# Speechfire

> Speechfire is an extension that provides offline speech-to-text functionality into any focused text field.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/speechfire](https://chrome-stats.com/d/speechfire)

## Overview

- **ID:** `speechfire`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jejkobb & sasoder
- **Category:** language-support,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 279
- **Weekly downloads:** 18
- **Rating:** 3.13 / 5 (8 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5
- **Last updated:** 2024-11-22
- **First published:** 2024-11-21
- **Size:** 242 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-10-23
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/speechfire/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Jejkobb/Speechfire](https://github.com/Jejkobb/Speechfire)

## Description

Speechfire is a powerful offline speech-to-text Chrome extension that transforms your browser into a versatile dictation tool. Utilizing OpenAI's Whisper AI model running locally through a Python backend, it enables accurate voice transcription into any focused text input field without sending data to the cloud, ensuring your privacy and local data security.

Key features include support for multiple languages, universal compatibility with any text field, easy toggling via Alt+A hotkey, and cross-platform functionality on Windows and Linux. Speechfire requires a local server installation and operates completely offline, making it ideal for users who want reliable and private speech recognition integrated directly into their browsing experience. This open-source extension balances advanced AI technology with user control and privacy, perfect for productivity and accessibility needs.

## Rankings

- #7,206 — Overall
- #319 — Language Support
- #18 — text to speech
- #20 — speech to text
- #24 — speech
- #60 — ai tech

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/speechfire)