VocoSafe AI
Private, 100% offline AI dictation for Mac
VocoSafe AI launched on June 17, 2026 with 5 votes, #2,466 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Free to download. Turn speech into text entirely on your Mac. VocoSafe AI runs open-source models like Whisper, NVIDIA Parakeet and SenseVoice on-device — no cloud, no telemetry. Core dictation and transcription are always free; PRO adds AI voice activation and AI grammar.
Free dictation for macOS that runs entirely on your own Mac. Speak and the text appears in whatever app you are using. No time limit, no account, no telemetry, nothing uploaded.
Your audio and your text never leave this machine. Not while you dictate, not afterwards, not ever. Dictate into email, documents, chat or code, and the words land where your cursor already is. The model runs on your machine, not in someone's data center. Free to use, with no time limit and no account. Nothing to cancel. Requires Apple Silicon (M1 to M5) and macOS 15 or later. A connection is needed once, to download the AI model you pick. Every dictation app says it respects your data. Here are three ways to test whether this one means it. Once the model you picked has downloaded, transcription never needs a connection again. Pull the plug mid-sentence and the words still arrive. Point a…from vocosafeai.com
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