# Speechlogger review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Browser speech-to-text with captions and translation

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Speechlogger is a web app that turns speech into text in a Chrome browser. It adds automatic punctuation, timestamps, export to text, Word and SRT caption files, and voice-to-voice translation. A sister product, Speechnotes, is the vendor's dedicated dictation notepad.

- **Category:** Voice Dictation
- **Made by:** WellSource Ltd.
- **Website:** https://speechlogger.appspot.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you use Safari or Firefox, as it needs Chrome.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, Speechlogger has a free plan, and paid plans start at Free; minute packs from $5.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** The app is free to open and use; translation starts with 1,000 free characters of credit.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Browser dictation with 1,000 characters of free translation credit; the page notes ads in the free version. |
| Minutes pack | $5 one-time top-up, used as you go | 50 minutes for $5, 120 for $12, 600 for $60 or 1,200 for $120, paid through PayPal. The page does not say which feature uses them. |

Read from https://speechlogger.appspot.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Speechlogger before buying.

## Key features

- **Live dictation in the browser:** Click the microphone and talk; text appears as you speak, with auto-punctuation rules you can customize.
- **Instant translation:** Translates dictated text and can read it out in the target language, so two people can talk through two laptops.
- **Caption and file export:** Exports to text, Word .doc and SRT caption files, saves to Google Drive or disk, and can add timestamps.
- **Speak punctuation:** Marks such as periods, commas and question marks can be clicked or spoken to add them to the text.

## Good for

- Occasional dictation or captioning without installing anything
- Generating .srt caption files from your own speech

## Worth knowing

- Needs a Chrome browser and microphone permission, according to the site's own instructions.
- The free version shows ads; an ad-free Premium token is sold through the Chrome Web Store, and its price could not be read.
- The vendor points to Speechnotes as the better choice when you want a dictation notepad with editing.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Speechlogger turns speech into text in Chrome, with punctuation, timestamps, caption export and translation, and it is free with ads. It needs Chrome and a microphone, and the vendor itself points people who want a dictation notepad to its sister product Speechnotes.

- **Value for money: A.** Free to use, with minute packs from $5 for 50 minutes against a category where paid plans start near $7 a month; ads show in the free version.
- **Free plan and trial: B.** Dictation is free outright with ads, but translation starts with 1,000 free characters and then needs paid credit.
- **Features: C.** Dictation, punctuation, timestamps, SRT and Word export and translation, but the vendor itself points to Speechnotes for an editing notepad.
- **Ease of use: B.** Open it in Chrome, allow the microphone and talk, with nothing to install.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only and Chrome only, with Google Drive as its one listed integration.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from WellSource's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among voice dictation apps

- Speechlogger's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 23 of the 46 other voice dictation apps we grade, and level with 11.
- It stands best on value for money (A, above 22 of 46) and worst on features (C, above 1).

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/voice-dictation

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Speechlogger you would be making dictation that types into any app on your computer. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.

- You could not: Dictation that types into any app on your computer.
- You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Google Drive

**Tags:** Dictation, Transcription

## Alternatives

- [Speechnotes](https://toolgpa.com/tools/speechnotes): Free online dictation notepad with a voice-typing extension. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/speechlogger-vs-speechnotes)
- [SpeechTexter](https://toolgpa.com/tools/speechtexter): Free online voice typing in the browser with custom voice commands. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/speechlogger-vs-speechtexter)
- [Dictation.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dictationio): Free browser dictation tool built on Google speech recognition. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dictationio-vs-speechlogger)
- [TalkTyper](https://toolgpa.com/tools/talktyper): Free in-browser speech-to-text page for dictating short passages. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/speechlogger-vs-talktyper)
- [Voice Notebook](https://toolgpa.com/tools/voice-notebook): Browser speech-to-text with audio file transcription and phone apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/speechlogger-vs-voice-notebook)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://speechlogger.appspot.com
- https://speechnotes.co

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