Hold one key, speak, and Dicto drops the text into whatever app you're in. On-device, private, and fast — nothing ever leaves your Mac.
Transcription runs on-device with local Whisper. No servers, no accounts, no audio leaving your machine — fully offline.
Editors, terminals, browsers, chat, docs — Dicto pastes into whatever holds focus, full Unicode, never hitting Enter for you.
Hold ⌥, speak, release. The text appears where your cursor already is — a floating pill shows it is listening.
History, word counts, time saved, and a daily streak — a clean local app that keeps your data yours.
Press and hold Right Option anywhere on your Mac.
The pill lights up and listens while you talk.
Dicto transcribes on-device and pastes it in — instantly.
Yes. Transcription runs on-device with local Whisper. No audio or text ever leaves your machine, and it works fully offline.
Any app that accepts text — editors, terminals, browsers, chat, docs. Dicto pastes into whatever holds keyboard focus.
Free. On-device dictation with no account, no subscription, and no limits.
Drag Dicto to the Trash (Mac) or use Add/Remove Programs (Windows). Your local history lives in one folder you can delete too.
Free for Mac, on Apple Silicon. Install in seconds — no account, no cloud.