Just speak — Likho writes it.

What Likho does

Likho is voice typing for the browser. You pick a language, tap the microphone and speak, and your words appear as editable text you can correct, copy, share or save. It is meant for the everyday jobs that are slow to thumb-type — a long WhatsApp message, a note to yourself, a paragraph of Hindi you can read easily but type slowly.

Twelve languages are available, including Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Urdu and Indian English. Recognition is continuous, so you can keep talking and watch the sentence build up rather than dictating one line at a time.

How to use it

1. Choose your language from the list. Pick the one you will actually speak, not the one you want to write in — Likho does not translate.
2. Tap the microphone and allow the browser to use it when asked. The permission is asked once.
3. Speak normally. Text appears as you go and keeps appearing until you tap the microphone again to stop.
4. Use the punctuation row to drop in a full stop, comma, question mark or a new line, or edit the text directly in the box.
5. Share it, copy it, download it as a .txt file, or save it as a note to come back to.

Getting better accuracy

• Speak at a normal, even pace. Slowing down unnaturally tends to make recognition worse, not better.
• Say the punctuation aloud where it helps, or add it afterwards with the buttons — the buttons are usually faster.
• Background noise costs more accuracy than accent does. A quiet room makes a bigger difference than anything else.
• Switch languages rather than mixing them in one burst. A sentence that changes language halfway through is the hardest case.

Common questions

Why does it need Google Chrome?

Voice typing uses the browser's own speech recognition, and that is only available in Chrome on Android and on desktop. In other browsers the microphone button will not work, though you can still type and use the notes.

Does it work offline?

The page works offline, but the speech recognition does not — it needs a connection to turn speech into words. You can still open Likho, type, and read your saved notes without internet.

Where do my notes go?

Your text and saved notes are kept in your browser on this device only. They are not uploaded and no one else can read them, but that also means clearing your browser data for this site deletes them and they do not appear on your other phone.

Is the audio itself private?

The transcription is done by Chrome's own speech service, which means Chrome sends the audio to Google to convert it into words. Likho never receives or stores your audio, and your text stays on your device — but the recognition step is Google's, not ours, so treat it the way you would voice typing on your phone keyboard.

Is there a limit on how much I can dictate?

No. There is no word limit, no daily cap, no account and nothing to pay.

Likho is one of the free tools at Apps by V — small, private apps that run in your browser with no account to create.