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Universal input

Works in any application. Emails, documents, code editors, chat apps — anywhere you can type.

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Best-in-class engines

Choose your transcription engine: Apple, Whisper, or Parakeet. Industry standards, running locally on your Mac.

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Zero cloud dependency

Everything processed locally on your Mac. No internet required. Your words never leave your device.

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One-time purchase

$9.99 once. No subscriptions, no hidden costs, no usage limits. Yours forever.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about Dictato

Press your hotkey, speak, and release. Your words are instantly transcribed and inserted wherever your cursor is. No copy-paste needed — it works in any application.

Dictato supports the industry-standard transcription engines: Apple (optimized for Apple Silicon), Whisper, and Parakeet. All run 100% locally on your Mac. Switch engines anytime in settings.

100% private. All transcription happens locally on your Mac. No audio or text is ever sent to the cloud. No internet connection required. Your words stay yours.

Dictato supports 99 languages across all engines, including: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese), Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Czech, Romanian, Hungarian, and many more. Language detection is automatic.

Dictato requires macOS Sonoma or later.

No subscription. $9.99 one-time purchase includes 2 years of updates. Unlimited usage, forever.