Hi PH! I built Plainsay because I dictate a lot (in Polish and English) and wanted something that runs entirely on my Mac. You hold a key, speak, release, and the text lands in the window you started in. If Plainsay can't confirm that window is still active, it leaves the text on the clipboard instead of pasting it somewhere random. Speech recognition is local (Whisper or NVIDIA Parakeet), so in Local mode no audio leaves your Mac. No account, no telemetry, MIT-licensed. There's an optional paid cloud mode for cleanup/translation, but the local app is complete on its own. It's macOS 14+ on Apple silicon. I'd love feedback, especially on languages other than English and on long dictations. Code: https://github.com/conrader/plai...

Plainsay

Local dictation for Mac

Local dictation for Mac