100% ON-DEVICE · POWERED BY PARAKEET
Dictation that never leaves your Mac
Press the shortcut once to start, speak freely, then press it again to stop. Your words land in any app while a state-of-the-art speech model runs entirely on your Mac — no cloud, no account, no waiting.
Free to try · Apple Silicon · macOS 14+ · 0.6 GB model
To: team@dictee.cc
Subject: Ship the on-device model this week
Quick update — the new speech model now runs fully on-device, so dictation works offline and nothing ever gets uploaded.
Let's ship it this week
Listening · press shortcut to stop
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THE MATH
You speak 3× faster than you type
Speaking ~150 wpm
Typing ~40 wpm
A paragraph takes 2:10 to type — or 0:33 to say.
On-device Audio never leaves your Mac
25 languages Auto-detected as you speak
Works offline No internet, ever
Real-time Low latency on Apple Silicon
WHY DICTEE
Fast, private, and built for the way you work
No browser tab, no sign-in, no upload. Press the shortcut once to start dictation, speak freely, then press it again to stop — dictee turns speech into text wherever your cursor is.
TOGGLE TO DICTATE
Type anywhere your cursor goes
Mail, Slack, Notes, your code editor — dictee inserts text straight into the focused field. Press the hotkey once, dictate freely, then press it again to stop. It punctuates and formats as you go.
- Global hotkey, works in every app
- Automatic punctuation & capitalization
- Press once to start and again to stop
Dictee
Toggle dictation ⌥Space
RECENT
“Let's ship the on-device model this week.” Mail · just now · English
Settings
0 bytes ever leave your device
No cloud No account
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your voice stays on your machine
Speech recognition runs locally on Apple's Neural Engine. No audio, no transcripts, no metadata are ever sent to a server — because there is no server.
- No internet connection required
- Nothing logged, stored, or trained on
- Works on a plane, in a café, anywhere
MULTILINGUAL
Fluent in 25 European languages
Switch languages mid-sentence and dictee keeps up. Powered by NVIDIA Parakeet TDT, it detects the language automatically — there's nothing to toggle.
- Automatic language detection
- Accurate technical & proper nouns
- One model, 0.6 GB, fully offline
AUTO-DETECTS AS YOU SPEAK
EnglishEspañolDeutschFrançaisItalianoPortuguêsNederlandsPolskiSvenskaDanskSuomiČeštinaΕλληνικάRomânăMagyarNorsk
+ 9 more European languages FEATURES
Small app. Serious capabilities.
Everything you need to make voice your fastest input — and nothing you don't.
Talk anywhere your cursor goes
One global hotkey works in every app — Mail, Slack, Notes, your editor. Press once to start and again to stop; it types where you're already working.
⌥Space toggle on / off
Smart punctuation Commas, periods, and capitalization — added automatically as you speak.
Truly offline No network calls, ever. Dictate on airplane mode or off the grid.
Custom vocabulary Teach it the names, jargon, and acronyms you use so they're always right.
Lives in the menu bar Always one keystroke away, never cluttering your Dock or screen.
Model manager Download, switch, or remove on-device speech models whenever you like.
PRICING
Pay once. Dictate forever.
No subscriptions, no accounts. A one-time purchase with a free trial — try every feature before you decide.
Solo For one Mac
$39 one-time
1 Mac - Every feature included
- One activation
- Free updates for v1
- Works fully offline
- Email support
MOST POPULAR
Personal For everyday writing
$69 one-time
3 Macs - Every feature included
- Three activations
- Free updates for v1
- Works fully offline
- Email support
Studio For power users
$99 one-time
5 Macs - Every feature included
- Five activations
- Free updates for v1
- Works fully offline
- Email support
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Free trial · macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon · 0.6 GB