Ownvox

What it does

Ownvox brings voice to every app on Mac and Windows. Press a shortcut, speak, and the text appears right at your cursor: ChatGPT, Mail, Slack, your editor, anywhere. No window hopping, no copy and paste. It's three tools in one: dictation, voice prompts to AI, and AI Skills that rewrite selected text in place. Transcription runs locally (Parakeet, Whisper), so your voice stays on your device. One toggle for offline or EU cloud. Privacy-first and GDPR compliant.

Speak into any app on Mac and Windows, right at your cursor. Local Whisper transcription, your voice never leaves your device. No cloud, no account.

One hotkey. Dictate into any app. Get an AI answer right at your cursor, on-device by default , cloud only when you choose. Typing slows you down. Every app switch breaks your focus. By the time you find the right tool, the idea is gone. Cloud dictation apps send your voice to remote servers. Built-in OS tools are limited and clunky. Either way, you give up privacy or quality. A tool that grows with you: on-device by default, cloud speed where you want it, and your own AI building blocks for the tasks you do every day. Ownvox runs system-wide on Mac and Windows. Wherever a text field is blinking (email, browser, editor, notes or team chat), you can dictate. No copy-paste, no plugins. App…from ownvox.app

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