Dictato turns speech into text on your Mac. No cloud, no account, no internet needed. Your audio stays on your computer. Press a hotkey, talk, release. Text appears where your cursor is โ Gmail, Slack, VS Code, whatever app you're in. Three engines to choose from: Parakeet, Whisper, Apple Supports 25-99 languages depending on which you pick. Optional proofreading and translation, all on-device. 7-day free trial. 19.99$ one time License. Requires macOS 14+ and Apple Silicon.
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I built Dictato because I got frustrated with every dictation app I tried.
Cloud services? Your voice ends up on their servers. I dictate personal stuff, work notes, random ideas. I don't want that sitting on someone else's computer.
Subscription apps charging $12/month? That's $144/year for something that should just work.
Apple's built-in dictation? It cuts you off after 60 seconds, no historic. Good luck dictating anything longer than a short email.
So I made my own. Dictato runs 100% on your Mac. No cloud, no account, no internet needed. Press a hotkey, talk, release. Text appears where your cursor is.
You get three engines. Parakeet is stupid fast (80ms). Whisper handles 99 languages. Apple's engine needs no download. Switch whenever you want.
$9.99 for two years. No subscription. The app keeps working after the license expires. You only pay again if you want future updates.
I'm here all day to answer questions. Let me know what you think.
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Is it possible to switch the trigger key? I really like how it's working, but my hands are never on the right side of my macbook when I'm trying to voice type. I'd love to be able to use the fn key to activate, if possible.
Looks so interesting! Bad luck for me that still only have Intel mac. Any plan to make it compatible with intel? (I know itโs long shot ask). Congrats on the build!!!!
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@wendellpereiraย hey Wendell, i'll have a look what could be done. it was not build to support Intel indeed but i'll check what could be done.
Ps: just saw the message, did not received any notification from PH
Is it possible to switch the trigger key? I really like how it's working, but my hands are never on the right side of my macbook when I'm trying to voice type. I'd love to be able to use the fn key to activate, if possible.
@nicholas_greenweckย Hey,
there is normally the possibility to change keybinding, but you probably want to have the cmd on the left as option?
Ps: just saw the message, did not received any notification from PH
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Is this one you want to have as keybinding? (sorry my interface is in french)
@nicholas_greenweckย FN key is fixed in the next update ๐
@wendellpereiraย hey Wendell, i'll have a look what could be done. it was not build to support Intel indeed but i'll check what could be done.
Ps: just saw the message, did not received any notification from PH