested Voicedash and Blip — Voicedash feels a bit more solid to me. Blip is good too, but the fact that it automatically mutes the audio when music plays and I dictate is worth its weight in gold. On top of that, the highest standards for ChatGPT are met when it comes to data protection.

Now to the core of the program: the dictation works flawlessly — press the two buttons, speak; the formatting is perfect in most cases and the text is almost error-free. Because of a prompt adjustment that had made things a bit worse than I feared, I contacted support. Even over the weekend I received a very quick response and proactive help. We were able to find the error quickly and improve the behavior.

A common complaint is that longer texts are eventually cut off.
I haven't reached the point where it cuts off yet, even when I speak several paragraphs in a row and take longer pauses between thoughts.

Very cool, of course, is also the function of simply writing in a foreign language. Whether I select it via a switch, during dictation, or with a short verbal addition at the beginning, such as “write the following in English” and then speaking natively German as an example — that definitely saves the detour via translation with copy and paste.