Latch for Windows
AI dictation for WindowsSpeak it rough. Paste what you meant.
Latch is AI dictation for Windows. You talk the way you think, with restarts and half sentences, and a language model turns it into the text you meant before it reaches your cursor. You decide how far it goes: clean-up only, a style, a translation, or an edit to text you selected.
Free for 60 minutes every month. No card needed. Your audio is never stored on our servers. Windows 10 and 11.
“send the invoice to Paula today. scratch that. send it to her tomorrow morning”
Send it to her tomorrow morning.
What AI adds
AI dictation adds a second step: writing what you meant.
Classic dictation turns sound into words and stops there. AI dictation adds a second step. A language model reads what you said and writes what you meant. That is what removes the filler, resolves a “no wait” correction, and makes a rambling answer read like something you typed.
The risk is an AI that rewrites too much. Latch keeps it on a short leash. With no style chosen it only cleans up, and it keeps your meaning, your names, and your tone. A rewrite happens when you ask for one.
What makes Latch different
You stay in charge of the AI.
You decide how far it goes
Out of the box a take is cleaned and nothing else. Pick Curated, Formal, or Email from the bar, or say it in the take: “write it as an email: …”. Saying “I need to write a formal email” just writes that sentence.
Your voice is the control panel
Order a style or a translation in the same breath as the content: “make it formal: …”, “translate to Spanish: …”. The order words never end up in the text. Your own styles are prompts you write once.
Context-aware, with limits
Latch reads where the text is going: the app, the field, and the words around your cursor. That text is treated as context, never as instructions. Nothing is read in password fields, password managers, private browser windows, or terminals, and each part can be switched off in Settings.
The AI edits your text too
Select a paragraph and say what to change: “make this shorter”, “fix the typos”, “turn this into a bullet list”. Only what you asked for changes. Instructions hiding inside the selected text are not followed.
Teach it once, stop the guessing
AI guesses at names. Custom ends the guessing: select the wrong word, click Custom, type it right. Latch fixes it in place and gives your spelling to the model on every later take.
The same AI on every plan
Free and Unlimited use the same model and every feature. Audio, text, and your selection pass through our server in memory for one take and are dropped.
See the difference
Same speech, two results.
A literal transcript is what a plain speech-to-text engine returns. Latch writes what you meant.
| Situation | You say | A literal transcript | Latch pastes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A restart | I think we should, we should, uh, we should move the call to next week | I think we should we should uh we should move the call to next week | I think we should move the call to next week. |
| A spoken layout command | the release is on monday. new paragraph. please review the notes before thursday | the release is on monday new paragraph please review the notes before thursday | The release is on Monday. Please review the notes before Thursday. |
| Hesitation | so um I was thinking, uh, maybe we could, hmm, try the other vendor | so um I was thinking uh maybe we could hmm try the other vendor | I was thinking maybe we could try the other vendor. |
Real output varies with your audio. A style, if you pick one, changes the wording further.
How it works
Three steps.
- 1Tap Ctrl+WinRecording latches on while you think. For a short line, hold it instead.
- 2Speak naturallyRamble, restart, correct yourself.
- 3Tap it again, or let goClean text is pasted at your cursor, and your clipboard comes back.
Is it for you?
Where Latch fits, and where it does not.
Latch is a good fit if
- You think out loud and want the tidy version pasted, not a transcript to fix.
- You want to choose how much the AI rewrites, take by take.
- You edit existing text often and would rather say the change than retype it.
- You switch between languages or write for readers in another one.
Look elsewhere if
- You need on-device processing. Latch sends each take to our server.
- You need a meeting recorder or an AI notetaker. Latch dictates live at your cursor.
- You are on a Mac, Linux, iPhone, or Android. Latch is Windows only for now.
- You want an AI that writes for you from a short hint. Latch writes what you said, better.
Use cases
Where AI dictation earns its keep.
Prompts for AI assistants
Say the whole prompt, paste it clean.
Coding
Commit messages, comments, and instructions by voice.
Rewrite by voice
Say what to change; the selection is rewritten.
Dictation without ums
Text that reads like you wrote it.
Translation
Speak your language, paste another.
Email
Reply to a thread in one take.
Before you install
Questions people ask first.
- What is AI dictation?
- Dictation where a language model, not only a speech recognizer, writes the text. It removes filler, resolves self-corrections, punctuates, and can apply a style or a translation. Latch is AI dictation for Windows.
- Will the AI change what I meant?
- It is built not to. Latch keeps your meaning, names, and tone, and a plain take is cleaned up and nothing more. Any rewrite comes from a style you picked or an order you spoke. As with any AI, read important text before you send it.
- Does the AI read my screen?
- No. For each take Latch reads where the text is going: the app and window name, the label of the field, the site name in a browser, the keyboard language, and up to 1,500 characters before your cursor and 500 after it, from the focused field only. An optional setting, off until you turn it on, also sends up to 3,000 characters of the text shown in the window, such as the message you are answering. Nothing is read in password fields, password managers, private browser windows, or terminals, and each part can be switched off in Settings.
- Can I use my own instructions?
- Yes. Add a style in Settings with your own prompt, for example how you like a status update to read, and pick it from the bar. Your own styles are applied when you choose them or order them by name.
- Does it run on my PC or in the cloud?
- In the cloud. Each take is processed online and dropped when the text comes back. If the connection drops, the badge keeps your take on your PC for up to 24 hours and shows Retry.
- Is it really free?
- Yes. Every account gets 60 recorded minutes a month with every feature. No card needed. Past 60 minutes you get a reminder, never a cut-off.
- Do you keep my audio or transcripts?
- No. Audio and text pass through our server in memory for a single take and are dropped when the text comes back.
- How long does setup take?
- About a minute: run the installer, sign in from the badge, and press Ctrl+Win in any text field.
Last updated October 4, 2026.
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