Use voice to type, click anything, scroll, watch videos, open webpages, make custom voice shortcuts and more.
Browse the web with your voice -- eating, multitasking or just to give your hands a break. Speech recognition for executing voice commands in the browser that would normally require a mouse and keyboard.
Excellent as an assistive technology.
Voice control integrations:
* Gmail - select & mark messages, compose emails, dictate emails, etc.
https://youtu.be/o1zIHxkg2KU?t=37
* Youtube & other video sites - play, pause, fast-forward etc.
* Duolingo & WaniKani - answer questions completely based on voice control (handsfree)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBtFl8qHgpE
* Reddit - speech recognition for upvote, visit posts, comment etc.
Features:
* High performance speech recognition
* Speech to text (STT)
* Shows live transcript as you speak
* Wake-word (say "hey LipSurf" to activate hands-free) (Premium)
* Custom shortcuts - map any phrase to a command
* Text to speech (TTS)
* Works in Google Sheets (Premium)
* Limited commands on PDFs
General voice commands:
* Write and edit text (Premium)
* Scroll up, down, little down, little up, autoscroll, bottom, top, left, right...
* Annotate links to click them with voice
* Open multiple links
* Spell mode (Premium)
* Write emails and dictate forms (Premium)
* Open websites/URLs (Premium)
* Weather lookup
* Dictionary
* Control videos: play, pause, mute etc.
* Add custom corrections, shortcuts, homophones or synonyms by clicking the transcript!
* Voice activation via push-to-talk key
* Click things by saying "click [thing text]" or "tag" then saying the annotation in the yellow box next to it.
* Navigate tabs: next tab, previous tab, select tab 3, new tab, etc.
* Zoom in, zoom out
* Multi-language support (Spanish, French, Russian and Japanese - more languages may be added by anyone via our forum)
* 100+ built-in commands that can be expanded to infinity with additional plugins and tons of options.
Languages:
* ๐ฌ๐ง English
* ๐ช๐ธ Spanish
* ๐ซ๐ท French
* ๐บ๐ฆ Ukrainian
* ๐ท๐บ Russian
* ๐ฏ๐ต Japanese
* ๐ง๐ท Portuguese (Duolingo only)
* ๐ฉ๐ช German (Duolingo only)
* ๐ซ๐ฎ Finnish (Duolingo only)
* ๐ณ๐ฑ Dutch (Duolingo only)
Please go through the tutorial to make sure you configure everything properly, and just say "help" to see the commands that are possible for the current page you're on! Enjoy!
See information about updates along with video demos here: https://www.lipsurf.com/updates
Forum where you can make feature requests and ask questions: https://discuss.lipsurf.com
Latest reviews
- (2024-05-26) Amelia Barnett: DOES NOT WORK/NO MONEY BACK. This company is a scam. This advertises as working in Twitter but it doesn't - when you attempt to edit the text it becomes pure gibberish. I have emailed multiple times and reached out on Twitter asking for my money back and had no reply. I've had to dispute the $75 charge.
- (2023-07-04) John Rosa: i want to try it. but sign in ??? know how many millions of sign ins i gotta do. not productive.
- (2023-06-11) Gleb Firstov: Doesnt work at all
- (2023-05-30) Brian Larson: In general this extension performs well. I have gotten used to some of the quirks and have generally good workarounds through the custom shortcuts I can add. I have found that their support is very responsive and I probably should reach out to ask about some of the difficulties I have gotten used to. It is possible I have been doing things wrong and they can point me in the right direction. I appreciate the extension overall.
- (2023-03-25) Legato Exia: Still doesn't work well at all with duolingo. It used to be pretty good a few versions ago, but for some reason it doesn't click on words anymore. For something that keeps telling you "sorry, you gotta give me money to do this" (how many subscribtions am I supposed to have, internet ? Most people dont' have unlimited money, you know ?), I'd expect a bit more quality. Too bad, since this plugin could be very good and help a lot of people otherwise, lots of potential imo.
- (2023-03-03) Todd Harmon: Does not work well at all. I spend more time retyping correction than if I would just have typed it in the fist place. I'm a native english speaker but it just does not pick up anything well unless I have a headset with a mic. Does not work that good with Airpods or laptop microphone. And if their is any talking or noice in the back ground you get lots of random stuff. I contact support and asked for a refund and they told me sorry go away basically. Nothing to help with it not working.
- (2023-01-28) breathinglabs.update: Works great. And actually free version without any registration is totally ok for webpage scrolling which is a top feature. Smooth onboarding in 30 seconds!
