Loqua

Loqua is AI voice typing and dictation software for Mac and Windows that turns speech into polished, ready-to-use text. The product's core promise is captured in its own words: from voice to text, from screen to insight. Instead of typing, you speak naturally and Loqua transcribes, cleans up, formats, translates, and even acts on what you say. It is built for people who would rather think than type — professionals, founders, engineers, designers, writers, students, and anyone whose hands are busy or who simply speaks faster than they type. One shortcut works across any text field, so dictation happens right where the cursor is without switching apps. The keyboard is the bottleneck Loqua was built to remove. Traditional keyboard typing runs at roughly 45 words per minute, while Loqua's dictation is presented at 220 words per minute — a speed difference the product sums up as saving 3 hours per day. Speed is only part of the problem. Speaking out loud naturally produces filler words, repetition, and half-finished thoughts, and the person then has to re-read and re-edit everything just said. Work is also fragmented across dozens of apps, so writing a message, checking a chart, looking something up, or setting a reminder each require switching context. Language barriers add another layer for people who work across borders. Loqua's answer is to let you keep thinking out loud and let the software handle the cleanup, structure, and follow-through. At its core, Loqua is voice typing that produces clean output. As you speak, it removes filler words, cuts repetition, and refines your phrasing in real time, so what lands on screen is ready to send. The product frames this as Say it rough. Get it clean. and directly addresses the annoyance of re-reading everything you just said. Users describe the result as sounding exactly like they meant it — clear, sharp, and effortless. Words appear quickly enough that users describe a zero-latency feel which makes them forget the tool is even there. Loqua also handles technical vocabulary: one engineer noted that a screen full of framework names, library names, and acronyms was transcribed accurately, removing the need to go back and proofread. Structure is handled automatically. Instead of dictating formatting commands, you think in bullets or speak in blocks and Loqua hears the structure in your speech, building lists, headings, and hierarchy on its own. This means outlining a document, a plan, or a set of risks can be done conversationally and still arrive formatted. Translation removes language barriers: you speak in your own language and get native phrasing in nearly 100 languages, instantly. The product highlights speaking in English while sending emails in Spanish to a Latin America team, with the translation described as instant and natural. Together these two capabilities mean voice input produces not just words, but organized, shareable, multilingual output. Capture to Ask lets you act on what is on your screen. You use a shortcut to select a table, a chart, or anything else, speak your question, and receive an answer, analysis, translation, or summary without switching apps — a three-step flow the product labels Capture, Ask, and Know. Ask and Edit handles rewriting: you highlight anything, whether a product, a draft, or a note, speak to edit it, and it is rewritten on the spot. A related capability, Ask anything, answers a quick question instantly without leaving the app you are already working in. Together these features address moments when you are looking at something you cannot figure out, or when rewriting is eating up more time than writing. Command to Go turns voice into a hands-free command hub. Triggered by a shortcut, it can set reminders, open apps, search routes, place calls, and send texts, so you can move work forward without jumping between apps and tasks. For people who prefer listening over reading, Loqua offers AI Podcast read-aloud: select text and have it read to you as a hands-free text-to-speech assistant, which the product positions as ideal for morning news and multitasking. This extends the product beyond writing into consumption and control — you can dictate output, edit what already exists, ask about what you see, and listen to what you would otherwise have to read. Loqua's approach is context-aware. The stated promise is voice typing that understands what you mean, not just what you say — the system is designed around context rather than raw transcription, which is why it can clean up phrasing, infer structure, and translate into natural-sounding language. Everything is reached through a single global shortcut that works in a terminal, Slack, Notion, email, or any text field, with no switching and no waiting; your voice hits the screen right where your cursor is. That universality is central: rather than being a destination app you visit, Loqua runs across the apps you already use and is invoked from wherever you happen to be typing. The team states that the product is backed by a dedicated voice AI team with full model iteration capabilities. The outcomes users report are consistently about speed and reduced friction. Loqua contrasts roughly 45 words per minute at the keyboard with 220 words per minute by dictation, and estimates a saving of 3 hours per day. Testimonials cite 25 minutes saved in under 4 minutes of use, PRDs written by voice saving at least an hour a day, 30-minute writing sessions turning into 5-minute speaking sessions, and more than 60 daily emails taking half the time — while reading better than before. Other reported benefits are less about time and more about access: one user with RSI in both wrists said Loqua made work possible again, a designer with ADHD said talking to Loqua feels like chatting with a friend and the document writes itself, and non-native English speakers said the cleanup makes their writing sound native. Trust matters too — a corporate legal counsel handling client financial data described Loqua as the first voice tool they trust enough to use at work. Concrete use cases appear throughout the product page and its testimonials. For writing and documentation, engineers explain things out loud and get documentation formatted perfectly, product managers dictate PRDs, standup notes, sprint recaps, and stakeholder updates, and consultants talk through client debriefs and receive clean summaries. For communication, users draft emails, Slack messages, and LinkedIn posts by voice, with tone switching automatically between an email to a CEO and a message to a team. For research and study, a UX researcher dictates research notes between interviews and PhD candidates use it for academic writing and dissertations, where the cleanup and formatting alone is described as worth it. For design and creative work, designers keep their hands on Figma while narrating design processes and case studies. Developers use it in terminals, GitHub, VS Code, and IntelliJ IDEA, including for coding notes. On the move, one user talks while walking and finds the draft waiting for them at the office. Loqua runs on macOS and Windows and installs as a downloadable desktop application, with a 14-day free trial. It is used across a long list of applications, including Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Notion, Slack, Gmail, Figma, VS Code, Microsoft Teams, Obsidian, Google Sheets, Zoom, Excel, GitHub, Terminal, Discord, Outlook, IntelliJ IDEA, PowerPoint, GitLab, WhatsApp, Telegram, Stack Overflow, OneNote, Canva, Photoshop, LinkedIn, Google Slides, X, Sketch, Reddit, Illustrator, Confluence, Evernote, Facebook, Adobe XD, and Google Keep. The company states that it supports the open-source community, with maintainers of public OSS projects getting free access through a Developer Grant application. Its shared roadmap includes meeting transcription, multimodal capabilities, and a Skill Market, with the stated intent of becoming a reliable work companion through continuous iteration driven by user feedback. Loqua's primary value proposition is simple: your thoughts should not have to slow down for a keyboard. By combining fast, context-aware dictation with real-time cleanup, automatic structure, translation across nearly 100 languages, screen-based question answering, voice editing, hands-free commands, and read-aloud, it turns rough speech into polished work and keeps you in flow. The result, in the product's own framing, is less typing, less context switching, and more time in flow — one shortcut that moves you from thoughts to being done.