Dictation

Hold Fn and talk. Clean, punctuated text lands wherever your cursor is, in any app. Your voice is transcribed on your Mac.

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Dictation in any appHold Fn, talk, and it's typed where your cursor is.
On-device voice modelsPick the voice model that hears you, all on your Mac.
Live previewWatch your words appear, cleaned up, as you talk.
Voice commandsSay “scratch that”, “new line” or “comma”.
Only my voiceLeave out words other people say near you.
Second opinion on unsure wordsBetaDouble-check unsure words with Apple Speech.
Boost quiet audioSoft voices and far-off mics are heard clearly.
Microphone pickerChoose which mic Speechy listens to.
Several languages at oncePick your language, or switch between two as you talk.
Pause other media while dictatingMusic and videos pause while you talk, then resume.
Pill stylesCompact, Wide, Dynamic Island or Ticker.
Creator Mode badgeA “Dictating with Speechy” badge for screen recordings.
Dictation hintsA gentle nudge to talk when you've been typing.
Smart polishA writing model on your Mac fixes the small slips.
App-aware formattingCode in your editor, casual in chat, sentences in email.
Screen-aware writingBetaReplies written with the email or chat on screen in mind.
Dictation instructionsTell Speechy how you want your words written.
Compose sign-offSay “draft an email” and it's signed with your name.
App ContextSpells names the way the window around you does.
Names from the screenReads names from pictures of the window, too.
Names from ContactsSpells the people you know the way they spell it.
File names from your code projectKnows the files in the project you have open.
Reference coding filesSay a file name, get an @ file reference in Claude Code.
Review files you nameName a file in a chat or email and attach it after a check.
Excluded appsKeep chosen apps out of App Context.
Just your wordsSkip screen and Contacts context for one dictation.
Names used in your last dictationSee which names Speechy used, and where they came from.
VocabularyAdd names and jargon so they're always spelled right.
ReplacementsWhen Speechy hears one thing, write another.
Voice snippetsSay "insert" and a trigger to paste saved text.
Learns from your correctionsRetype a misheard word and add it with one click.
Import your dictionaryBring your words over from other dictation apps.
Paste a listPaste names in any shape. Speechy sorts them out.
Undo last dictationPress ⌘⌥Z to take back what Speechy just typed.
Discard shortcutPress ⌘Esc to throw away a dictation in progress.
Paste methodPaste, type it out, or keep it in History.
Restore your clipboardWhat you copied before dictating is still there.
Auto submitPress Enter for you after your words go in.
Crash-safe recordingIf your Mac quits mid-sentence, your words come back.
History with search and playbackSearch, replay and copy every dictation.
Copy last transcriptGet your latest words back from the menu bar.

All dictation features

41 features in 5 groups

Questions about dictation

Yes. The voice models run on your Mac, so dictation works with Wi-Fi off and your recording never leaves it.

Any app with a text box: chat, email, documents, code editors, the terminal and your browser.

Speechy cleans up fillers and false starts, formats for the app you're in, learns your words and names, and lets you undo the last dictation with one shortcut.

Dictation

All dictation features

Talk and type13

Writing5

Context9

Dictionary6

Output and history8

Questions about dictation

All dictation features

Talk and type13

Writing5

Context9

Dictionary6

Output and history8

Questions about dictation

Does Speechy dictation work offline?

Which apps can I dictate into?

How is it different from macOS dictation?