James

I have a physical disability, and while I can type, it’s a slower process for me. I’ve especially noticed that since I decided to go back to school. Finding Superwhisper has absolutely changed things for me. I no longer dread writing papers.

Because of its ability to create custom modes, I’ve even created a mode that allows me to do my coding classes and use voice to text to input code into IDEs. It’s been an absolute game changer for me. I have used other voice dictation apps on the Mac before, and they work, but none of them have the customization that Superwhisper offers me.

One of my favorite features that I have not seen other voice dictation apps offer is the ability to activate dictation with your mouse rather than hotkeys. While using hotkeys is not a problem, sometimes it’s easier to just use your mouse, especially in my case when I have my keyboard locked a lot of the time because I have a cat who likes to lay on it.

I love the fact that you can use both cloud and local models. So if you need privacy, you know you’ve got it with the local models. I’ve had zero issues with accuracy while using local models. Overall, I’m just incredibly happy with Superwhisper.

The only issue I can think of that could use some improvement is the ability to set a default mode. I have a number of custom modes that I created for academic writing and for coding. Switching to them is fine using app triggers, but when I am not using one of those apps, the mode does not automatically switch back to my default mode. I think that would be a nice quality-of-life improvement.

If I am in my IDE, Code mode activates. If I am in Word, Writing mode activates. But then, if I am back in my browser or on Messages or anything else, it would be nice if my default mode automatically switched back. I do have some app triggers set up on my default mode to try to make that happen, but it is not 100% reliable.

Before Superwhisper, I was using Voicy, and it works very well. The developer is very responsive and a great guy to talk to. However, Superwhisper beats it because of its ability to create custom modes and choose your AI models. I know that Voicy will get there, but it’s just not there yet.

It works extremely well out of the box, and even better as you create custom modes and develop rules for those custom modes.

The developer is extremely responsive. He is very active in the app’s Discord and very open to feedback, and he helps you fix issues.

There is support for both Mac and iOS, but I only use Mac.