Fix a word once and it stays fixed.
Correct “Janish” to “Janice” right after it lands, and from then on it types Janice.
Hold fn. Talk. It’s typed.
Speak, and the words appear wherever your cursor is, in any app. Free with your own API key, or Pro with no keys at all.
Or install with Homebrew
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It types what you meant, not what you said.
You saidIt typed
I want one thing, sorry, I want the second thing
I want the second thing.
It’s, like, kind of broken, you know, the login page
It’s broken, the login page.
There are three things to do today: first fix the login, second ship the DMG, and then email Janice
There are three things to do today:
- Fix the login
- Ship the DMG
- Email Janice
It never adds words you didn’t say. When it isn’t sure, it types exactly what you said.
See it work.
Made for how people actually talk.
Soniox v5
RecommendedOur recommended choice for live dictation in English, Chinese and mixed languages. Words appear as you speak, with corrections along the way. Bring your own Soniox key, or let Pro cover it.
Small, quiet, up to date.
A menu-bar app that stays out of your way. Hold fn to dictate, or tap it once to go hands-free. Updates install with one click.
Two ways to run it.
The app is the same either way. The difference is whose API keys it dictates on.
Free
US$0 for the app
Bring your own API key. The provider bills your account for usage, usually cents a day.
- Every model: Soniox v5, Gemini, OpenRouter, iFlytek
- Your keys stay on your Mac and iPhone
- Polish and word suggestions on your OpenRouter key
- Cloud Sync and the iPhone keyboard
Pro
No API keysUS$20 a month
Dictation runs on peta Whisper’s own keys. Nothing to sign up for elsewhere, nothing to paste.
- Soniox v5 live dictation and Gemini, included
- Polish and word suggestions, included
- One subscription for every Mac and iPhone on your account
- Unlimited use; after 30 hours a month, each request waits 15 s
Pay with a card here, or in the iPhone app through the App Store. Cancel any time.
Up and running in three steps.
Download, pick how you want to pay for the models, hold fn.
Open the app.
The first time, macOS says it can’t verify the app. That’s because it isn’t registered with Apple, not a virus warning. You clear it once.
How to clear it
Press Done. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway. Confirm, then click Open Anyway once more when the app reopens.
Add a key, or sign in with Pro.
Free: for Soniox v5, get a key at console.soniox.com, choose Soniox v5 in Settings and press Verify. Other models use their provider’s key; OpenRouter models use openrouter.ai/keys.
Pro: sign in under Account and the key field is replaced by “Included with Pro”.
Hold fn and talk.
Allow the permissions macOS asks for, so the app can hear you and type for you. If fn opens the emoji picker instead, set “Press 🌐 key to” to “Do Nothing” in System Settings › Keyboard.
Your words stay yours.
Your voice goes to the transcription service you picked and nowhere else; on Pro it passes through our server in memory on the way. The app keeps no recording.
Your transcripts and corrections stay on your Mac. If you sign in, Cloud Sync keeps an encrypted copy of your API keys, settings and dictionary, so your Mac and iPhone match.
No ads, no tracking. You can delete your account and everything synced to it at any time.