Dear Machine
A little less typing. A little more you.
12 followers
A little less typing. A little more you.
12 followers
Stop renting voice dictation from the cloud. Dear Machine turns your natural, rambling speech into clean, polished writing right at your cursor, entirely on your Mac. Because it runs local open-source models optimized directly for Apple Silicon, your voice never leaves your hardware, transcription works with zero internet, and there are no monthly subscriptions. Test it free for 7 days at dearmachine.app.
Most voice dictation apps today route your audio through cloud servers, run it through third-party APIs, and charge an ongoing monthly subscription.
Dear Machine takes the opposite path. Apple Silicon has enough unified memory and compute to handle speech-to-text and language modeling locally.
Key reasons this model works better:
Real Privacy: Audio inference runs directly on your Mac using Metal. Your voice never leaves your device, so there is no data logging or network exposure. You do not have to rely on trust or privacy policies because the app simply does not send audio over the internet.
Low Latency: Cloud dictation depends on your network speed, server queues, and remote API uptime. Running whisper.cpp locally gives you immediate transcription without network lag, even when you are completely offline.
Structured Output Instead of Raw Transcripts: Pure transcription leaves in stutters, filler words, and awkward phrasing. Running a small local model alongside it cleans up your thoughts into clear prose at the cursor.
One-Time Purchase: Daily utilities do not need to be rental software. You buy the tool once, run it on your hardware, and own it outright.
It is designed for anyone who wants speech to work like a faster keyboard while keeping everything on their own machine.