- (2023-01-11) SuperWild101: This sounds awesome and i really wanna use it with opera but does anyone know how to get it working i am using OperaGX and i love it so if this doesn't work with it that's fine i'll just find something else I know all opera browsers don't let Google in on too much so maybe Opera is blocking it from working for me. Any who let me know if you guys have ever used it on opera i give 3 stars because can't really say i used it.
- (2022-12-27) Coach Eric Hsu: it doesnt tell you how to cancel it just deducts debit order, very fustrating
- (2022-11-12) H G: uh have to pay for dicattion may REASON i want it, terrible.
- (2022-11-04) Zach Van Standen: It's no longer working with Duolingo. (I would have previously given it 5 stars).
- (2022-09-02) Jeff K: initially hung up chrome on install chrome-extension://lnnmjmalakahagblkkcnjkoaihlfglon/dist/views/tutorial.html "This page has been blocked by Chrome" then also tried to overwrite my new tab page without warning jury still out
- (2022-08-24) Daniel Newman: The speech recognition is fast and accurate, and the developer is extremely responsive.
- (2022-08-17) Nova: I was excited to try this, but apparently it won't work on Edge. It recognizes my commands, but it can't act on them. Hopefully all Chromium browsers can be supported at some point.
- (2022-08-11) Don St.Clair, LMT: This is simply not working for me. Nothing happens. The toolbar icon light is on; its theoretically working, but nada. Using the Brave Browser (Chromium based).
- (2022-08-09) รon: Never thought to look up for voice-to-text for a desktop as I was doing most work from my mobile. Had some technical questions and Miko was super helpful and answered right away. This is the way any paid apps for Premium subscription should be. Thank you so much! Highly recommended for the accuracy and just saves SO much time. The subscription is really inexpensive considering that...
- (2022-07-18) Adrian Wilson: Pointless unless you go premium, I'm using a different dictation tool to write this review because you can't do it with LipSurf It does seem a great product, but life is getting full of little monthly subscriptions you rarely use, and there are many free products out there which can do speech dictation. Shame as I really liked the demo on this one.
- (2022-06-09) Rex Chan: I love this because it does not have to type and scroll
- (2022-05-16) Ankur Singhal: Simply awesome. Earlier I did not read the tutorial and It was difficult to use. But after taking tutorial, I just felt awesome. In comparison to dragon, It can be used on system with low configuration. Just a request to developer, To provide Lipsurf for desktop also in addition to browser.
- (2022-05-14) Michal Baran: seems like a nice extension but paying 8$/month for dictation option is a ridiculous price
- (2022-03-17) Adam: Amazing, using it for wanikani reviews. great for my wrists!
- (2022-03-11) Rosie Symms: It is amazing and I am pleasantly surprised by how good and user friendly the interface is
- (2022-02-07) Shoq Value: This app must be some kind of scam. no quality app would disclose that it's a totally paid app, and demand your email to even test it on any app page besides his own Chrome page. I can't test it in one real world case . Other than that second everything said by babyGremlins's review below. In this day and age I need to trust a vendor . God only knows what this person does with your data . You should make a completely free testable version like voice input does it just limits the features unless you pay a premium . $8 a month is insane. You can buy a dragon for a one time fee and now you're getting some of the finest engineered software in the world . I will be very suspect of this app if he doesn't change his policies . But that's me . The glowing reviews with no mention of these obvious problems makes me very suspicious that those reviews are all fake views.
- (2022-01-24) Liz Jmz: It is one of the most useful extensions I have ever had! It has helped me a lot to practice my English and dictate my emails much faster. My favorite tool ir within Duolingo, being able to use the app just with my voice.
- (2022-01-18) BiLL Scorpion: Nรฃo podem adicionar Portuguรชs (Brazil)?
- (2021-11-26) Anandi Wonder: As far as I know the only extension of its kind making browsing truly accessible to people with hand and wrist injuries, or anyone else who might need voice control, plus better dictation then the brand name programs. There are some glitches but they're minor compared to the usability and range of options and customization options, and are rapidly being smoothed out (they're very responsive to user reports/ issues). This has truly improved my life so much
- (2021-11-24) Babygremlins: This app does nothing it's a rock unless you pay $8 a month and it's not even clear in the description that this is the case. The overview shows that it's for dictation and speech to text but then you won't find that out that you can't use it until you get in it and it asks you for $8 a month. The description of this extension needs to make it more clear that this is an entirely paid app there is no functionality for free. I wasted a few hours on this extension. Why would you pay $8 a month for something that is just an extension to Chrome when you can buy dragon for around 200 and it will input text into anything including into your browser. At $8.00 a month this app will easily cost the same as dragon which does everything not just browser input.
- (2021-09-26) Annette Lambert: The main reason for this to use it for dictation. They don't tell you until you try it that it is $6 dollars a month which is ridiculous for an add on extension that does a simple task.
