On-device dictation

Speak. It types. Nothing leaves.

Hold a key, say what you mean, let go. Dictaquill types your words into whatever app you are working in. Recognition happens on your own computer, so your voice and your words never leave it.

Download for Mac

Free during early access.
macOS 26 or later, Apple silicon.

Notes

Call with the contractor went well. They will fix the heating by Monday and send the quote in writing.

The small pill on your screen shows when Dictaquill is listening: only while you hold the key.

For attorneys on Mac

Dictation that keeps client confidences on your Mac.

Client confidences stay on your computer. Legal vocabulary and citation formatting in development.

See the lawyers page

For therapists in private practice

Finish your notes out loud. Never record a session.

Dictate notes after the session. No session recording, ever. Note formatting in development.

See the therapists page

What Dictaquill sends anywhere: nothing.

Measured, not promised: we watched the app and Apple’s recognition process while dictating, and neither opened a network connection.

Your voice: Stays on your Mac; Recognition runs on your computer. The sound is processed and gone; no recording is ever written to disk.
Your words: Only where you type them; Typed into the app your cursor is in, and kept in your history on your Mac for 90 days, or not at all.
An account: None; No login. No profile of you.

Already working. In daily use.

Hold, speak, release: One key. Your words are typed where your cursor already is. No window to switch to, nothing to paste.
Recognised on your Mac: Speech recognition runs on-device with Apple's speech model. We measured the app and the recognition process while dictating: zero network connections.
Audio is never saved: Sound goes from the microphone to the recogniser and is gone. No recording is ever written to disk.
Nothing is lost: Dictaquill checks that your text actually arrived. If an app refuses it, the text waits on your clipboard and in your local history.
Stops at password fields: When a password field is active, dictation pauses. Nothing is typed and nothing is saved.
History you control: Kept on your Mac for 90 days, or not at all. Delete one entry or everything, whenever you like.
Your names, spelled your way: A personal correction list fixes the names and terms a general recogniser gets wrong.
Stays off your other devices: Text placed on the clipboard is marked local-only, so it does not sync to your iPhone or iPad.

Download for Mac

Free during early access.
macOS 26 or later, Apple silicon.

Runs on Mac today; a Windows version is planned. Neither a lawyer nor a therapist? Write to hello@dictaquill.com and say what you would use it for.