Free, private AI dictation for macOS.
Turn spoken thoughts into polished text in the apps you use. Your voice stays on your Mac, with offline AI polish.
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macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon (M1 or later)
Hi Maya,
For Friday, please bring: • The design notes • The launch checklist • The revised budget of $6,239
Thanks, Amira
How it works
A look behind the scenes at our native macOS speech-to-text pipeline. Five stages prepare your audio, clean up verbal clutter, and deliver polished writing at your cursor, with on-device transcription and your choice of local or cloud AI polish.
Prepares the recording, trimming silence when appropriate.
Your chosen speech engine turns the recording into text on your Mac.
Snippets, custom words, fillers, emoji and number formatting, using your settings.
Your chosen AI model tidies the cleaned text, locally or through your chosen provider.
Finished text goes into your app, with clipboard fallback when needed.
Choose local polish to keep the text there too. With a cloud provider, text goes directly to that provider under your own key. Envious Labs does not receive your dictation.
Local speech engines
Both engines run locally on Apple Silicon, so your audio stays on your Mac. Choose fast everyday dictation with Parakeet or wider language coverage with WhisperKit.
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Fast on-device dictation for everyday writing. Downloaded during setup, ready for your first dictation.
Send the notes before our meeting, thanks.
Whisper optimized for Apple Silicon, with broader language coverage including Hindi, Japanese and Arabic.
会議の前にメモを送ってください。ありがとう。
It’s the default for everyday dictation. Switch engines anytime in Settings → Transcription.
Provider choice
Keep text on your Mac with a local model, or use your provider account for cloud polish. Requests go directly to your provider, with no EnviousWispr token markup or subscription.
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Local processing. Your audio and text stay on your Mac.
Your provider account or API key. No EnviousWispr markup or subscription. Provider charges may apply.
The cleanup engine
Real speech is full of pauses, false starts, corrections, and spoken lists. See how local cleanup and AI polish turn your words into clear, structured text.
Why basic dictation falls short ↗Names, jargon and product names you added get fixed on your Mac, before any model reads the text.
envious whisper pastes into your editor
EnviousWispr pastes into your editor.
Remove spoken hesitations with local cleanup, even when AI polish is off.
um, I think we ship the beta on Friday
I think we ship the beta on Friday.
Say the correction out loud. AI polish can keep the version you meant.
send the invite to john, actually jane
Send the invite to Jane.
English number formatting turns spoken values into the dates and times you would type.
moving standup to six fifty p m on july eleventh twenty twenty six
Moving standup to 6:50 PM on July 11, 2026.
AI polish can clean up repeated words and abandoned starts while keeping your thought.
I was, I was thinking, I mean maybe we skip the review this week
Maybe we skip the review this week.
AI polish tidies sentence boundaries, punctuation and capitalization.
can you review the doc before standup thanks
Can you review the doc before standup? Thanks!
English number formatting can turn spoken contact details into written addresses and numbers.
ping me at sam at example dot com
Ping me at [email protected]
With a model that supports list formatting, a spoken list becomes easier to scan.
first the installer, then the migration, finally the docs
• Installer • Migration • Docs
Say your keyword and a phrase you saved drops in. It is the first thing that touches the text, before your custom words or anything else.
email me at backslash my email any time
Email me at [email protected] any time.
Words that sound alike get the spelling your field actually uses.
the sequel query is timing out
The SQL query is timing out.
Say the name of an emoji and you get the emoji. One setting keeps it literal.
installer is signed fire emoji
Installer is signed 🔥
AI polish can separate related thoughts into readable paragraphs, without adding new ideas.
ok so the launch is on track we finished the installer docs are next also I want to redo the pricing page
The launch is on track. The installer is done and the docs are next. Also, I want to redo the pricing page.
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What each one means
Speak Spanish, get Spanish. Polish is set up only to tidy your words, not to translate them.
Dictation is treated as text to write. The polish prompt tells the model not to follow instructions inside it.
Output checks can reject empty, repetitive or unusually long results and keep the cleaned transcript instead.
If AI polish fails or times out, EnviousWispr falls back to the last successful text.
For your day
From code to email to study notes. Speak directly into the apps you already use.
Saved words keep PostgreSQL and Kubernetes in the form you use.
Update the PostgreSQL connection settings and add a retry when the connection times out.
Keep the existing Kubernetes deployment unchanged.
Work through the preparation and questions out loud. Keep the structure in your notes.
Fictional study notes
Tomorrow’s case discussion
Preparation • Start with the presenting complaint. • Compare the medication list with the history.
Questions 1. What changed since the last visit? 2. Which details still need clarification? 3. What should we discuss with the tutor?
Finish with a short summary for our study group.
Phone workflow concept for the upcoming Android app.
Android coming soon
She reached the platform just before dawn. The last train had already gone, and for the first time, she was glad.
A correction and a spoken time become a clear client email.
Hi Jordan,
Thanks for walking through the proposal. I’ll send the updated budget before our meeting on Friday at 6:30 PM.
Best, Noah
Keep the idea moving while the punctuation and cleanup are handled.
Public transport shapes the way people use a city. It influences where they work, how much time they spend travelling, and which neighborhoods they can reach.
A natural spoken update becomes a message in the conversation you already have open.
The design is ready for review. I’m waiting on the updated copy, so let’s move the handoff to Thursday. Thanks for the quick turnaround 👍
Turn your own spoken summary into useful episode notes.
For the show notes:
• How the project started • What changed after the first launch • The advice we want listeners to take away
Everyday messages and spoken emoji, without needing both hands on the keyboard.
I’ll pick up the groceries after school. Please add apples, milk and bread to the list. See you at home ❤️
Hands-free recording offers another way to write when typing is uncomfortable.
Please send the appointment details by email. I’d like to check the time and address before I make travel arrangements.
Real results
Independent reviews, public conversations and press coverage. Read or watch the originals and make up your own mind.
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Watch the EnviousWispr segment · 6:25Seven Mac dictation apps tested with the same passages. See the app in use and how the reviewer reached the result.
“Working very well and consistently for me. Pretty quick too. Nice work.”Read the conversation ↗
“I’m really genuinely impressed so far in using it (I wrote most of this comment with it), and the fact that this is free is surprising.”Read the conversation ↗
A walkthrough of the free Mac app and its local workflow.
Read the original article ↗Features, polishing options and the local dictation experience.
Read the original article ↗Comparisons
Built-in dictation or a paid alternative? Explore the differences in cleanup, privacy, features and cost.
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Dictation and local AI polish.
Built into macOS.
Free: 2,000 words/week on desktop. Pro: $15/month.
Free unlimited Whisper models. Pro adds AI models.
A personal thank-you
This started with my own typing bottleneck and a small project I wanted to use myself. It has now grown to thousands of downloads, and that means more to me than I expected.
Thank you to everyone who has tried EnviousWispr, reported a problem, suggested an improvement or shared it with a friend. Your feedback and continued support keep shaping the app.
I use it every day. I hope it gives you more room to think, create and get on with your day.
Saurabh Founder, Envious Labs
Free dictation and AI polish, on your Mac. No account. No subscription.
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