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TongueType for macOS

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Local dictation for macOS without the subscription

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Local dictation for macOS without the subscription

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TongueType is a macOS voice dictation app powered by Whisper AI running locally on Apple Silicon. No cloud, no accounts, no subscriptions. Hold a key, speak, release. Your words appear. Supports 12 languages and audio file transcription. TongueType gives you a configurable press-to-talk hotkey, audio and video file transcription, and configurable post-processing rules. It's customizable and fun (try Rainbow Mode!) and it's built to be the fastest dictation workflow possible.

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I'm Cory. I've been doing web development for a long time, but TongueType is my first macOS app. In the age of AI, many developers find themselves typing words more than code. I type fast, but my fingers have become a bottleneck for many tasks. I wanted a solid dictation app that runs locally, responds instantly, and has the accuracy of a world-class AI model. TongueType sits in your macOS menu bar and starts listening as soon as you press a hotkey. It transcribes your words and pastes them into whatever app you're currently in. Press. Talk. Words appear. macOS has had built-in dictation for a long time, but in my experience it's just not very good. I was surprised to see so many third-party dictation apps tied to a subscription and a bunch of cloud features I didn't want. While dictation itself isn't unique, TongueType focuses on being seamless: it feels tightly integrated with the OS because it gets out of the way and just works. Under the hood, TongueType uses OpenAI's Whisper small model compiled to Core ML so it runs directly on Apple Silicon. Some additional info that sets TongueType apart from other apps: 💸 No subscription. Free to try. Pro is a one-time $19.99 for up to 5 Macs. Buy it once, keep it forever. 🔒 100% private. Local-only. Zero telemetry. No account. Nothing logged, nothing uploaded. 🎛️ Yours to shape. Custom post-processing rules, spoken symbols, cancel phrases ("scratch that"), 12 languages with auto-detect. 🌈 A little personality. 20 accent colors including Rainbow Mode. None of it was necessary. All of it was fun. (Turns out that's what makes an app feel like it's yours.) I use TongueType constantly for prompting LLMs, writing emails, sending DMs, commenting code, typing commit messages...basically anywhere the thinking is already done and all that's left is getting the words out (which turns out to be a surprising amount of my day). It's been surprising to discover that many people don't seem to like dictation apps. I'm not sure if that's because they haven't worked very well in the past or if it's just a hard habit to get into. (Admittedly, my kids helped me form the habit. They'd see my typing and rightfully ask "why aren't you using TongueType?!") I'm genuinely curious to learn: what's the one thing that's kept you from sticking with a dictation app?

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Congrats. Where do I see pro and free features list?

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1h ago

TongueType for macOS

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Thanks! @roopreddy free includes every feature, but capped at 30 minutes of dictation per month and 10 seconds for file transcriptions. There's a Free vs. Pro page with more details.

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22h ago

How is this different from macOS built-in dictation?

In my experience, built-in dictation simply isn t as accurate, and it s far less flexible. TongueType gives you a configurable hold-to-record hotkey, audio and video file transcription, and smart post-processing with your own custom rules. For long-form or professional dictation, that combination matters a lot more than a built-in shortcut does.

It s also just more fun. Pick from twenty accent colors or turn on Rainbow Mode for the recording overlay, write your own listening label, place the recording indicator wherever you like, and sync it all across your Macs. It s a tool you ll actually enjoy using.

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