Mac dictation · one-time purchase

Dictation you buy once.

Hold a key, talk — polished text lands wherever your cursor is, in any Mac app. 100% on-device. No subscription, no account.

Requires an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later, 2020+) on macOS 14 or newer.

⌥ hold
New Message
To: Sarah
Subject: Thursday
Moving Thursday's call to 10 — still good?
listening
115 msfrom release to text
100%on-device, works offline
25languages, auto-detected
$0per month, ever

Everything you need. Nothing to renew.

Six seconds of talking, zero seconds of typing — in any app you already use.

Works in every app

Mail, Slack, docs, chat, code — text lands wherever your cursor is.

Private by design

Recording and transcription happen on your Mac. Nothing leaves it. No account, no cloud.

Hold a key. Talk. Done.

Hold Option, speak, release. Punctuated text appears before your hand is back on the keyboard.

History remembers everything

Every dictation is kept and searchable — nothing you said is lost, even when no text field was focused.

Do the math.

Subscription dictation apps charge about $15 a month — forever.

Subscription, per year$180and again next year
KeySpeak, once$29free updates through 1.x

KeySpeak pays for itself in 2 months.

Questions

Requires an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later, 2020+) on macOS 14 or newer.

Is it really a one-time purchase?

Yes. Pay once, use it forever. Free updates through 1.x and basic support for 12 months. No subscription, no account.

Does my voice leave my Mac?

No. Recording and transcription happen entirely on your Mac. It works with Wi-Fi off.

What Macs does it run on?

Any Apple Silicon Mac — M1 (2020) or later — running macOS 14 or newer.

Which languages?

25 languages at launch — English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and more — detected automatically.

How is it different from the built-in Mac dictation?

It works the same way in every app with one hold-to-talk key, keeps a searchable history of everything you said, and the accuracy comes from a modern on-device model rather than the system dictation engine.

Refunds?

14 days, no questions asked.

Stop renting your keyboard.

Hold a key, talk — polished text lands wherever your cursor is, in any Mac app. 100% on-device. No subscription, no account.

Buy — $29