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Products that do what Wordmate does

Fast voice-to-text fully local on your Mac

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   Walkie▲228

   Free local AI voice dictation tool

   Apr 2026 · trywalkie.com

2. 2
   Dictato▲93

   Local instant voice-to-text for every Mac

   Feb 2026 · dicta.to

3. 3
   TongueType for macOS▲109

   Local dictation for macOS without the subscription

   May 2026 · tonguetype.app

4. 4
   Speakmac▲78

   Private voice typing for Mac that works anywhere

   Apr 2026 · speakmac.app

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   MacWhisper▲123

   High quality text transcription with OpenAI's whisper on Mac

   2023

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   Harker▲138

   Turn thoughts into text at the speed of speech

   2025

7. 7
   TalkFlowy▲75

   Local real-time voice transcription for Mac

   Apr 2026 · talkflowy.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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   Yap▲140

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

   Jul 2026 · frigade.com

10. 10
    Qwen Scribe – local transcription and dictation for Apple Silicon▲97

    Private, local transcription and system-wide dictation for Apple Silicon. - VladUZH/qwen-scribe

    Jul 2026 · github.com

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    Stenox▲72

    Your voice, perfectly transcribed in every app & browser

    Jan 2026

12. 12
    Wordwand▲83

    AI anywhere you type. 10x your productivity

    Feb 2026 · wordwand.co

13. 13
    Harker 2.0▲115

    Private speech-to-text on your Mac

    Apr 2026 · getharker.com

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    Vox ▲27

    Superb free Voice-to-Text that never leaves your device

    Jun 2026 · vox.rizenhq.com

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    AI dication by Snaply▲101

    Free, 100% local, AI dictation for Mac

    Jan 2026

16. 16
    VoiSistant▲80

    AI-powered speech to text, tts, & translation Mac app

    Oct 2025

17. 17
    Speech To Markdown▲83

    Harness local AI for notes

    Jul 2026 · voice-to-md.xajik0.workers.dev

18. 18
    TypingMate▲92

    Create AI Shortcuts and use anywhere on your iPhone

    Jan 2026

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    OpenWhisper – free, local, and private voice-to-text macOS app▲37

    I wanted a voice-to-text app but didn't trust any of the proprietary ones with my privacy. So I decided to see if I could vibe code it with 0 macOS app & Swift experience. It uses a local binary of whisper.cpp (a fast implementation of OpenAI's Whisper voice-to-text model in C++). Github: https://github.com/richardwu/openwhisper I also decided to take this as an opportunity to compare 3 agentic coding harnesses: Cursor w/ Opus 4.6: - Best one-shot UI by far - Didn't get permissioning correct - Had issues making the "Cancel recording" hotkey being turned on all the…

    Feb 2026 · github.com

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    Termly▲82

    Mobile + voice access for Claude Code and terminal AI tools

    Nov 2025

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    AriaType v0.1▲74

    Open-source AI voice input

    Apr 2026 · ariatype.com

22. 22
    VoxTori▲70

    Real-time subtitles, translation, and dictation for Mac

    Apr 2026 · voxtori.com

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    VoicePad AI▲53

    Offline voice dictation for Windows, Mac, iOS & Android

    Jul 2026 · voicepad.tech

24. 24PF
    Privacy-First Voice-to-Text for macOS▲31

    Sep 2025 · github.com

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