You talk. It types.

Free · Open source · macOS

You talk. It types.

Free, open-source dictation for your Mac. Hold ⌥ Space and speak. Let go, and the text lands at your cursor in any app. It all runs on your machine.

Download for Mac · free $brew install rekody/rekody/rekody

macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon (Intel via the CLI) · no account · no telemetry

0:07 tap ⌥ + space to stop …and the words land as I say them

lands at your cursor in …or anywhere else you type \~100ms

\~100ms Key release → final text

0 Network calls while dictating

\~35 MB One native binary, not Electron

Measured on the default on-device engine. Speech models download once at setup; dictation itself never touches the network.

How it works

Hold for a quick note. Tap to go hands-free.

hold ⌥ space

Hold to talk

Hold the shortcut and speak. The pill shows which app you're typing into, and the words appear as you say them. Release, and the final text lands at your cursor.

tap ⌥ space

Tap for hands-free

Quick-tap the shortcut instead, and keep talking as long as you like. Tap again to stop. Made for longer dictation, or when your hands are busy.

Privacy

Nothing leaves your Mac.

Transcription happens on your machine. No account, no analytics, no audio saved. There is no Rekody server your voice could be sent to.

The code is MIT-licensed on GitHub, so you don't have to take our word for it.

Data sent to us

Analytics events 0

Audio saved to disk 0 bytes

Account required no

Cloud sync never

Update checks manual

Ready in about a minute.

Download the app, drag it to Applications, then hold ⌥ Space and say something.

Download for Mac · free View source on GitHub

macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon · auto-updates · free

Live in the terminal? The open-source CLI installs with Homebrew and also runs on Intel Macs.

$brew install rekody/rekody/rekody

Runs on-device by default. Cloud engines are optional and labeled. Prefer curl, make, or cargo? See the README.