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CLUSTER MACOS-SPEECH-TEXT · 23 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-12

Local macOS dictation apps

These products are macOS dictation apps that transcribe speech locally on-device, typically inserting text at the cursor or copying to clipboard when a hotkey is held. The cluster's dated history before the index is too thin to read a shape from (only 0 dated entries), so it predates the index or its members are undated. Among members with activity signals, jot-gemini-transcribe-macOS leads with 483 stars, followed by typevoice (12) and steno (11).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2026: 4SEP 2026: 14OCT 2026: 5
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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 · 1 hand-coded · 19 unlabelled

Operator · 15 hobby · 1 indie · 1 commercial · 3 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. 01jot-gemini-transcribe-macOS483★1 mo—A macOS dictation app that uses AI to transcribe speech into text while holding a key.
  2. 02steno11★13 dayslivehobbymacOS dictation utility that transcribes speech into text at the cursor using on-device transcription and no cloud upload.
  3. 03typevoice12★19 dayslivecommercialLocal dictation app for Mac that transcribes speech to text instantly in any app, keeping data on device.
  4. 04viskly3★19 daysliveindieLocal dictation app for macOS that transcribes speech while a hotkey is held and inserts text at the cursor without uploading audio.
  5. 05transcrit2★15 dayslivehobbyDictation app for Windows and macOS that transcribes the user's voice into text and inserts it into the active field using their own external speech-to-text API key.
  6. 06voice-pill1★15 dayslivehobbyMacOS dictation app that turns speech into text while a key is held and pastes the transcription at the cursor, with live captions.
  7. 07my-whisper4★28 days—hobbymacOS dictation app that transcribes speech locally when a hotkey is held and inserts text into the active field.
  8. 08talkie2★16 days—hobbyMacOS dictation tool that pastes transcribed speech at the cursor when a hotkey is held, using OpenRouter speech models.
  9. 09imnotpayingforwisprflow2★8 days—hobbyMac app that converts speech to corrected text and inserts it at the cursor with a keyboard shortcut, running locally without subscriptions or API keys.
  10. 10reed0★15 dayslivehobbyLocal-only voice dictation app for macOS that lets users hold a shortcut, speak, and have text inserted at the cursor.
  11. 11diktovka1★1 day—hobbymacOS app that turns spoken Russian into text offline and inserts the dictated text at the cursor while a key is held.
  12. 12pegel1★18 days—macOS dictation app that transcribes speech to text at the cursor with a keyboard shortcut, entirely on-device.
  13. 13liana-releases0★15 days—hobbyMac app that inserts dictated speech into any text field via a global hotkey, with local transcription and vocabulary customization.
  14. 14tiro3★2 molivemacOS dictation tool that transcribes speech into any text field, offering low-cost voice input without a subscription.
  15. 15ztype0★1 day—hobbymacOS app that predicts the next words as the user types and inserts them only when accepted, offering local autocomplete for any text field.
  16. 16maramax0★9 dayslivehobbyMacOS app that transcribes speech into text on-device, copying it to the clipboard with a keyboard shortcut.
  17. 17claude-dictation-hotkey0★2 days—hobbyKeyboard shortcut utility that lets macOS users dictate to an AI desktop app hands-free by holding a key and using its built-in transcription.
  18. 18local-flow0★26 days—hobbymacOS dictation app that transcribes speech into text in 99 languages fully offline and inserts it into the active app.
  19. 19VoicePop0★1 molivehobbymacOS utility that transcribes speech to text locally when the user holds a key, typing into whichever app is active.
  20. 20whisper-hotkey0★26 days—hand-codedhobbymacOS utility that transcribes speech via a hotkey using on-device speech recognition and pastes the text into the focused field.

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