SpeechFast is a local voice dictation app for Apple Silicon Macs that transcribes and cleans up speech on the device, then inserts the text at the cursor. It suits users who need offline dictation and want audio to stay off remote servers.
Openbroca is a native AI dictation app for Mac that turns natural speech into refined text in the focused field of the app you are using. It supports multilingual dictation, translation, personal vocabulary, and optional screen context for Mac users who draft by voice.
Earnote is an open-source recording, transcription, and note-making app for lectures, meetings, and calls on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It creates structured notes, study materials, and exports, with local processing available on compatible devices.
OpenWhispr is open-source dictation and speech-to-text software for macOS, Windows, Linux, and iOS. It helps developers, writers, teams, and people seeking hands-free input dictate into existing apps, transcribe audio, and create meeting notes using local models or optional cloud processing.
CAKIE is a Mac app for recording your screen and voice for an AI agent. It adds a transcript and screenshot highlights, then lets you copy a prompt and paste or attach the context in another AI app.
Voicera is a macOS app that turns natural speech into cleaned, punctuated writing at the cursor and provides AI actions for selected text. It is designed for people who want to draft, revise, translate, or ask questions across the apps they use on a Mac.
VocaScript is a browser-based AI transcription tool that converts uploaded audio, video, public media links, and browser-tab media into editable text. It supports 100+ languages, speaker detection, timestamps, translation, transcript editing, and TXT export, with additional capacity and formats on paid plans.
Yubi is a press-to-talk dictation and screen-assistance utility for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 26. It transcribes speech locally into the app at the cursor and can help identify controls in the frontmost window, making it useful for hands-free writing and navigation across Mac apps.
Speek is a macOS voice assistant that lives in the Mac’s notch, turning speech into dictated or edited text, answers, and actions across supported apps and tools. It is aimed at Mac users who want hands-free writing, conversational help, and voice-controlled workflows.
Szept is a macOS app that combines keyboard dictation, AI text cleanup, screenshots, and screen recording for workflows involving AI agents and other Mac applications. It is intended for users who want to speak or show something on screen and paste the result into the app they are using.
Blurt is a free, open-source Mac dictation app that uses AssemblyAI's Dictation API to place finished spoken text into the field where you are typing. It is intended for people who want to replace some keyboard input with a hold-to-talk voice workflow.
VoiceCap is an AI meeting notetaker that records in-person and online meetings or processes uploaded audio and video. It creates searchable transcripts, summaries, decisions, and action items for individuals and teams, with support for 100+ languages and EU data storage.
MosMos is a voice-to-text productivity tool for macOS 15+ that turns speech into text in active fields, adapting wording to contexts such as chats, email, documents, code, and terminal workflows. It also records meetings and produces speaker-labeled transcripts, key takeaways, and to-do items.
Thoughts is a macOS menubar app for quickly capturing text, voice notes, and images. It helps individuals organize, search, export, and refine notes, with optional AI features connected to a user-provided provider key.
Loqua is a voice-first desktop app for macOS and Windows that turns natural speech into polished, structured text across most apps. It also supports translation, voice editing, screen-based questions, and selected hands-free desktop actions.
Dictantor is a local-first voice notebook for recording, transcribing, searching, summarizing, and sharing spoken notes on Apple devices. It is suited to people who want searchable recordings without sending audio or transcripts to the cloud.
Sayscroll is a browser-based AI teleprompter that follows your voice, records video in the browser, and supports 60+ languages. It is designed for creators, presenters, educators, podcasters, and content teams that want to read naturally and reduce retakes.
Ulpaso is a free, open-source Mac app that transcribes meetings on-device and saves the result as local Markdown files. It keeps notes, transcripts, settings, and search data on your Mac with no account or subscription required.
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe is Google’s speech-to-text model for real-time and recorded audio transcription. It helps developers and product users turn spoken language into clean, formatted text with support for multilingual audio, timestamps, and speaker attribution.
Tellie is a macOS teleprompter that follows the words you actually say, helping you stay on camera while using private notes. It is aimed at calls, interviews, presentations, and other speaking workflows where eye contact matters.