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CLUSTER TEXT-DICTATION-SPEECH · 12 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-09-09

On-device macOS dictation

Cluster of macOS dictation apps that convert spoken words to text on-device, placing output at the cursor for privacy. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from, as it has no dated entries before the index start. Plainsay leads traction with 9 stars, followed by verb with 5 and driftflow with 4.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

SEP 2026: 9OCT 2026: 3
SEP 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 · 1 ai-built · 1 hand-coded · 10 unlabelled

Operator · 9 hobby · 1 indie · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 12 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01driftflow4★9 dayslivePrivacy-focused dictation app for Mac and Windows that lets users hold a key, speak, and have their words inserted into any text field, with all transcription occurring on-device.
  2. 02verb5★14 days—hobbyOn-device dictation app for macOS that converts spoken words into text at the cursor position with privacy.
  3. 03cursay1★18 daysliveindieOpen-source system-wide dictation app that transcribes spoken words into the active cursor position on macOS and Ubuntu.
  4. 04Mindtalk1★12 days—On-device dictation app for macOS that converts speech to text in 25 languages, emphasizing privacy and speed.
  5. 05Dictor1★6 days—hand-codedhobbymacOS dictation app that converts speech to text under the cursor using on-device recognition for privacy.
  6. 06macmic0★18 days—hobbyDesktop utility that converts spoken words into text at the current cursor location, with configurable vocabulary.
  7. 07murmur0★14 days—hobbyMac desktop app that dictates spoken words into typed, punctuated text in any application, running entirely on the device.
  8. 08whisper-flow0★2 days—hobbymacOS dictation app that converts spoken words into typed text at the cursor using on-device recognition so nothing leaves the computer.
  9. 09saps0★11 dayslivehobbyNative macOS app that explains text under the pointer using on-device AI, with configurable shortcuts and no chat history.
  10. 10VoiceAI0★10 days—hobbyDictation app for macOS that turns held-key speech into text at the cursor, with local recognition and support for Polish and English.
  11. 11local-flow0★8 days—ai-builthobbymacOS dictation app that runs on-device and converts spoken words into cleaned, punctuated text at the cursor when a key is held.
  12. 12LocalFlow0★29 dayslivehobbyA macOS dictation app that converts speech to text entirely on-device for private, offline typing.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.