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CLUSTER DICTATION-MACOS-TEXT · 22 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-29

macOS on-device dictation apps

This cluster is a set of macOS dictation apps that convert speech to text locally and insert it into the focused application, with some adding optional AI cleanup, writing styles, or cloud transcription. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from: it has 0 dated entries before the index start, so it predates the index or its members are undated. On traction, aerivoice leads with 16 stars, while saywrite (3 stars) and echoflow (1 stars) trail.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 15OCT 2026: 4
AUG 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 5 hand-coded · 15 unlabelled

Operator · 14 hobby · 3 indie · 1 open source · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01betterwispr235★1 dayliveopen sourcemacOS dictation app that types spoken words into any application via on-device speech recognition, with voice commands and meeting transcript support.
  2. 02aerivoice16★18 days—hobbymacOS dictation tool that converts speech to text and optionally cleans up the result with AI.
  3. 03echoflow1★14 dayslivehobbyOn-device dictation app for macOS that converts spoken words into text and inserts it into the focused application using local speech models.
  4. 04saywrite3★12 days—hobbymacOS dictation app that converts spoken words into text instantly and applies AI corrections only when needed, supporting English and German.
  5. 05saywrite2★13 days—hand-codedhobbyLocal macOS dictation app that transcribes spoken words instantly while talking and applies AI corrections only to sentences that need them.
  6. 06sayszz12★1 mo—hobbymacOS dictation utility that converts voice into text at the active cursor using local models without sending audio to the cloud.
  7. 07omil2★20 days—hobbyMac dictation app that converts speech to text locally, with cleanup modes, a personal dictionary, snippets, and history replay.
  8. 08YouJustSay0★6 dayslivehand-codedhobbymacOS voice input app that converts spoken words into text using a user-provided API key and optional formatting.
  9. 09orca-read-aloud1★19 dayslivehand-codedhobbyPlugin for an AI coding agent that speaks a short summary of each completed reply using the Mac's local voice.
  10. 10kvoice1★13 dayslivehand-codedindieDesktop dictation app that converts speech into polished text in any Mac app, with options to summarize or translate.
  11. 11freeflow-mac9★1 mo—hobbyOffline dictation application for Apple Silicon Macs that transcribes spoken words into text using local on-device AI models.
  12. 12plancast0★20 dayslivehand-codedhobbymacOS command-line tool that converts documents and articles into two-voice audio briefings using local AI.
  13. 13UFlow3★1 mo—macOS dictation app that provides on-device speech-to-text voice input as an alternative to commercial dictation tools.
  14. 14local-dictation0★2 days—hobbyInstant dictation app for macOS that turns speech into cleaned text at the cursor using on-device recognition and local AI cleanup.
  15. 15ava0★20 days—hobbyOn-device macOS voice utility that provides dictation, text-to-speech, and live call transcription while keeping all audio and transcripts on the machine.
  16. 16typehey0★15 daysliveDesktop application that converts spoken words into clean text at the cursor in any application on macOS and Windows.
  17. 17VOCA0★1 moliveindiemacOS dictation app that converts speech to text with optional local AI cleanup and customizable writing styles.
  18. 18local-dictation0★6 days—hobbymacOS app that turns speech into text locally, supports microphone and headset selection, and can refine dictation with local AI formatting.
  19. 19untyped0★15 days—hobbyA macOS dictation utility that converts spoken Korean into polished sentences, removing fillers and applying corrections directly at the cursor.
  20. 20ramble0★23 days—indieVoice dictation app for macOS and iOS that transcribes speech into any app and cleans filler words from dictated text.

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