What is Kalam
Kalam is a desktop voice dictation app. Hold a hotkey, speak, and Kalam types polished text into whatever app is in front of you — email, docs, chat, code editors.
How it works in one sentence
Your voice is transcribed by a speech-to-text engine (on your device or in the cloud), optionally polished by an AI model with awareness of the app you are typing into, and inserted at your cursor.
What you can do with it
- Dictate anywhere — system-wide hotkeys work in any text field.
- Dictation modes — switch behavior per app or task (e.g. casual chat vs formal email) with auto-activation rules.
- AI polish — an LLM rewrites raw transcripts for tone, structure, and formatting.
- Notes, snippets, dictionary — capture voice notes (or search/copy) on the same dictation hotkey, expand text shortcuts, and teach Kalam your vocabulary.
- Sync — carry your workspace across devices with a paid plan.
Where to go next
- New here? Install Kalam and do your first dictation.
- Want the mechanics? How dictation works.
- Comparing plans? Plans and pricing.