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. Fully on-device and unlimited for free — or cloud speed 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 on your Mac. $3 a month for cloud speed.
Free runs everything on-device: unlimited dictation, AI cleanup, transforms, and translation in 89 languages — nothing leaves your Mac. Pro moves the pipeline to the cloud: instant setup, no model downloads, fastest latency on any Mac. Teams: one subscription covers everyone you invite.
- Unlimited on-device dictation (Whisper, offline + private)
- On-device AI cleanup — audio and text never leave your Mac
- Transforms menu (improve, formal, translate, refine prompt…)
- Translation · 89 target languages
- Hold-to-talk hotkey
- Custom vocabulary
- Local history
- Cloud Whisper — instant, zero downloads, any Mac
- Cloud AI cleanup, transforms, and translation
- Fastest latency (hedged cloud requests)
- Great on Intel and low-RAM Macs
- In-flight transforms while dictating
- Cloud or on-device, switch any time
- 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?+
Yes — that's the Free plan. On-device Whisper transcribes without a network, and AI cleanup runs on a local model. Only Pro's optional cloud mode needs an internet connection.
Will it leak audio?+
On the Free plan audio never leaves your Mac — transcription and cleanup are fully on-device. Pro's cloud mode sends audio to our transcription provider over an encrypted connection and it's discarded immediately after transcription.
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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