Accurate dictation for Mac.

Free macOS app that turns speech to text with high accuracy in any language.

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0.5 MB macOS 26+ API key

  • Double-tap Shift to dictate

    Tap again to stop. The text lands wherever your cursor is.

    ⇧
    shift
    ×2
    Z
    X
     
    fn
    ⌃
    control
    ⌥
    option
    ⌘
    command

  • Mixed-language dictation

    Handles sentences that switch language halfway through.

    Hi Oscar, the Sabre numbers are ready. I'll send them over mañana. Muchas gracias for the notes

  • Personal dictionary

    Teach it the names, jargon, and acronyms it would otherwise mishear.

    Schrute Scranton Beesly Sabre Halpert Vance Kapoor Add term…

  • Minimal permissions

    Asks for the microphone and accessibility (to be able to paste) and nothing else.

    • Microphone
    • Accessibility
    • Screen Recording
    • Full Disk Access

  • Nobody in the middle

    Your audio goes straight to the transcription service. We never see it.

    POST
    api.openai.com/v1/audio/transcriptions
    Authorization: Bearer sk-••••••••
    Content-Type: multipart/form-data
    file: dictation.wav

  • Small footprint

    Takes just 0.5 MB on disk, and barely any memory or CPU.

    Size 0.5 MB
    Memory 12 MB
    CPU (idle) 0.0%

If you want to go further

Every transcript is piped through your script before it’s typed — fix casing, expand shorthand, or run it through an LLM.

#!/bin/sh
if ["$TYPIST_APP"="Slack"];then
tr'[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'
else
cat
fi

Changelog

Here's a summary of the last 10 updates:

  • 0.38.0   Aug 09   Transcribe with a single cloud model, GPT Transcribe
  • 0.37.0   Jul 28   Load models while you dictate, so the first dictation isn't slow
  • 0.36.0   Jul 27   Transcribe entirely on your Mac — cloud providers are gone
  • 0.35.0   Jul 12   Restore double-shift activation and add alternate-language dictation
  • 0.34.0   Jun 26   Tap the right Command key to toggle recording
  • 0.33.0   Jun 06   Paste more smartly and auto-retry stalled transcriptions
  • 0.32.0   May 06   Add xAI as a model provider
  • 0.31.0   May 05   Update the app icon to match the new menu bar icon
  • 0.30.0   May 04   Add option to copy transcripts to clipboard
  • 0.29.0   Apr 16   Redesign HUD with backdrop blur and refined shape

See full changelog

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