Dictation & Speech-to-Text

A privacy-first dictation keyboard that turns speech into text on-device in 12+ languages with switchable lightweight or larger models; no Wi-Fi needed.

Dead-simple one-button mic-to-clipboard dictation; on-device speech recognition keeps your voice on the phone with no accounts or settings.

Live voice typing into any app using on-device Parakeet (fast English) or Whisper (50+ languages) on the Neural Engine; transcribes mic or system audio.

Hold-to-talk offline dictation that inserts clean text in any app via Whisper-style recognition; custom vocabulary, no audio upload, one-time purchase.

On-device voice dictation using WhisperKit with optional Apple Intelligence polishing and a keyboard extension to dictate into any text field; nothing leaves the device.

On-device dictation with sub-100ms live preview and Workflows that auto-format speech into messages, notes, or to-dos — works in airplane mode.

On-device Cantonese speech-to-text for macOS using fine-tuned Whisper models, with global hotkey capture and optional local LLM cleanup.

Push-to-talk voice typing powered by WhisperKit (OpenAI Whisper), 78+ languages, fully offline after model download with auto-paste into any app.

Hotkey Mac dictation that runs 100% locally on Whisper in 99+ languages with custom vocabulary and history; voice never leaves the device.

Voice-to-text iOS keyboard powered by on-device Whisper, with Tiny/Base/Small model choices and always-on dictation in any app.

Hold-to-record voice typing with a global hotkey that transcribes via a bundled on-device model in 99 languages; fully offline, zero data collection.

Privacy-first Mac dictation powered by Whisper models that runs 100% offline, with a global hotkey and auto-paste into any app and 100+ language support.

Hotkey dictation for macOS powered by Whisper medium model, inserting text at your cursor in any app; 100% offline with 50+ language auto-detection.

Hold-to-talk dictation that pastes into the frontmost app, with on-device Whisper and Sherpa engines plus drag-and-drop file transcription.

Turns an iPhone into a wireless trackpad and dictation pad for the Mac, with speech recognition running on Apple's offline engine — no audio leaves your network.

Accessibility-focused voice typing that inserts dictated text at your cursor in any app via whisper.cpp offline, with optional BYOK cloud models.

Hotkey voice typing: invoke, tap to record, and your speech is transcribed and copied to the clipboard ready to paste into any app.

Hotkey voice-to-text for any Mac app: double-press Control, speak, and Whisper transcribes and pastes into the active field, fully offline on Apple Silicon.

Push-to-talk dictation that inserts polished text in any app, running Parakeet/WhisperKit/MLX on-device with AI cleanup and 38-language translation; cloud optional.

Menu-bar push-to-talk dictation with a fully offline WhisperKit backend on Apple Silicon, plus optional cloud/self-hosted Whisper and rewrite modes.

Hotkey voice dictation for Mac with on-device Whisper transcription and AI prompts that refine speech into emails or notes, auto-pasted into any app.

Double-tap-Command voice typing that works in any Mac app; transcription runs 100% on-device via WhisperKit so audio never hits the cloud.

Privacy-first voice-to-text for macOS with a floating panel and global hotkeys; 100% offline speech recognition inserting text into any app.

Offline AI dictation for any Mac app, using on-device speech recognition plus optional local-LLM text refinement; no accounts or cloud.

Hotkey dictation that runs 100% offline on low-latency local models like Parakeet, inserting text into any app; zero telemetry, great for messaging or coding.

Tap-to-talk dictation that runs Whisper via WhisperKit fully on-device, with confidence highlighting, custom dictionary and vocabulary biasing; audio never leaves the Mac.

One-time-purchase dictation running OpenAI Whisper fully on-device across 99+ languages, with regex fix rules and optional LLM polish; 13 cloud providers optional.

Push-to-talk Mac dictation that types at your cursor in any app, using WhisperKit for recognition and local Apple Silicon AI cleanup.

Attorney-built legal billing app that turns spoken voice memos into structured, court-ready time records using on-device voice recognition, fully offline and private.

