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Dictation for Mac

Say it messy.
Paste it clean.

Press the shortcut in any app and just talk. Dicto writes it out properly, formatted for wherever you're typing.

Download for Mac How it works

Press, speak, done.

  1. 1

    Press the shortcut

    In any app, wherever your cursor is.

  2. 2

    Speak

    The way you talk. Ums and restarts are fine.

  3. 3

    Done

    Clean, formatted text lands at your cursor.

It reads the room.

Dicto looks at the app you're in and what you said, then lays it out the way you'd type it yourself.

In MessagesShort and natural

yeah sounds good see you at seven

Yeah, sounds good. See you at 7.

In MailGreeting, paragraphs, sign-off

hi priya thanks for the update um the launch is still on for the fifteenth but we need the final copy by tuesday no wait wednesday end of day let me know if that works thanks vivek

Hi Priya,

Thanks for the update. The launch is still on for the 15th, but we need the final copy by Wednesday end of day.

Let me know if that works.

Thanks,
Vivek

In SlackSeparate asks become bullets

um hey so I looked at the PR and uh it looks good but can you like add a test for the empty case and also uh rename the the helper to something clearer

Hey, I looked at the PR and it looks good, but can you:

  • Add a test for the empty case
  • Rename the helper to something clearer

In ChatGPTContext, task, then requirements

I'm building a mac app in swift that records audio can you write a function that converts the recording to sixteen kilohertz mono it should use AVFoundation it should be async and it shouldn't block the main thread

I'm building a Mac app in Swift that records audio. Can you write a function that converts the recording to 16 kHz mono?

  • It should use AVFoundation
  • It should be async
  • It shouldn't block the main thread

In NotesShort lines you can scan

notes from the launch call um final copy is due wednesday end of day and uh the launch is still on for the fifteenth

Notes from the launch call:

  • Final copy is due Wednesday end of day
  • The launch is still on for the 15th

In TerminalThe command, typed exactly

git checkout dash b feature slash login

git checkout -b feature/login

In PagesFull sentences, real paragraphs

so the main goal for this quarter is um to make onboarding simpler right now it takes five steps and we want to get it down to two

The main goal for this quarter is to make onboarding simpler. Right now it takes five steps, and we want to get it down to two.

Your voice never leaves your Mac. Speech becomes text right on your device.

Your recordings stay with you too, saved in your own history.

Built to stay out of the way.

A quiet indicator

A small dark pill at the bottom of your screen shows your voice, then a soft wave while it thinks. No windows, no pop-ups.

Never loses a dictation

If the clean-up is ever slow or fails, your words are pasted exactly as you said them.

Keeps your words

Dicto never swaps or invents words. Add names, places and jargon to your vocabulary and it spells them right.

Everything in history

Every dictation is saved in the app with its recording, so nothing you said is lost.

Start talking instead of typing.

Dicto is free for everyone. Download it and start dictating in any app.

Download for Mac

For Macs with Apple silicon, on macOS 14 or later

Questions

Why does my Mac ask me to confirm the first time?

Dicto is new, so macOS double-checks before opening it the first time. Open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway. You only do this once.

What do I need to run it?

A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 14 or later.

What does it cost?

Dicto is free to download and use.

Does my audio ever leave my Mac?

No. Your speech is turned into text on your Mac, and your recordings stay in your own history. Only the written text is sent to be tidied up.

Can I turn the clean-up off?

Yes. With it off, Dicto pastes your words exactly as spoken. The same happens automatically if the clean-up is ever slow or fails, so you never lose what you said.

What is Dicto built on?

Dicto builds on OpenSuperWhisper and uses whisper.cpp to turn speech into text on your Mac. Both are released under the MIT licence, and their notices ship with the app under Settings, Acknowledgements.