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Braina 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Braina
Braina
3.8
(22)

Pricing

Starting at $59.00 per year

About Braina

Braina is a speech-to-text and voice control software that converts your speech into text, allowing you to control your PC using voice commands.

Braina was designed by professionals for professionals, as well as businesses and individuals who want to make their lives easier while also saving time and money.

Braina has been used by thousands of businesses and professionals in more than 180 countries to convert speech into text and voice control PC.

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Braina Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $59.00 per year
Free Trial
Free Version

Braina Lite

$0.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

  • Dictionary and Thesaurus
  • English Text to Speech Reader
  • English Voice Commands
  • Files
  • Folders and Websites
  • Mathematics
  • Notes
  • Open Programs
  • Play/Search Songs and Videos
  • Remote Wifi Mouse
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Braina Pro

$59.00

flat rate, per year

Plan includes:

  • Artificial Brain
  • Custom Voice Commands
  • Dictate in Any Software
  • Multi-Language Command
  • Non-English Text to Speech Reader
  • Premium Support
  • Teach Custom Replies
  • Voice Music/ Media Control
  • Window Control

Braina Pro Lifetime

$199.00

flat rate, one time

Plan includes:

  • Artificial Brain
  • Custom Voice Commands
  • Dictate in Any Software
  • Multi-Language Command
  • Non-English Text to Speech Reader
  • Premium Support
  • Teach Custom Replies
  • Voice Music/ Media Control
  • Window Control

Braina Features

  • Popular features found in Speech Recognition
    Audio Capture
    Concatenated Speech
    Customizable Macros
    Voice Recognition
  • More features of Braina
    Automatic Transcription
    Multi-Language

Braina User Reviews

Overall Rating

3.8

Ratings Breakdown

5

45%

4

32%

3

0%

2

0%

1

23%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.7

Value for money

3.6

Customer support

3.6

Functionality

3.5

rf

romay zuleima f.

Verified reviewer

Used other for unspecified

Review source

Reviewed June 2018

Tasks done only with the voice, amaizing

5

easy way of writing a text

Ratings Breakdown

5
Ease of use
4
Value for money
5
Customer support
5
Functionality
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Pros:
Other activities can be done while it is possible to create a written text only with the use of the voice
Cons:
It is necessary to review and edit the written texts because of some misinterpreted terms. The cost is a little bit expensive

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BE

Brian E.

Verified reviewer

Internet

Self-Employed

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Use Your Braina

4

It had a learning curve that was difficult for me, and though all the features I needed Braina had and all performed quite well, it was too pricey for me. Overall performance, however, A+ from me.

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
3
Value for money
2
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
User-friendly from the outset, great accuracy and very elastic - meaning it works just as well no matter where the text is being placed; emails, blogs, social media posts, most word platforms compatible with Windows. Ambient noise seems not to interfere with Braina's transcription, another plus.
Cons:
The trial version does not provide what Braina says the Pro version does, and without any proper tutorials buying Braina up front is the best way to get the service quality expected. It's a Windows-only platform right now, which means I cannot use it on my Chromebook.

Reasons for choosing Braina

Ultimately, I chose Lily Speech for its simplicity and economy. The others I maintain as back-up platforms.

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SC

Stephanie C.

Verified reviewer

Publishing

Self-Employed

Used daily for free trial

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

Inaccurate and clunky

1

The money-back guarantee is very difficult to find on the website--I actually never saw the details of it until I emailed customer support to ask. It's on me for not reading the fine print, but be warned: This is NOT a true money-back guarantee. You only get 88 percent of your investment back. That means it cost me $23.99 to try out a clunky, outdated, and functionally useless software for half a day. Yuck! The customer service was also terrible, with slow response times to email and blunt, unfriendly replies.

Ratings Breakdown

1
Ease of use
1
Value for money
1
Customer support
1
Functionality
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Pros:
The software was compatible with MS Word's comment feature (I could dictate into comment bubbles).
Cons:
The dashboard interface looked outdated--like something from the late nineties--and was complicated to learn. Voice commands were not intuitive. But the deal breaker to me was the quality of dictation. I tried with three different microphones: my laptop's built-in mic (which would have been most convenient), a relatively cheap headset (which is the most comfortable one I have), and a high-end gaming headset (which I would have expected to work the best). None of the mic options allowed me to dictate with any measure of precision. I do not have a strong accent, and I speak clearly and distinctly due to years of competitive speech and debate, with multiple speaker awards, including first place speaker at a national collegiate tournament. I say that not to brag but to emphasize "It's not me, it's you." The free dictation tool built in to Microsoft Word worked better than this product.

Reasons for choosing Braina

I didn't try it OVER these products; I tried it ALONGSIDE these products.

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CC

Charles Richard C.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2022

Great Command and Dictation software in one.

4

I've found Braina very powerful once you climb the learning curve of understanding how it works and what it can do.