Hotkey voice dictation that types into any macOS app, with a 100% offline whisper.cpp mode alongside an optional OpenAI Whisper API path.

On-device voice typing on the Neural Engine plus offline AI text actions to clean up, polish, and reshape dictated text.

Menu-bar voice transcription powered by a local Whisper model on Apple Silicon, copying clean text to clipboard; Pro reformatting uses Anthropic's Claude.

CapsLock voice typing for Mac running local Whisper Large v3 Turbo; transcript lands in your clipboard, with optional cloud beautify/translate.

AI voice keyboard for dictating into any app, with an offline mode so speech-to-text works without a connection for added privacy.

Free, ultra-light Mac voice transcription running 100% locally in 25+ languages, with custom vocabulary and replacements, inserting text into any app. No account.

Hold-to-talk dictation that inserts text at your cursor in any Mac app, transcribed offline via Apple's speech engine, with app-aware tone.

Hotkey voice-to-clipboard dictation across 104 languages from one local model; works fully offline, ideal for flights and air-gapped environments.

Private offline dictation for Mac that captures speech locally, transcribes on-device, and refines text with customizable Writing Profiles.

Hotkey voice typing using local Whisper v3, with an optional local-LLM rewrite via LM Studio (and cloud LLMs); inserts clean text into any app.

Keyboard extension that turns speech into text in any app and runs AI prompts on the dictation; Whisper-branded voice typing for hands-free input.

Voice-to-text with three engines including Apple Speech on-device and local Whisper, typing into any app from the menu bar, plus file import and exports.

Menu-bar voice typing with Whisper-style Tiny/Small/Large models; 100% offline, 100 languages, accent-optimized, one-time price.

Menu-bar voice-to-text for Mac: speak, stop, and the transcription lands on your clipboard. Fast on-device recognition, works fully offline.

Hotkey voice typing for the Mac powered by Whisper; audio never leaves the device and works fully offline, optimized for Apple Silicon.

Open-source menu-bar dictation that can run fully offline with local Whisper or bring-your-own cloud key; adds voice editing, read-aloud and AI chat.

Menu-bar voice typing that transcribes via local Whisper into any text field, with optional speech-to-English translation; no internet required.

Native macOS push-to-talk dictation that drops text into any app with low latency; privacy-first with no accounts or forced cloud uploads.

A tiny floating mic window that transcribes speech to your clipboard for pasting into Claude Code, Cursor or any app; uses on-device dictation.

Hotkey voice typing that inserts transcribed speech into any Mac app, powered by Apple's on-device Speech framework for privacy.

Focused menu-bar dictation that appends each spoken entry to a single running markdown file; offers optional on-device recognition and a global hotkey.

Menu-bar push-to-talk dictation that types into any app, with AI text enhancement and scene presets; audio stays on your device.

Hotkey voice typing with one-tap AI cleanup, translation and TTS; speech recognition runs on-device while LLM refinement is optionally cloud.

Menu-bar voice typing that inserts transcribed text anywhere, with a 100%-offline Local mode alongside a cloud mode for best accuracy.

Voice-first writing app with a system-wide dictation keyboard that transcribes and cleans up speech in your own style; works offline.

Mac dictation and grammar-fixer that can run fully on-device for privacy, with optional cloud ASR/LLMs plus screenshot OCR and analysis.

Voice-to-text writing assistant (Voisy) for dictating notes, emails, and documents, with offline dictation, multilingual recognition, and AI punctuation/formatting.

A flashlight you can drive entirely by voice, with all speech recognition running on-device so commands work without an internet connection.

Voice-to-text with a built-in local model for on-device transcription, plus optional cloud ASR/LLM for summaries, rewrites, and translation.

Niche 'silent alarm' that listens locally during a window and wakes you only when a fuzzy matcher hears your chosen name; no cloud, no account.

Basic voice-dictation app that converts speech to text for messages and social posts; thin listing and weak ratings (2.8 from 5 reviews).