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Thanks for the notes. I moved the launch to Thursday to fix the onboarding bug. Can you send the copy by Wednesday?
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To: Maya
Subject: Re: Saturday
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On Thursday, Maya wrote: Are we still on for Saturday? Bring anything you like.
What can I help with?
Ask anything
Are you still coming tonight?
Table's at 8 🙂
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Works everywhere
Wherever you can type, you can talk.
Messages, email, notes, prompts, code, docs. OpenVocally pastes where your cursor is, in any app with a text field.
- Messages
- Slack
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- Terminal
- Keynote
- Xcode
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How it works
You think faster than you type. So say it.
Press ⌥D and talk. Press it again, and the text is pasted where your cursor is.
Speaking 150 wpm
10.8s
Thanks for the notes. I moved the launch to Thursday to fix the onboarding bug. Can you send the copy by Wednesday?
Same message. 3.1× sooner.
Privacy
Your voice never leaves your Mac.
The speech model runs on your Mac, so dictation keeps working with Wi-Fi off. There is no account, and your transcripts stay local.
Click around the window below. It works like the app.
Home
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Words per minute
142
Average pace +4.1%
Words
16,511
Past 30 days +12.3%
Lifetime words
186,430
All sessions
Dictation time
1h 56m
12 s per session
Words by day
16,511 words in total · average 550
Top apps
By words in the past 30 days
Messages4,45827%
Terminal3,79823%
Mail2,80717%
Notes1,98112%
Safari1,3218%
2,146 words in 3 more apps All Apps
Monthly output
134,860 words in total
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When you dictate
Busiest on Tuesday around 10 AM
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Transcripts
- Make the sync loop retry with exponential backoff, three attempts at most, then surface the error to the caller and add a test for the third failure.9:41 AM
- Running ten minutes late, save me a seat?9:12 AM
- Hi Anna, thanks for the notes. I moved the review to Thursday at two, and I'll send the draft tonight so you have time to read it first.Yesterday
- Book the train to Brighton for Saturday morning. Call the landlord about the boiler.Yesterday
- best hiking trails near Zakopane in OctoberMon
- Write a test for the off-by-one in the paginator, then fix it and explain the fix in two sentences.Mon
- Can you send me the photos from Saturday? The one by the lake especially.Sun
- Thanks, that works for me. Let's keep the scope small for the first release and revisit the rest after we have real numbers.Oct 9
- Ideas for the talk: start with the latency budget, show the notch, end with the gates.Oct 8
Terminal
Today at 9:41 AM
Make the sync loop retry with exponential backoff, three attempts at most, then surface the error to the caller and add a test for the third failure.
0:09 · 29 words · 193 wpm · Push to talk
Messages
Today at 9:12 AM
Running ten minutes late, save me a seat?
0:03 · 8 words · 160 wpm · Push to talk
Yesterday at 6:02 PM
Hi Anna, thanks for the notes. I moved the review to Thursday at two, and I'll send the draft tonight so you have time to read it first.
0:10 · 31 words · 186 wpm · Toggle
Notes
Yesterday at 8:15 AM
Book the train to Brighton for Saturday morning. Call the landlord about the boiler.
0:05 · 14 words · 168 wpm · Push to talk
Safari
Monday, October 12 at 7:30 PM
best hiking trails near Zakopane in October
0:03 · 7 words · 140 wpm · Push to talk
Terminal
Monday, October 12 at 11:04 AM
Write a test for the off-by-one in the paginator, then fix it and explain the fix in two sentences.
0:07 · 19 words · 163 wpm · Push to talk
Messages
Sunday, October 11 at 4:20 PM
Can you send me the photos from Saturday? The one by the lake especially.
0:05 · 14 words · 168 wpm · Push to talk
Friday, October 9 at 5:48 PM
Thanks, that works for me. Let's keep the scope small for the first release and revisit the rest after we have real numbers.
0:09 · 24 words · 160 wpm · Toggle
Notes
Thursday, October 8 at 9:03 AM
Ideas for the talk: start with the latency budget, show the notch, end with the gates.
0:06 · 17 words · 170 wpm · Push to talk
Models
Parakeet
Parakeet v3
NVIDIA's multilingual model. Detects the language on its own and adds punctuation and capitals.
Parakeet Ultra
Moondream's retraining of Parakeet v3. Same 25 languages, with fewer mistakes.
Whisper
Whisper Turbo
OpenAI's Whisper large-v3, pruned for speed. Much faster, with a minor drop in quality.
Settings
Shortcuts
Toggle recording
Press once to start, again to stop.
Push to talk
Hold to record, release to stop.
Cancel
Stops a recording or a transcription in progress.
Paste last transcript
Pastes your latest transcript where you're typing.
Appearance
Theme
Overlay
Displays without a notch show the island at the top.
NotchIsland
Translucent window
Shows the desktop through the window, blurred.
Show in menu bar
The Dock menu offers the same actions when it is hidden.
History
Delete transcripts
Checked when the app opens and once a day.
- Your voiceNever leaves your Mac
- Your transcriptsStay on your Mac, deleted on your schedule
- UpdatesA daily check with GitHub. You can turn it off
- AnalyticsNone. Nothing is tracked
FAQ
Questions.
When can I get it?
Soon. OpenVocally is not out yet. The first version will be a free download from this page, and the source code will be published with it.
Is it really free?
Yes. There is no trial, no account and no card. Dictate as much as you want.
Does my voice leave my Mac?
No. Recording and transcription happen on your Mac. OpenVocally goes online for two things only: to download the speech model you choose, and to check GitHub for updates, which you can turn off in Settings. Neither sends your voice or your words. There are no analytics. Read the privacy policy
Which apps does it work with?
Any app with a text field: chat, mail, notes, your browser, your code editor, your terminal. OpenVocally pastes where your cursor is, then puts your clipboard back the way it was. If the focus is not a text field, the text waits on the clipboard for your own ⌘V.
What do I need?
A Mac with Apple Silicon and macOS 15 or newer. During setup, OpenVocally asks for two permissions: the microphone, to hear you, and Accessibility, to paste into other apps.
Which languages does it understand?
Parakeet v3 and Parakeet Ultra cover 25 languages. Whisper Turbo covers 99. Each detects the language on its own, so there is nothing to switch.
Is it open source?
Yes. OpenVocally is free software under the GPL-3.0 license. The code will be public on GitHub when the first version ships.
Try it on your next message.
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