andrew dictate
ALPHAescape the keyboard.
speech to text for macOS, with the models on your mac. i made it because i wanted this without a subscription or my voice going to a server. i use it all day. it's alpha, and the rough parts are on this page.
dictate
hold fn, talk, let go. the text lands where your cursor is.
~460 mb · english, or 25 languages · a dictionary for the words it mishears
record a meeting
pick the app from the menu bar. press stop and you have one markdown file, speakers split out, everything in english.
~2.9 gb · no audio kept · you start it, you stop it
apple silicon · macOS 26 · free forever · MIT
the build is unsigned, because i haven't paid apple the $99 for a developer membership. so the first launch needs right-click → open, or this once:
where your words go
nowhere. two things in the app touch the network, and you trigger both: downloading a speech model at setup, and the check for updates button, which asks github for the latest version. no account, no analytics, no crash reports. your dictations are kept in a local history you can switch off or wipe.
against the one everyone pays for
- source
- oursMIT
- theirsclosed