Dictation
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Say it.
It’s typed.

Works anywhere.
Stays on your Mac.

macOS 14 or laterApple siliconWorks offline

Download for Mac See how it works

Works wherever your cursor is

It knows the apps that need care: in terminals the words land in the character grid, and in Office it waits for the paste to go through.

  1. Press ⌥ Space

    In any app. Tap it, or hold it.

  2. Talk

    Words appear as you speak, then land at your cursor.

Works wherever you type. And every word stays on this Mac.

Ideas

Ideas

For the talk on Thursday:

Maya

Are we still on for Sunday?

I can bring the picnic stuff 🧺

~/app — zsh

~/app % git status

On branch main · nothing to commit, working tree clean

~/app % claude "

Notes, chats, mail, code, the terminal; with no text field, the words wait on the clipboard. Every word is transcribed by Cohere Transcribe, a speech model that runs on your Mac, and the faint live words come from the Mac’s own on-device recognizer. No account, no cloud, and it keeps working with Wi‑Fi off.

Model
Cohere Transcribe · 3.9 GB
Runs
On this Mac
Live words
macOS on-device recognition
Network
None needed

Fourteen languages. Talk in any of them. Chinese copes with English words mixed in.

    Questions

    Does it need the internet?

    Only once, to download the speech model the first time you open it. After that, no. Your words are transcribed on your Mac by Cohere Transcribe, and the faint live words come from the Mac’s own on-device speech recognition. Nothing you say leaves the computer.

    Which Macs can run it?

    A Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later. On macOS 26 the caption is made of Liquid Glass; earlier versions show a frosted panel.

    Which languages does it understand?

    English, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Greek, Arabic, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese. Chinese also copes with English words mixed in.

    Where do the words go?

    Wherever your text cursor is, in any app, including the terminal. If there’s no text field, the words wait on the clipboard for you to paste.

    What permissions does it ask for?

    Accessibility, for the shortcut and the typing. Microphone, to hear you. Speech Recognition, only for the live words.

    Can I change the shortcut?

    Yes: any key with ⌘, ⌥, ⌃ or ⇧, or an F-key on its own. Choose whether a tap starts and stops, or whether you hold it while you talk.

    Press ⌥ Space. And start talking.

    Download for Mac

    macOS 14 or laterApple silicon3.9 GB speech model