AI dictation for macOS

Speak, and it becomes writing. All inside this Mac.

microVoice is AI dictation that lives in your menu bar. Press a hotkey and speak — it transcribes and cleans up on device, then inserts finished text at your cursor in whatever app you're using. Audio and text never leave your Mac.

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Full 14-day trial · macOS 15+ · Apple silicon recommended

Meeting notes
Hold right ⌘ and just speak
9:00 esc

Demo: real cleanup examples, looping

01 ON-DEVICE

Your voice never leaves this Mac.

Transcription and AI cleanup both run entirely on device. No cloud APIs — it works offline. By construction, nothing you say can be sent to a server.

Voice
Everything happens on this Mac
Recognition AI cleanup Insert at cursor
Cloud
No cloud APIs Works offline History stays local
Typical cloud dictation
Audio is sent to a server for recognition and cleanup. It needs a connection, and your words pass through someone’s infrastructure.
microVoice
Recognition and cleanup stay on this Mac. It works the same in airplane mode.

Most dictation apps rely on cloud recognition and cleanup. Not a judgement — we simply chose not to send.

02NOTHING REWRITTEN

Deletion, not generation.

The core of cleanup is not a generative model — it’s our deletion tagger, which only marks words for removal. The output is always a subset of the input, so hallucination, summarising and meaning drift are impossible by construction.

In the modes that use Apple Intelligence, a verification guard discards its output the moment it detects substituted or invented words, falling back to the local result.

As recognised → deletion tagger (40 MB · ~4 ms)
Um, well, about next week’s like, meeting —
added 0 replaced 0 deleted 3 output ⊆ input
40 MB
cleanup model
~ 4 ms
to clean up
0
bytes sent out
えーとあのーなんかまあこう、ですねあっ、違うえっと言い直しどもり
03SPOKEN JAPANESE

Built for spoken Japanese.

Fillers, false starts, stutters, recogniser quirks — a 40 MB model built solely for spoken Japanese removes them in about 4 ms. You won’t feel it at all.

04INSTANT

Listening the instant you press.

Recording starts the moment you press, so the first word is never clipped. You see a live preview as you speak — and the instant you release, finished text is already at your cursor.

Pressrecording at 0 ms
Speaklive preview
Releasecleaned in ~4 ms
Insertedin one paste
05FIVE MODES

You decide how much to polish.

Five levels, from “don’t touch a word” to “document-quality rewrite.” The trade-off between fidelity and readability stays in your hands.

Input (as recognised)
Um, is the deck for the, ah no, for Thursday’s meeting ready
What gets inserted deleted 2 · added 0 · replaced 0
Um, is the deck for the, ah no, for Thursday’s meeting ready
Default. The deletion tagger removes fillers and false starts. Output is always a subset of the input. fidelity ●●●●● readability ●●●●○

Only Rewrite changes wording (outside the subset guarantee). Two-pass uses Apple Intelligence for punctuation, line breaks and lists only — its output is discarded if the guard detects substitutions.

06THE DETAILS

Small things that add up.

One hotkey, anywhere Right ⌘ by default (or fn / right ⌥). Tap to toggle, hold for push-to-talk, esc to cancel.
HUD voice bar Waveform, live preview and time left — without ever stealing focus from where you’re typing.
Dictionary Hints your terms and proper nouns to the recogniser, and unifies spellings (github → GitHub).
Replacement rules Deterministic fixes for often-misheard phrases: “Piar Times” → PRTimes.
Context aware Adapts cleanup tone to the destination app (opt-in).
Nothing gets lost The clipboard restores itself after pasting, and your text survives even if insertion fails.
Local-only history Raw and cleaned text stay on this Mac. Keep for 1 / 7 / 30 days or forever.
Japanese & English UI Switch the interface language without relaunching.
07REQUIREMENTS & FAQ

Requirements and FAQ

OSmacOS 15 (Sequoia) or later
ChipApple silicon recommended
High-accuracy recognitionSpeechAnalyzer on macOS 26 (Tahoe), with live partial results
Top cleanup modesWith Apple Intelligence enabled (optional)
Session lengthUp to 9 minutes per session
LanguagesRecognition & basic cleanup: JA / EN · cleanup model: Japanese
Does it work without a connection?
Yes. Recognition and cleanup are on-device, so it works fully offline. The only network use is checking for updates.
What about English dictation?
Recognition and basic cleanup work in English. The deletion tagger (cleanup model) is specialised for spoken Japanese. The UI is available in both languages.
Is Apple Intelligence required?
No — it’s optional. Without it, everything runs on the local model alone; only the Two-pass and Rewrite modes become unavailable.
Is anything I say kept anywhere?
History (raw and cleaned text) is stored only on this Mac. Retention is 1 / 7 / 30 days or forever, and you can delete it anytime.

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Every feature, free for 14 days. Pricing soon — both one-time and subscription are planned. No card required.

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macOS 15+ · Apple silicon recommended