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Life & fun · November 1, 2026

HoldTalk

Hold fn, speak, and the text appears in any Mac app

HoldTalk launched on November 1, 2026 with 63 votes, #49 of 686 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Talk instead of typing: HoldTalk turns your voice into text in every app on your Mac, twice as fast as a keyboard, and sends nothing over the internet.

HoldTalk turns your voice into text in every app on your Mac, twice as fast as typing. And your voice never leaves your Mac. 7 days of Pro free, then free up to 2,000 words a week. For Macs with Apple silicon running macOS 26 or later. 52 words per minute on a keyboard: the average Aalto University measured across 168,000 people (2018). 130 by voice: the low end of normal conversation speed. Based on a 5-day week and a 46-week year, with proofreading not counted. Gmail, Outlook, Word, Slack, WhatsApp, the software you use at work: anywhere you can type text. Talk normally, with no need to say the punctuation. Commas, periods, times and amounts write themselves. The text shows up about 0.3…from holdtalk.app

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