Updated 26 October 2026
Notelo's voice typing writes what you say straight into a big Odia notepad. Tap the microphone, speak a sentence, and the words appear in Odia script where your cursor is. Speak again and it carries on. There is no app to install and no account to create.
Your browser does the listening, so what works depends on it. Speech in Odia needs a browser whose speech service understands Odia; try Chrome first. Speech in Sanskrit or Hindi, written in Odia script, works in Chrome, Safari and usually Edge.
Voice and keyboard work together. Speak a paragraph, then fix a name or a spelling by typing it in Roman letters: jagannAtha → ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ. Everything saves to your browser as you go.
The small arrow next to the microphone opens three choices.
| Option | Listens for | Writes | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odia | Odia speech | Odia script | Everyday Odia: messages, notes, stories |
| Sanskrit → Odia | Sanskrit or Hindi speech | Odia script | Shlokas, mantras, bhajans, and browsers that can't listen in Odia |
| English | English speech | English | English words and sentences inside an Odia note |
The Sanskrit option works in two steps. Your browser recognises the speech with its Hindi model, which writes Devanagari, and Notelo then writes each letter in Odia script. Sanskrit and Hindi share most of their sounds with Odia, so ଓଁ ନମଃ ଶିବାୟ comes out as you'd write it by hand.
| Browser | Odia option | Sanskrit → Odia option |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android | Depends on Google's speech service for Odia; try it | Yes |
| Edge on Windows and Mac | Depends on Microsoft's speech service for Odia; try it | Usually |
| Safari on iPhone, iPad and Mac | No. Apple's dictation has no Odia. | Yes |
| Firefox | No speech recognition | No speech recognition |
Speech services add languages over time, so the Odia option may start working in more browsers. When a browser can't listen in Odia, Notelo says so and you can switch to the Sanskrit option in one tap.
| for । yourself.Notelo doesn't record or keep audio. To turn speech into text, your browser sends the audio to its own speech service: Google for Chrome, Microsoft for Edge, Apple for Safari. The text that comes back is written into your note, which stays in your browser. More on the privacy page.
Typing Odia in Roman letters is often faster than correcting speech. Start with the Odia typing notepad and keep the ITRANS chart open.
Voice typing needs a browser with speech recognition: Chrome, Safari and usually Edge. Firefox has none. Whether the Odia option works depends on that browser's speech service. Apple's dictation, which Safari uses, does not offer Odia, so on iPhone, iPad and Mac use the Sanskrit option. In Chrome and Edge, try Odia first; if the browser can't listen in Odia, Notelo tells you and you can switch.
Whether a browser understands Odia speech depends on its speech service. Open the menu next to the microphone and pick the Sanskrit → Odia option. It listens in Hindi and writes what it hears in Odia script. This works well for Sanskrit and for the many words Odia shares with Hindi.
Notelo never records or keeps audio. To turn speech into text, your browser sends the audio to its own speech service: Google for Chrome, Microsoft for Edge, Apple for Safari. The text that comes back stays in your browser.
When you speak Odia or Sanskrit, a full stop at the end of a sentence becomes a danda. You can also type | for । and || for ॥ at any time.
Yes. Voice and keyboard work together. Click the word, delete it and type the right one in Roman letters, for example jagannAtha for ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ.
Click the icon at the left end of the address bar, set Microphone to Allow, then tap the microphone button again. On a phone, check that the browser itself has microphone permission in the phone's settings.