Voice typing for Mac.

Tiny macOS app that turns speech to text — fast, accurate, and private. Bring your own API key, connect to the best speech models, and pay only for what you use.

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0.5 MB macOS 15.0+

Adapts to your needs

A few small settings make Typist fit the way you actually work.

  • Choose your models

    Switch between Whisper, GPT-4o Transcribe, Voxtral, and Scribe V2.

    Whisper
    GPT-4o Transcribe
    Voxtral Mini Transcribe
    Scribe V2

  • Personal dictionary

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

    Svelte
    llama.cpp
    Claude Code
    Add term…

  • Per-app instructions

    Different tone or formatting in Slack vs. email vs. code. Set once per app.

    Slack
    casual tone, lowercase
    Mail
    formal, full punctuation
    Terminal
    terse, technical
    Notion
    structured, headings

Integrates with other tools

Typist plays nicely with the rest of your setup — no walled garden, no proprietary formats.

  • AppleScript commands

    Scriptable from Shortcuts, Raycast, Alfred, or anything that speaks AppleScript.

    tell application "Typist"
    start dictation
    end tell

  • Local, readable history

    Transcripts are plain files on your Mac — searchable in Spotlight, Alfred, or Raycast.

    2026-05-11 09-14-22.txt
    2026-05-11 10-02-47.txt
    2026-05-10 17-38-05.txt
    2026-05-10 14-11-19.txt

  • Text-based config

    Under the hood, settings are plain text files — diff, version, or edit them directly.

    ~/.typist
    dictionary.txt
    instructions.md
    instructions/
    Mail.md
    Slack.md
    Telegram.md

No subscription

You pay the transcription provider per minute of audio — no Typist account, no per-seat pricing.

  • Bring your own key

    Paste your provider API key into Typist and start dictating. Switch providers whenever you want.

  • No accounts

    No sign-up, no login. Nothing to forget, nothing to cancel.

  • No middleman

    Typist isn’t a server. Audio goes from your Mac to the provider you picked — nowhere else.

No overreach

Typist tries to take as little as possible — of your data, your permissions, and your machine.

  • No data collection

    No telemetry. Transcripts, keywords, and settings live on your Mac. The provider sees only the audio you send.

  • Minimal permissions

    Asks for the microphone and Accessibility (to paste into the focused app). Nothing else.

  • Small footprint

    0.5 MB on disk. Low CPU, memory, and battery use.

Changelog

Here's a summary of the last 16 updates:

  • 0.31.0   May 05   Update app icon and HUD design
  • 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
  • 0.28.0   Mar 18   Simplify transcript history
  • 0.27.0   Mar 18   Simplify app updater
  • 0.26.0   Mar 12   Add Recent Transcripts submenu for browsing past transcripts
  • 0.25.0   Mar 08   Redesign recording HUD and settings UI
  • 0.24.0   Mar 03   Add new transcription providers and Whisper model support
  • 0.23.0   Feb 09   Make Shift Shift the default activation shortcut
  • 0.22.0   Feb 04   Add Enter Enter shortcut to transcribe and send messages
  • 0.21.0   Feb 02   Make "Refine speech" more aggressive at detecting implicit restarts
  • 0.20.0   Jan 24   Add intent-based speech refinement for cleaner transcripts
  • 0.19.0   Jan 16   Update app icon and add dictionary editor with sidebar tabs in settings
  • 0.18.0   Jan 13   Improve paste detection for Cursor and other Electron apps
  • 0.17.0   Jan 11   Show transcript overlay when paste fails

See full changelog

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