DictPrivate dictation for the Mac
Local dictation that's fast and feels great
Say what you want to type and the words land wherever your cursor is. Speech recognition, cleanup and history all run on your Mac, so your voice never goes anywhere.
14 days free, then $9.99 once. No subscription. For Macs with Apple silicon on macOS 26 or later.
What you get
Dictation that stays on your Mac
Audio, transcripts and history stay on the machine. No account, and your license is checked offline. Dict sends anonymous usage counts, never what you said, and you can turn that off.
Messages, documents, code editors, terminals, search boxes. If there's a cursor, Dict can type into it.
Apple's speech works the moment you install. NVIDIA's Parakeet is a one-time download that's better with names and jargon.
Clean mode drops the ums and keeps your corrected version when you change your mind mid-sentence. Polished fixes small slips.
Dict spells names, acronyms and identifiers the way they already appear in the field you're typing into.
A small glowing panel while you talk, five color schemes, and a history of everything you've said.
Price
Pay once. Keep it.
Try every feature for 14 days. If Dict earns a spot in your menu bar, buy it once and it's yours.
Dict
$9.99one time
- Every feature, with no usage cap
- One key for all of your Macs
- Updates included
- No subscription and no account
You'll need
- A Mac with Apple silicon on macOS 26 or later
- Microphone access, so Dict can hear you
- Accessibility access, so Dict can type for you
- Apple Intelligence for Clean and Polished (optional)
- 500 MB of space for Parakeet (optional)