Free Online Voice Recorder
Record audio with your microphone and download it instantly.
Your recording
About the Online Voice Recorder
This recorder captures audio from your microphone and lets you preview and download it without installing anything. It is handy for quick voice memos, interview notes, pronunciation practice, podcast drafts, or a spoken reminder that is faster to record than to type. Recording, playback, and conversion all happen in the browser.
How to use it
- Click the microphone button and allow microphone access when your browser asks.
- Speak while the timer runs. Use Pause to hold the recording and resume when ready.
- Click Stop to finish. The recording card appears with a player and file size.
- Listen to the preview, then choose Download WAV or Download original.
- Click Record again to clear the result and start a new take.
A practical example
A podcaster can record a short intro, stop, and download the WAV for editing in a desktop audio editor; the WAV is uncompressed 16-bit PCM, which most editors accept without conversion. For sending a quick voice note or uploading to a web form, the original file is smaller because it keeps the browser's compressed format, such as WebM with Opus, Ogg, or M4A depending on what the browser supports.
Dependencies, limits, and privacy
Recording relies on the browser's MediaRecorder and on microphone permission; if access is denied the page shows an error and no audio is captured. WAV export needs audio decoding support, so the WAV button can be disabled while the original download still works. Paused time is excluded from the timer, but the tool does not trim, normalise, or remove background noise, and it keeps no library of past takes. Your audio stays in memory on your device and is never uploaded to a server.
Frequently asked questions
Where is my recording saved?
It is held in your browser's memory only for the current session. Nothing is uploaded, and closing or reloading the page discards it.
Why is the WAV file much larger than the original?
WAV stores uncompressed PCM samples, while the original recording uses a compressed codec such as Opus. Expect the WAV to be several times bigger.
Why is the WAV download disabled?
Your browser could not decode the recorded audio into PCM, or audio decoding is unavailable. You can still download the original file in its native format.
Related tools: Audio Trimmer, Audio Converter, Video to MP3.