Made in Austria for European businesses
Skald Local-first speech to text

Speech-to-Text for Windows and Android

Speak instead of typing.You choose where your data is processed.

Skald turns dictation, meetings, and audio files into usable text. Locally on your Windows PC, in your own Azure, or through Skald EU.

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Four paid packages · secure checkout through Stripe

  • Local, also offline
  • No automatic cloud use
  • Your own Azure possible
  • Skald EU processing
  • Developed in Austria

A NEWAYS.ai product · Developed in Austria

Three tasks, one tool

Speech in. Usable text out.

Dictate

Press the hotkey, speak, and insert text directly into Outlook, Teams, Word, browsers, ChatGPT, Cursor, or other Windows apps.

Transcribe meetings

Record conversations or import an audio file. Skald creates a searchable transcript, optionally with speaker labels.

Process audio files

Import voice memos, interviews, and recordings. Process them locally, in your Azure, or through Skald EU.

You choose the processing route

Three processing routes. No hidden fallback.

Skald never switches to the cloud automatically. You or your organization decide where audio and text are processed.

Processing route
Suitable for
Data boundary
Local on the Windows PC
Offline work, sensitive content, travel, quick dictation, and basic transcription.
Audio and transcript stay on your Windows device.
Your own Azure
Higher accuracy, approved enterprise Azure setups, speaker labels, Polish, and translation.
Your endpoint, your Azure region, your governance.
Skald EU
Endpoint processing without your own Azure, Android workflows, quotas, speaker labels, Polish, and translation.
Processing through Skald and Microsoft Azure in Sweden Central. Temporary audio and text artifacts are scheduled for deletion within 24 hours.
The currently selected processing route is visible in Skald. Cloud processing only happens after deliberate selection.

Polish and translation

Spoken rough text becomes usable writing.

Spoken

Hi Martin uh thanks for the meeting yesterday I'll send you the documents tomorrow no actually by Friday and please let me know if the numbers are okay.

With Polish

Hi Martin, thanks for the meeting yesterday. I will send you the documents by Friday. Please let me know whether the numbers are correct.

Polish smooths grammar and sentence structure without summarizing content or adding new facts. The original stays available. For Polish, text is sent through the selected Azure or Skald EU processing route. Translation to English is available; Skald is not a general translation machine for arbitrary language pairs.

Meetings without a meeting bot

Transcribe without inviting a bot.

Skald is not tied to Teams, Zoom, Meet, or Webex. What matters is that an audio recording is available. Process system and microphone recordings, imported files, or supported recorder workflows.

  • Local transcription possible
  • Speaker labels only with a processing route that provides real speaker segments
  • Export and reuse through local history
  • No named identification of people

Android

Record on the go. Transcribe through Skald EU.

With the Android app, you record speech on the go, send it to Skald EU, and copy or share the result directly. Quick Bubble starts a recording from other apps.

The Android app currently does not transcribe locally on the smartphone. Audio is sent to Skald EU for processing and consumes the available quota.
  • Included in Skald Plus
  • Included in Skald Business EU
  • Not part of Skald Desktop
  • Currently not part of Skald Business BYO

Plans

You pay for the processing route, cloud quotas, and company administration.

Dictation, meeting transcription, and file transcription are included in all paid plans. The full comparison table is on the pricing page.

Private · incl. VAT

Skald Desktop

129 € 99 €

Founding Edition: Introductory price for the first 100 purchases. Up to two Windows devices, local use, and a personal bring-your-own Azure endpoint (not included).

Buy Skald Desktop
Private · incl. VAT

Skald Plus

14,90 € / month

1 Windows device and 1 Android device for the same user, plus 5 audio hours of Skald EU per month.

Buy Skald Plus
Business · plus VAT

Business BYO

9,90 € / user / month

1 Windows device per user, local transcription as the baseline, and centrally managed company Azure for Azure Speech and Polish. No Android app.

Buy Business BYO
Business · plus VAT

Business EU

19,90 € / user / month

Per user: 1 Windows device and 1 Android device, plus pooled Skald EU quota.

Buy Business EU
Compare all plans

For companies

Speech-to-text with a data policy IT can manage.

Skald Business combines local processing with central user, device, policy, and endpoint administration. Companies choose either their own Azure route with centrally maintained Azure Speech and Polish settings, or Skald EU for the entire account.

  • from five seats
  • central roles and seat assignment
  • device overview and revocation
  • one business plan per company account
  • plan changes apply to the whole account
Compare business plans

Security & trust

No privacy poetry. Clear data flows.

Skald shows when audio or text leaves the device. The security page documents processing location, retention, logs, service providers, recipients, and deletion rules for each processing route.

View data flows

Four paid packages

Choose the package that matches your processing route.

Choose a paid package. Registration itself does not activate a license.

Choose a package