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Local real-time voice transcription for Mac

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   Speakmac▲190

   The offline dictation macOS should have had

   Nov 2025

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   Whisper Snapper for Mac▲139

   Local transcripts with speaker labels, timestamps, + export

   Dec 2025

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   Walkie▲228

   Free local AI voice dictation tool

   Apr 2026

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   Dictato▲93

   Local instant voice-to-text for every Mac

   Feb 2026

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   TalkTastic for macOS▲520

   Context-aware voice keyboard for any app

   2024

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   HyNote for Mac▲383

   Free local transcription that is 100% Private

   17d ago · hynote.ai

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   Phantom Voice▲79

   Local push-to-talk dictation for Mac

   Jul 2026 · leftinverse.com

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   Juno▲167

   Free, local AI powered Voice to Text w/ live transcriptions

   Jun 2026 · usejuno.co

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   Spoke▲102

   Private voice-to-text for macOS. Hold a key, speak, done.

   Mar 2026

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    Yap▲140

    Open-source voice dictation for Mac, fully on-device

    Jul 2026 · frigade.com

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    Speakmac▲78

    Private voice typing for Mac that works anywhere

    Apr 2026 · speakmac.app

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    Spokenly▲178

    Type 4x faster with your voice

    2025

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    SpeakoFlow▲95

    Free, open-source voice dictation and AI assistant, offline

    Aug 2026 · speakoflow.com

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    Voice Anywhere▲152

    A floating mic that turns your speech into text anywhere

    Feb 2026

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    LocalClicky▲127

    Control your Mac with your voice locally

    Jun 2026 · github.com

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    JustScribe▲117

    On-device instant voice transcription

    Feb 2026

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    Dictly – Local, real‑time voice‑to‑text for macOS (sub‑100ms, no cloud)▲10

    TL;DR: I built a native macOS dictation app that transcribes locally and instantly. Text appears as you speak (measured ~100 ms first‑character latency). No accounts, no servers, no tracking. Links: • Website: https://dictly.app • Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/dictly-no-keys-just-clarity/id... • Free download; optional Pro tier (pipelines, unlimited history, etc.) What it does Real‑time transcription — streaming text while you talk, not after you stop. Quick‑Capture Overlay (macOS) — global hotkey, drop text into any app/field.…

    Oct 2025 · dictly.app

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    TongueType for macOS▲109

    Local dictation for macOS without the subscription

    May 2026 · tonguetype.app

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    Whisper Notes▲115

    Offline AI Speech to Text Transcription for iOS & macOS

    2025

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    Yap – OSS on-device voice dictation for macOS with no model to download▲104

    Hey HN! I wanted to share this OSS project I've been working on. It's called Yap and its a small menu-bar app for macOS that does voice to text for any input. You'll set a hotkey, press it, talk, press it again, and the text gets pasted into whatever field you were in. Everything runs locally and never leaves your computer. Fully OSS and MIT licensed. With macOS 26, Apple recently added two new APIs, SpeechAnalyzer and SpeechTranscriber, that do streaming on-device speech to text using models the OS ships and manages. So the app ships no model of its own and loads nothing before the first…

    Jul 2026 · github.com

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    Megaphone▲102

    Open-source Mac dictation App that's 100% on-device

    Jul 2026 · megaphone.kuber.studio

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    Whisper Island by Coddo▲71

    Voice transcription lives in the Mac notch

    May 2026 · coddo.ai

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    AI dication by Snaply▲101

    Free, 100% local, AI dictation for Mac

    Jan 2026

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    Aloud▲118

    Turn spoken feedback into tasks your coding agent can run

    17d ago · aloud.sh

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