OPEN BETA Whisper, running entirely on your Mac

Dictation that speaks developer.

Voice to Mac runs Whisper locally on Apple Silicon — instant, private, and engineered to work inside the editors you actually live in. No cloud, no subscription, no compromise.

macOS 13+, Apple Silicon On-device Whisper Dozens of languages
cursor VS Code Xcode Windsurf Linear Slack Notion Safari
How it works

Two stages. You control both.

Raw transcription happens on your Mac, always. AI cleanup is an optional second stage — skip it, bring your own keys, or use our managed service.

STAGE 01 · ALWAYS LOCAL

On-device Whisper

Five model sizes ship in-app, compiled with Metal acceleration. Tiny (39 MB) for quick notes, Large-v3 (1.5 GB) for near-cloud accuracy. No network, ever.

whisper.cpp · Metal
STAGE 02 · RULES-BASED

Smart cleanup

Strips filler ("um," "you know"), fixes punctuation, and kills 16 known Whisper hallucinations like "Thanks for watching!" Still 100% local.

deterministic · offline
STAGE 03 · OPTIONAL

AI polish

Route transcripts through Claude, GPT-4o, Groq, or local Ollama for tone and formatting. Opt-in, one provider at a time, keys in your Keychain.

BYO keys or subscribe
The IDE story

Dictation that doesn't break in Cursor, VS Code, or Xcode.

Per-app injection strategies, a load-bearing paste delay for Electron, and a ~700-character bias prompt of your own identifiers. Speak "set loading to true" and it comes out setLoading(true).

Every detail

A long list of small, correct choices.

Each of these exists because a real user hit a real edge case. The details are the product.

Privacy

Nothing leaves your Mac.
Unless you send it.

Transcription happens 100% on your Mac — no network calls, ever. The only automatic requests are a daily update check and opt-in crash reports; both can be disabled in Settings, so Voice to Mac can run fully offline. If you add an AI provider, your API keys live in the macOS Keychain, never in plain-text config.

On-device Whisper Keychain storage No telemetry by default
Your Mac · M-series
├─ audio capture
├─ whisper.cpp · Metal GPU
├─ rules-based cleanup
└─ paste · injection
NO NETWORK CALLS
the cloud
Pricing

One payment. Own it forever.

Free while we're in open beta. Claim your lifetime license now — it stays yours forever, no expiry, no conversion to paid.

FAQ

Answers, briefly.

Is my audio ever sent anywhere?

No. Transcription happens on your Mac via whisper.cpp compiled with Metal. Even the optional AI cleanup sends text, never audio — and only if you explicitly enable it.

Is there a trial, or is it really free?

Voice to Mac is free while we're in open beta — claim a license and it's yours forever. When we exit beta, it becomes a one-time $49.99 purchase. Beta licenses never expire, never convert to paid, and include all future updates. You bring your own API keys for cloud AI cleanup (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Groq, xAI, Azure, custom) and pay those providers directly for usage, or run it 100% locally with Ollama or LM Studio.

Which Mac does this require?

macOS 13.0 or later on Apple Silicon (M1 or newer). Whisper needs Metal for real-time performance; we don't support Intel Macs.

Does it work inside Cursor and VS Code?

Yes — this is the whole point. We maintain per-app injection strategies for 17 known apps, including Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Xcode, Linear, Notion, and Slack. A code-aware prompt feeds your own identifiers into Whisper so it recognizes domain-specific terms.

What happens to my beta license when Voice to Mac exits beta?

Nothing changes. Your license stays active forever, at no cost, with all future updates included. Users who join after beta will pay $49.99 one-time for the same product. No auto-conversion, no expiry, no surprise charge.

Is the transcription model actually any good?

Whisper Large-v3 is the same model behind most commercial transcription APIs. On an M-series Mac it runs fast enough to feel instant, and our code-aware prompt builder materially improves accuracy on identifiers and technical vocabulary.

Open beta · Free

Ship the next commit with your voice.

The beta is live. macOS 13+, Apple Silicon. 5 MB app, no signup required.

Download for Mac