Ratings Breakdown

5
Ease of use
5
Value for money
4
Customer support
5
Functionality
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Pros:
An affordable, highly reliable and versatile voice command and dictation package.
Cons:
No real on boarding tutorial. Users must read web site documentation and explore the package through trial and error.

Reasons for choosing Braina

Cost and feature set.

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SP

Srinivas P.

Retail

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2017

Responsive and Cool

4

Saves time compared to typing.

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
5
Value for money
5
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
Very light software. Easy to install and use. I use it to dictate emails in gmail and word. Works decently even in noisy environment. I also like the artificial brain feature which remembers information.
Cons:
It opens up a speech recognition window. What you speak appears in this window and also in the software in which you are dictating. I can minimize this window and continue to dictate but i can't understand the need of providing this extra speech recognition window .

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JT

Jason T.

E-Learning

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2017

Very, very disappointed

1

None - it does not work as it should

Ratings Breakdown

2
Ease of use
1
Value for money
1
Functionality
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Pros:
It takes fewer computer resources than Dragon. I can run it with other applications open - Dragon drags the computer performance down.
Cons:
It doesn't work correctly... I have tried, but it wastes more time than it saves. I really don't like having to do this, but people need to be warned about products like this. I have used Dragon for a long time. It is disappointing for a lot of reasons, but at least it works. You can dictate long sentences to Braina and the text it copies to the application does not include everything you said. You may not be aware that Braina opens a window where it types what you say, it seems to think about it for a moment, and then it copies the text to the open application (e.g. Word). But often what you see in Word and what is in the Braina window are different! If you are quick enough you can manually copy the text, but it disappears after a moment. And it usually gets the punctuation wrong - there may be operator error, but if you dictate "the cat likes dogs, and fish like food" you will either get "...dogs, and ..." , or get "...dogs , and..." (i.e. with a space), or "... dogs comma and fish..." (i.e. with the word). I have an Australian accent, but I speak at many international conferences and people comment how clear my accent is. Not that it matters, but the user interface is ugly. But if it worked I would not care.

Vendor Response

The default language is English (United States). As you are from Australia, you will need to select English (Australia) as your speech recognition language for the software to work correctly.

Replied August 2017

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IT

Ian T.

Verified reviewer

Computer Games

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2021

Shoddy support, no bug fixes, and stops functioning correctly 10-15 minutes into using.

1

The program has far too many bugs. ZERO support, Does not come close to the advertised functionality, and any user rating this product above a 3 is part of the company or only uses it to dictate onto a notepad. DO NOT buy this program.

Ratings Breakdown

1
Ease of use
1
Value for money
1
Customer support
1
Functionality
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Pros:
You can change the response voice. That is literally the only good thing I can pull from this product.
Cons:
- The program does not recognize accents of any kind. Customer support for this problem only deflects with the excuse "Our program 100% knows everything" - It word or name alias does not function at all - It stops recognizing any command input the moment it goes "inactive" once. It goes inactive after receiving no voice commands after 30 seconds. Developers have mentioned this is a feature. - I purchased pro because they advertised improved functionality and more features, but the features don't work. - Program does not actually learn. It only learns by text file and even with importing a text file it doesn't properly learn. Forums and support shows this isn't fixed and the Devs/Community manager reinforce this isn't a problem when it has existed for several years - as reported by myself and several other users.

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VR

Verified
Reviewer

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2018

Using this software was a wonderful experience. In addition to being very easy when installing it on

5

It provides voice command functions allowing you to search the web, open files, programs and websites, find information, set reminders, take notes and much more. You can also use the voice to dictate text to a Windows computer, automate processes and improve personal and business productivity.

Ratings Breakdown

5
Ease of use
4
Value for money
4
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
What I liked the most was being able to interact with the computer only with my voice, it is not necessary to use the keyboard.

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JK

Jason K.

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2017

Voice automation and dictation makes tasks easier

5

Time savings and productivity increased

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
5
Value for money
4
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
It is not just a simple dictation tool or personal assistant. It is a complete speech recognition enabled automation package. It helps in doing most of the tasks I do on computer without using keyboard or mouse. I use it to write emails, dictate documents, set reminders, as a notes database, voice command applications, listen songs, transcribe recorded audio files to text and
Cons:
UI is simple to use which is a plus point but it can also be made attractive to look more appealing.

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MS

Mohamed S.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

11-50 employees

Used daily for free trial

Review source

Reviewed April 2019

Braina Pro - Speech recognition program

1

Very bad experience. Never buy any product from them. When I asked for a refund during the 7 days money back guarantee they ignored my request.

Ratings Breakdown

1
Ease of use
1
Value for money
1
Customer support
1
Functionality
icon
Pros:
There is a lot of other Free programs that can do its functions so don't bother to buy it.
Cons:
Bad customer service Software has bugs - while using the transcription feature, the popup starts over and let you lose all the transcribed text.

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