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AI · September 28, 2026

Zumbo

Open source local AI voice-to-text for Mac for private STT

Zumbo launched on September 28, 2026 with 65 votes, #495 of 8,042 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Open source dictation for Mac. Local AI models turn your speech into text in about a fifth of a second, with near perfect accuracy and complete privacy. Vocabulary packs, Notes, Meeting mode. Pay once.

Zumbo uses local AI models on your Mac to instantly turn what you say into text, with near perfect accuracy and complete privacy, in every app. 3 days, everything unlocked, no card. Then $15, once. macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon. Zumbo writes only in your main language's alphabet, so English never comes out in Cyrillic. Type the correct spelling under Should be to replace it, or just teach the word as it is. Ship the release notes, then tell the team staging is green. Can you tell the team staging is green and the release notes are merged ? Press your shortcut to start, press it again to stop. Or hold it and talk. Terminal, Slack, Mail, Xcode, Notion, a browser form: if you can put a…from zumbo.app

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