Launched this week
Speaklively
Voice typing for Mac that shows every word as you talk
15 followers
Voice typing for Mac that shows every word as you talk
15 followers
Speaklively is free voice-to-text for Mac. Hold fn and talk, and every word appears in a small panel while you're still speaking, so you're never guessing what it heard. Let go, and the text lands wherever your cursor is, in any app: email, Slack, notes, ChatGPT, Claude. Your voice never leaves your Mac. It works offline and needs no account. No word limit. Optional AI cleanup when you want it. The fastest writer in the room doesn't type. They talk.
Free
Launch Team / Built With
Render Sandboxes: a computer for every agentIsolated compute, persistent state and a real filesystem
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Hi Product Hunt 👋
I'm Annamalai, and I made Speaklively. It types what you say into any Mac app, and shows every word while you're still talking.
I built it for myself. Some days my hands don't want to type, but I still have a lot to say, like detailed AI prompts and long emails. With most dictation, you talk for a minute and only then find out what it heard. I wanted to watch my words appear as I spoke, so I built that. It's worked for me ever since, and I'm not going back.
I made it public recently, and it's already at 150+ downloads. Then, on 1 November, someone in France installed it. By day four, they had dictated more than I had in three months.
That's when I knew other people need this too. So today, I'm sharing it here with all of you.
Hold fn and talk. Let go, and it lands wherever your cursor is.
Don't want to hold the key? Press fn + Space to talk hands-free.
The three things I cared about most:
You see every word as you say it. No waiting to find out what it heard
Your voice never leaves your Mac. Speech recognition runs on-device and works offline
Dictation is free, with no word limit. No account, no weekly cap, no trial
It works in any Mac app: Mail, Slack, Notes, ChatGPT, Claude, your terminal. Tidy takes out the ums on your Mac. Polish uses AI only when you press it, and sends text, never your voice.
A few honest notes:
Needs an Apple silicon Mac on macOS 26 or later
Not on the App Store, because it has to hear the fn key in every app. It's notarised by Apple
Speaklively has 150+ downloads from 18 countries, and counting.
Thanks for giving it a try. I'll be here all day.
Annamalai VM
Congrats on the launch! 🎉
I've been using SpeakLively for a while now and it's become part of my day. Seeing them live as I speak makes it feel fast and easy. Free, offline and private too.
@ruthran Thanks so much, Ruthran! 🙌 Really glad to hear Speaklively has fit right into your daily workflow. Knowing it feels fast, smooth, and reliable for you means a lot!