The fastest way to type on your Mac. Hold a hotkey, talk, and watch your words appear in any app. Nothing leaves your device. Ever.
Every detail tuned to get out of your way — and stay on your device.
Whisper runs locally on Apple Silicon. Your voice never reaches a server. No cloud, no account, no telemetry.
One hotkey. Hold to dictate, release to insert. Zero setup, zero menus.
Speak Spanish, Japanese, Arabic — type in English. Or any pair you choose.
Slack, Mail, Notes, Figma, Safari, VS Code, Linear, Notion — anywhere you can type.
Vim, tmux, your IDE — Dictate works in every TTY and text field on macOS.
Average 160 WPM dictated vs 50 WPM typed. Keep your flow.
Dictate runs Whisper entirely on your Mac. No cloud. No servers. No account. Your words never touch the internet.
Same words. Very different deal for your voice.
| Dictate | Cloud dictation | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio leaves your device | ✗ Never | ✓ Always |
| Account / sign-up required | ✗ Never | ✓ Yes |
| Works offline | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| Telemetry / analytics | ✗ Zero | ✓ Tracks usage |
| Apple Silicon optimized | ✓ Neural Engine | ✗ Server-side |
| Latency | ✓ ~200 ms | ✗ 1–3 s round-trip |
| Languages | ✓ 100+ | ✓ varies |
| Price | ✓ $2.99 /mo · $59.99 lifetime | ✗ $10–25 /mo |
Download the app, dictate as much as you want during the trial, then unlock from inside the app.
“I stopped typing emails. I just hold the key and talk. My output literally doubled in a week.”
“The only dictation app that doesn't feel like surveillance. Offline, fast, and it nails commit messages.”
“I write English emails by speaking Japanese. It's genuinely magical — and nothing leaves my Mac.”
Free download. Unlock from $2.99 when you're ready. Your voice never leaves your Mac.
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