Dictate

Local-first dictation for macOS

Speak. Release.
Keep writing.

Dictate listens for the thought you already have, then returns the finished words to the field you were using. Small on screen. Clear in intent.

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macOS 26+ · Apple silicon · community build

LIVE INTERACTION macOS 26+
Focused field Your dictated words return to the focused field.
Ready

This is a visual state preview. It does not use your microphone.

Hold. Speak. Release.

  1. 01

    Hold

    Press your shortcut or tap once.

  2. 02

    Speak

    Your voice is transcribed locally.

  3. 03

    Release

    The words return to your field.

Private by default

Your voice
stays yours.

Dictate is designed around on-device recognition, local history, and explicit recovery. Raw audio is not kept as a product feature.

Local data · no account · no tracking

Made for the field

Focus decides
where words land.

Dictate follows the active accessibility target and checks it again before delivery. If the target changes, the text remains recoverable instead of going somewhere surprising.

Read the repository

A calmer writing instrument

Say the thing.
Keep your place.

The website demo is synthetic. The app is the real product: a local macOS tool for short spoken fragments, a living dictionary, and reliable insertion.

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