Mac application
Free
Free software; optional provider usage charged separately
- Allowance and restrictions
- No word limit/account/subscription advertised; English only; compatible hardware required.
WhisperWrite pricing
● Identity checkedLocal Mac dictation · Official-source review 2026-10-09 UTC
WhisperWrite types dictated speech into the active Mac app using a keyboard shortcut. Speech recognition runs locally by default, with hands-free controls and optional cloud speech or AI editing.
- Category
- Local Mac dictation
- Free access
- Free app without word limits, subscription or account; optional cloud AI uses your paid API keys.
- API access
- Optional Anthropic AI Edit and OpenAI speech connections use the user’s own keys.
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WhisperWrite pricing & plans
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Read original source ↗Costs and constraints
Requires Apple silicon M1 or newer, macOS 14+ and about 1 GB for the speech model; Intel is unsupported. English only is documented currently. Default recognition can work offline; optional AI Edit and OpenAI speech send data to their providers and are billed separately. Signing/notarization and privacy behavior are vendor claims, not independently verified. No dictation or app installation was performed.
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