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Dictation on a Mac, app by app
Getting voice input working where you actually write — and the places macOS's own dictation falls short. Every guide works whether or not you buy Voz; where the built-in tools are enough, they say so.
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Dictate into ChatGPT on Mac
ChatGPT has its own voice input, but it uploads your audio. Voz transcribes on your Mac and types the prompt in, so only the text ever leaves. Works in the app, the browser, and everywhere else.
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Dictate in Claude Code
Speak your prompts to Claude Code instead of typing them. On-device transcription that works in any terminal on macOS, $2.99 once.
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Dictate in Cursor
Use your voice to write prompts and comments in Cursor on macOS, with transcription that runs entirely on your Mac. $2.99 once.
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Dictate Email on Mac
Speak your emails instead of typing them. Voz transcribes on your Mac and types into the compose window — Gmail in any browser, Apple Mail, Outlook. Nothing is uploaded.
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Dictate in Google Docs on Mac
Google Docs has Voice Typing built in, but it only works in Chrome and sends audio to Google. Voz transcribes on your Mac and types into the document — any browser, and everywhere else too.
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Dictate in Notion on Mac
Speak into any Notion page and have the text typed at your cursor. Voz transcribes on your Mac, so meeting notes and drafts never leave the machine. No Notion integration required.
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Dictate in Obsidian
Speak into Obsidian notes with fully on-device transcription. No plugin, no cloud, no subscription — $2.99 once.
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Dictate in Slack on Mac
Speak your Slack messages instead of typing them. Voz transcribes on your Mac and types into the message box — threads, DMs, channels, and the search bar. No bot, no integration, nothing uploaded.
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Dictate in Microsoft Word on Mac
Word's own dictation needs a Microsoft 365 subscription and sends audio to Microsoft. Voz transcribes on your Mac and types into the document, with no subscription and nothing uploaded.
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Mac Dictation With No Subscription
Every Mac dictation app you can buy outright instead of renting, from free to $59 — and why on-device transcription is what makes one-time pricing possible.
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Is Wispr Flow Private? What Their Own Docs Say
Wispr Flow processes audio in the cloud. What that means for your data, what Privacy Mode does, how HIPAA works, and when it actually matters — sourced to their own docs.
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Record and Transcribe Meetings on Your Mac, Locally
Voz records a meeting on your own Mac — system audio plus your microphone — and transcribes it on device. Nothing joins your call and no audio is uploaded. $2.99 once, against $8-$35 a month elsewhere.
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Every Mac Dictation App and What It Costs (2026)
A neutral, dated price table for every Whisper-based Mac dictation app: Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, MacWhisper, VoiceInk, SpeakMac, VoxTap, Scryb, Handy, Voibe and Voz.
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Does Mac Dictation Send Your Audio to Apple? The Honest Answer
Sometimes. On Apple Silicon keyboard dictation usually runs on-device; on Intel Macs it does not, some languages need the cloud, and Apple does not document which requests go where. What that means, and how to remove the question.
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Mac Dictation Stops After 30 Seconds
Apple's Dictation ends itself after about 30 seconds of silence and there is no setting to extend it. Here is what is really happening, the workarounds that exist, and the one thing that removes the limit entirely.
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Offline Dictation for Mac
How on-device speech to text works on a Mac, which apps run fully offline, and how to verify that an app is not uploading your audio.
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Transcribe an Audio or Video File on Mac Without Uploading It
Drop a recording into Voz and get its transcript, produced on your own Mac by a bundled Whisper model. No upload, no account, no per-minute pricing. $2.99 once.