Transcription Aid helps you type text from recordings.
This software is to help type in text from speech recordings. It has several functions proven to help this type of work.
However it is fully manual (aside from auto-completion), so no speech recognition if you are looking for that, but it is a great tool to do the job.
NaNoWriTool is a text editor with features specifically geared towards NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month. It contains a live word counter, daily word count target, a timer for word wars and automatic backup feature.