Dictate: AI Speech to Text
Private Voice Note & Translate
Only for Mac
Free · In‑App Purchases
Mac
100% private dictation on Mac. Press, speak, paste - your voice becomes text in 100+ languages, with built-in translation. Works offline. Nothing leaves your Mac. Ever.
Dictate turns your voice into text on Mac - privately, instantly, in any app.
Press a key. Speak. Paste. That's it.
Your words never leave your Mac.
Dictate: Speak. Type. Everywhere on your Mac.
Stop typing. Hold a key, speak, and your words land exactly where your cursor is - in any app. Slack, Mail, Notes, your terminal, your browser, your IDE. Dictate isn't a window you switch to; it's an ambient layer over your whole Mac.
Press and hold your hotkey, talk naturally, release. Your speech becomes text in under a second - about 3× faster than typing.
Private by design
Everything runs 100% on‑device. Your voice never touches a server, and the audio is deleted the moment transcription finishes. No accounts, no telemetry, no cloud.
99+ languages, with live translation
Dictate speaks your language - over 99 of them - and can translate what you say into English on the fly.
Two engines, your choice
• Fast - instant results, perfect for everyday dictation.
• Accurate - sharper transcription for tough audio, strong accents and translation.
Switch anytime.
Smarter with Apple Intelligence
On a compatible Mac, Dictate cleans up your speech automatically - removing "ums," filler and false starts so transcripts are ready to send. With Voice Modes, just start talking with a phrase like "write email" or "take notes" and Dictate formats the rest for you; the wake phrase disappears, only the polished text is typed.
Made for your keyboard
Choose your trigger - Right Command, Globe/Fn, Caps Lock, or a custom chord. Works offline once set up.
Dictate Pro unlocks unlimited dictation, every language, live translation and every future model we ship. Start free.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://dictate.norelabs.com/en/legal/terms/
Privacy Policy: https://dictate.norelabs.com/en/legal/privacy/
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• Custom Vocabulary — teach Dictate your names, brands, and technical terms, and they'll be transcribed correctly every time
• Voice Commands — say "new line", "new paragraph", "bullet point", or "scratch that" to format text as you speak
• Snippets — insert your own text templates with a custom voice phrase
• Completely redesigned Settings window
• Clearer Accessibility permission setup on first launch
• More reliable translation — no more stalls, with automatic fallbacks
• Better punctuation and capitalization, plus many bug fixes
The developer, Mykyta Popov, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Mykyta Popov
- Size
- 6 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Mac
- Languages
English and 12 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Yearly Pro: All Languages $49.99
- Yearly Dictation Unlimited $49.99
- Monthly Pro: All Languages $6.99
- Monthly Dictation Access $6.99
- Lifetime Pro Bundle $99.99
- Copyright
- © Mykyta Popov