- (2021-09-18) Tony D: I have hardly finish the tutorial and I can already tell that this software is just as good as any of the high-dollar shiny packages out there.
- (2021-07-30) Naga: I dont know how to use it.
- (2021-07-15) Alexander Kent: Great extension!! I feels really futuristic to navigate your computer with voice commands and not having to touch it. The extension is very well thought out and executed just as well. Would recommend!
- (2021-07-10) Allen Klesh: I love the extension and use it all the time but like my Chrome keeps shutting it down has anyone else run into this?
- (2021-07-05) Gio: it worked but the main reason i downloaded it was to scroll on reddit but it only went to old reddit
- (2021-06-19) Leonardo Aldarondo: Really helpful extension! I use it everyday and it has helped me tremendously with my hand pain. Definitely recommend it.
- (2021-06-05) Kaushik S: my name is Dr Shreya Sriram,I love lip surf.Very easy to use and extremely simple.Makes my work 4 times faster and its a great tool.I save incredible amounts of time and im killing it in my lisencing exams getting the paper work part of my job done totally fast because of lip surf.Lip surf is way easier and faster than other apps of speech to text.
- (2021-01-14) Ryan McLeod: This is really great for WaniKani. I've had one or two mega bad bugs, but the dev team seems to be really responsive and fixed them quickly.
- (2021-01-09) Chandraprakash Loonker: i only use dictation and the comments apply to just that feature. PROS Miko the developer is extremely responsive if you face any problem. Works way better than many other tools i tried on MAC. Dragon does not work on mac. CONS Dictation feature, i miss the most is that it does not learn. If it misspells something it keeps doing the same mistake again and again. There is no way to tell it to associate a pronunciation with a different word (build it's dictionary).
- (2021-01-07) z court: What a joke. Icon extension does not display on/off state. I say 'Tab'. It shows 'Champs'.
- (2020-12-26) Sola Babatunde: I LOVE THIS!! It fixed my Spanish Speaking habits in no time and it is super helpful when I am using 2 monitors. Highly advise using it ๐๐๐๐
- (2020-12-23) Andrei Balan: the add new commands thing is not working
- (2020-11-30) AjayKhatiwal: it's very helpful ๐๐
- (2020-11-25) Little Man: A great idea and extension for the Duolingo App. Please keep improving it :)
- (2020-11-25) Shivum Rampersad: i cant even activate....
- (2020-10-19) Caleb Hollifield: I used to practice Spanish on using Duolingo's app using the voice to text on my phone. This allowed me to focus more on my speaking and do more lessons more quickly. I stopped using Duolingo's app and switched to using their website, because there are no "lives" or limitations on the number of mistakes you can make and it is still free (Pro-tip). Despite the website version making my words per minute typing score probably more than double I still missed the speaking progress I had made with my iPhone speak to text hack. I missed that one iPhone feature enough to one day trying a multitude of different speech-to-text chrome extensions, before finally having my prayers answered by this masterpiece of software right here. All other voice-to-text Chrome extensions I tried (highly rated extensions, might I add) all required a lot of hands on clicking of buttons every time before speaking, didn't cross over languages very well, or just plain didn't work on the Duolingo website for whatever reason. This extension not only is the best text to speech app, but designed for practicing Spanish on the Duolingo website. -Once you enable the extension with one click it stays on for a set time period (adjustable in the settings) and there is no other required clicking or inputs. -LipSurf automatically selects the submit button when you voice the correct answer on the Duolingo website (can turn off in settings). -LipSurf only types what you say. I have had zero trouble with the extension trying to convert sounds coming from my computer (like during the listening exercises on duolingo) -LipSurf will still type your mistakes so it is not a crutch. TL;DR This I used to use the speech-to-text on my iPhone and quickly saw a lot of progress in my speaking. Now I primarily use Duolingo's website instead of the app. This answered my prayers.
- (2020-09-20) Harold Altvater: Total waste of time with Brave Browser on a Mac
- (2020-09-18) Aiden Bok: Very useful but problem is that im from Hong Kong so i need to say a few times before it senses it
- (2020-08-26) J Z: I like it because it's plenty fast. Lots of commands for a smooth experience.
- (2020-08-14) Ali Elgohary: doesn't work on new edge?
- (2020-07-14) Judith Ringers: This is spectacular. I use it mostly on Duolingo and it's made me do ten times more in a day than I did before. I love this extension.
- (2020-07-06) Celia Wroble: This is incredible! Not only is it extremely easy to use and navigate, but it makes practicing languages more fun and you feel more involved. I have been learning French for 3 years now and I feel this is the best tool I have come across. I'm always worried about my pronunciation and this extension has really helped my feel more confident.