Set up Phrasora on Windows.
Phrasora is a desktop app with a global hotkey, a tray icon, and the command bar. Setup is the simplest of all — download, run, sign in, and start dictating in any window.
Windows 10 or later, 64-bit. Free for 2,000 words a week, no card.
Download, run, dictate.
Download and run Phrasora
Download the Windows app from the downloads page and run it. It installs as a desktop app with a tray icon and keeps itself up to date.
Sign in to your account
Sign in with your email so your dictionary, settings, and history sync from your other devices. New here? Creating an account takes one email — no card required.
Hold the hotkey and speak
In any window — an email, a doc, a chat — hold the global hotkey, say a sentence, and let go. Windows may ask for microphone access the first time — allow it so Phrasora can hear you. Phrasora then cleans up the text and lands it at your cursor.
Use the command bar
A thin command bar sits at the bottom of your screen. Move your cursor near it to reveal Dictate, Polish, Prompt, and Slate. Select some text and Polish or Prompt will rewrite it in place.
The app is signed and updates itself — once it’s installed, you won’t have to download it again for new versions.
A hotkey, a tray, a command bar.
The global hotkey works in every app. The tray icon opens your dashboard — dictionary, history, and settings. And the command bar gives you Dictate, Polish, and Prompt right where your text is, without leaving the window you’re in.
Hotkey not firing or text not landing? See troubleshooting.
Hold the hotkey in any window.
Tray icon opens your dashboard.
Command bar at the bottom of the screen.
Get the Windows app.
Free for 2,000 words a week, no card required. Download, run, sign in, and hold the hotkey to dictate anywhere.