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AI · October 12, 2026

Openbroca

Lightweight AI dictation for Mac that sounds like you

Openbroca launched on October 12, 2026 with 94 votes, #149 of 3,084 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

What it does

Openbroca is a native Swift AI dictation app for Mac, with a ~6.5 MB download. Press a shortcut, speak naturally, and get clean text right where you're typing. It removes fillers and repetition while keeping your meaning and tone, with no prompt tweaking. Includes a personal dictionary that learns from corrections, Typeless dictionary import, and translation into 28 languages. All features are free to try.

The best Typeless alternative for Mac. Turn your voice into clear text in the apps you use, with AI cleanup, a personal dictionary, and translation.

The best Typeless alternative for Mac. Speak naturally, and Openbroca turns your words into clear text in the app you're using. Press ⌥ Space and talk the way you normally do. Openbroca turns it into clean, ready-to-send text in the Mac app you’re using, and it still sounds like you. Setting up for the first time? Watch the step-by-step walkthrough on YouTube Set your microphone, shortcuts, and translation language in Preferences. Add your own vocabulary and choose whether to use Screen Context. Your vocabulary. Add names, terms, and preferred spellings to your dictionary. Openbroca can also learn from corrections you make right after dictation. Start with a shortcut. Press ⌥ Space to start…from openbroca.com

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