Pricing
Free gives you 600 minutes of dictation a month on your own computer. Pro adds 10 hours of Koltype Cloud every month and unlimited dictation on your computer.
Private dictation that runs on your own computer.
Faster, more accurate dictation in the cloud.
Both plans: up to 3 computers per account. Prices in US dollars. VAT or sales tax is added at checkout where it applies, also on extra minutes. Payments by Paddle: card or PayPal.
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Dictation on your computer | 600 minutes a month | Unlimited |
| Koltype Cloud | One-time 30-minute trial | 600 minutes (10 hours) a month |
| Extra cloud minutes | Not available | $0.02 a minute, only if you turn them on, up to a monthly cap you pick |
| Works in every app | Yes | Yes |
| Dictionary, snippets, styles, history | Included | Included |
| Computers per account | Up to 3 | Up to 3 |
| App languages | 13 | 13 |
| Price | $0 | $9.90 a month, or $99 a year, plus tax where it applies |
Two ways to transcribe
Koltype turns your speech into text on your own PC. Your voice never leaves it.
Each phrase is sent over an encrypted connection and turned into text. Our servers process it in memory and discard it, and never store your audio or your text. Our speech-recognition processor may keep request data for up to 30 days to detect abuse, unless zero retention applies (see the privacy policy).
In Automatic mode, the default, Koltype uses Koltype Cloud when your plan includes it and your computer otherwise.
Extra minutes
Example: a heavy month on Pro
You dictate about 40 minutes every working day: 22 days x 40 = 880 cloud minutes. The first 600 are included; the other 280 are extra.
The $5.60 is under the default $10 cap, so it is added to your next renewal. With a $5 cap, Koltype Cloud would stop after 250 extra minutes ($5.00), your computer would take over, and the total would be $14.90. With extra minutes off, you never pay more than $9.90 a month plus tax.
Prices are in US dollars and do not include tax. Paddle, our merchant of record, adds VAT or sales tax at checkout where it applies and sends you the invoice.
By card or PayPal in Paddle's secure checkout. Other local payment methods may also appear. Koltype never sees or stores your card number.
Each email address and each computer can start one 30-minute Koltype Cloud trial, once. Start it in the app under Settings, Billing, then choose Try 30 minutes free. On a very busy day the trial can pause until the next day; your dictation then runs on your computer.
Dictation pauses until the first day of the next month, when your 600 minutes start again. Upgrade to Pro to keep going right away.
No. Pro's cloud minutes start again every month on the day your plan started. Free minutes start again on the first day of each month.
Yes: $99 a year. You still get 600 Koltype Cloud minutes every month. Extra minutes over that are charged at once when $10 or more builds up, and otherwise with your yearly renewal.
Yes, from your account page. Pro stays active until the end of the period you already paid for, then your account moves to Free. Extra minutes that are not billed yet are charged when you cancel. Extra minutes you use after that are charged when Pro ends, and a final amount under $0.60 is not charged.
Refunds are handled by Paddle under its refund policy. For a first purchase you can ask for a refund within 14 days. The refund policy has the details.
Yes, on up to 3 computers. They share the same minutes. Signing in on a fourth signs out the one used least recently. You can sign any computer out from your account page.