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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Dictámelo
Hold a shortcut and speak, and your words are typed into any app on Mac or Windows, using offline models or a cloud option.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Muesli
Mac app that turns speech into text on your own machine and writes up meeting transcripts automatically.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Scalar
Turns an OpenAPI file into hosted API docs, client SDKs and an MCP server for software companies.
Developer tools · Developers
- Handy
A free desktop app where you hold a shortcut, speak, and your words are typed into whatever text field you are in.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Amical
A dictation app that turns your speech into formatted text in any app on your computer or phone.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- inlaut
A free Mac and Windows dictation app: hold a key, speak, and the text is typed where your cursor sits, all offline.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Voicely
Offline voice typing, call recording with speaker labels and audio file transcription on a Mac, ready to paste into AI coding tools.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Mumbli
A simple Mac dictation app: hold a key, speak, and your words appear as text using a model you choose.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- QuietSpeech
Mac menu bar app that turns your speech into clean text in any app, using on-device Apple Intelligence.
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Local Transcriber
Free Mac menu bar tool that transcribes meetings, calls and dictation on the device and can turn them into minutes.
Free · Notes and knowledge
- OpenWhispr
Voice dictation and meeting note app that turns speech into text on your device or in the cloud, for people who type a lot.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- OpenVoiceFlow
Push to talk dictation for Mac that transcribes speech on your computer and types the text into any app.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Trace
Free open-source Mac launcher for finding apps, snapping windows, searching menus and dictating text on the device.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Vocula
Offline Mac dictation that only listens for the languages you choose and sends nothing off the device, paid once.
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Plainsay
A Mac dictation app: hold a key, speak, and the text appears in whatever field you are typing in. Local mode is free.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- EnviousWispr
A free dictation app for Mac and Android that turns speech into tidy text in any app, with transcription done on the device.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Rekody
Free Mac voice typing: hold a key, talk, and the words appear where your cursor is in any app, with speech processed on device.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families