whisper_hotkey
English dictation that runs on your Mac. Hold a key, speak, release; the text goes into the field in focus.
- Privacy
- Audio and transcripts are not sent to a server. The App Store build is sandboxed and makes no network requests.
- Modes
- Hold to talk, tap to toggle, or Pause Mode, which types each sentence when you pause. The default key is Right Option.
- Model
- Parakeet Unified through FluidAudio, in FluidInference's Core ML conversion, bundled so nothing downloads at first launch.
- Requires
- An Apple Silicon Mac on macOS 14 or newer, with Microphone, Accessibility and Input Monitoring access. Intel is not supported.
- Get it
- Mac App Store; the listing is pending.
- Built with
- Swift and SwiftUI. A menu bar app with no Dock icon.
