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SpeakType
speaktype is a macOS app offering on-device, real-time Apple Silicon–optimized speech-to-text. It keeps audio and transcripts locally, integrates across apps via a keyboard shortcut, supports long-form dictation and contextual prompts, and is open-source.
Use Cases
- 🟢 Draft emails, reports, and creative documents hands-free using speaktype's system-wide dictation shortcut and Apple Silicon–optimized on-device transcription, keeping audio and transcripts local for maximum privacy while supporting long-form dictation and contextual prompts.
- 🟢 Transcribe meetings, interviews, and lectures in real time with speaktype's local speech-to-text—searchable, time-aligned transcripts stored on your Mac—then quickly review, highlight, or export excerpts without sending data to the cloud.
- 🟢 Code and edit with your voice using speaktype's voice-dictation for coding and contextual prompts to insert snippets, navigate files, refactor lines, and add comments, all integrated across apps and running privately on-device as an open-source Apple Silicon–optimized tool.