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Local dictation and text cleanup for your Mac

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Dictate messages, notes and prompts on an Apple-silicon Mac with macOS 26+. The direct download includes local dictation, Raw and Clean, and 10 history entries for free. Pro adds formats, translation and microphone-session summaries through a one-time purchase. Review the generated text before using it. The Mac App Store app uses the clipboard; its version, features and purchases may differ.

PH · launched Sep 11, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 26%) · 0 views

Niche: voice dictation software · 224 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Workflow automation
  • Prosumer
  • AI feature
  • Commercial product
  • Productivity
  • Writing
  • Menu Bar Apps

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Could you build this?

Yes It bundles an existing local speech-to-text model (like whisper.cpp or Apple Speech) into a native macOS menu bar app with global shortcut handling and clipboard/accessibility injection.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 962 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #437 of 963 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 309 days after the earliest competitor.

  • typevoice · github · 2026-09-20 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.73
  • Parroting · ph · 2026-11-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.69
  • Desi Dictation · ph · 2026-10-31 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.68
  • Walkie · ph · 2026-04-06 · 223 upvotes · similarity 0.66
  • Say the Word · ph · 2026-10-10 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.65
  • SpeechFast · ph · 2026-10-18 · 78 upvotes · similarity 0.64
  • Shall We Talk · ph · 2026-09-18 · 62 upvotes · similarity 0.63
  • ZenVoice · ph · 2026-09-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.63

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