Privacy-first Mac dictation.
Push-to-talk Mac dictation. Hold a key, speak, release. Speechcap captures your raw speech, AI-cleans the fillers, and types flawless text into any app. Free in the cloud, zero setup — or go unlimited and fully on-device with Pro from $3/month.
Hold. Speak. Released text appears in your field.
No window to open, no recordings to transcribe later. Push-to-talk, like a walkie-talkie for writing.
Hold the key.
Right Option by default. Or fn, ⌘, or Caps Lock. Whatever you'll never press by accident.
Speak naturally.
Filler words, restarts, second thoughts. All fine. Speechcap cleans them up.
Release. Done.
Text is pasted right where your cursor was. No window-switching, no copy-paste dance.
Built for privacy. Built for security. Your words never leave your Mac.
Most dictation apps push your audio to one cloud for transcription, then send the transcript to another for AI polishing. Speechcap Pro can do both on-device. Whisper for speech, a small on-device LLM for cleanup. No round-trips, no exposure, no internet required.
Don't just transcribe. Rewrite, in one keystroke.
Select text and press your hotkey to open the transform menu. Or hold a letter while dictating to apply one on-the-fly.
Hold ⌥, speak naturally, then tap a letter. F for Formal, I for Improve, T for Translate. Release the key and your transcript is rewritten before it ever lands on the page.
The small things that make voice actually faster than typing.
One subscription, everyone you invite.
$6 per seat / month, flat. Invite teammates by email. Every member gets full Pro: unlimited dictation, on-device Whisper, transforms, translation.
in three weeks. I just hold a key and talk."
Free in the cloud. $3 a month to go unlimited.
Free runs in the cloud: Whisper dictation + AI cleanup, zero setup on any Mac, up to 2,500 words a week. Pro removes the cap and unlocks the on-device pipeline (nothing leaves your Mac), transforms, and 89-language translation. Teams: one subscription covers everyone you invite.
- Cloud dictation (Whisper) — zero setup, any Mac
- 2,500 words per week
- Cloud AI cleanup (fillers, punctuation, formatting)
- Hold-to-talk hotkey
- Custom vocabulary
- Local history
- Unlimited — no weekly word cap
- Offline mode — on-device Whisper + AI, nothing leaves your Mac
- Transforms menu (improve, formal, email, refine prompt, custom)
- Translation · 89 target languages
- In-flight transforms while dictating
- Fastest latency (hedged cloud requests)
- Priority support
- Everything in Pro for every member
- One subscription, central billing
- Invite teammates by email
- Admin + owner roles
- Promote, remove, transfer ownership
- Cancel or resize seats anytime
Questions, briefly.
Does it work offline?+
Offline mode is a Pro feature: on-device Whisper transcribes without a network and AI cleanup runs on a local model, so nothing leaves your Mac. The Free plan runs in the cloud and needs an internet connection.
Will it leak audio?+
On Pro's offline mode audio never leaves your Mac — transcription and cleanup are fully on-device. On the cloud engine (the Free plan, and Pro's default), audio is sent to our transcription provider over an encrypted connection and discarded immediately after transcription. We never retain or train on it.
What about privacy with the Cloud model?+
Audio is encrypted in transit and at rest. We never train on your data. We don't share with third parties.
Can I use it without a hotkey?+
Yes. Toggle "tap to start" in Settings. We default to push-to-talk because it's less ambiguous about when we're listening.
How does the Teams plan work?+
$6 per seat per month, billed centrally. The owner pays once and invites teammates by email; every invited member gets full Pro features (cloud Whisper, cloud AI cleanup, transforms, translation). Admins can promote, remove, and transfer ownership; you can add or remove seats anytime. No PPP discount and no trial on Teams. Start a team from Settings → Team inside the app after installing.
Windows or Linux?+
Mac only today (Apple Silicon and Intel). Windows is next on the roadmap; Linux after that.
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