Turn your voice
into text. Instantly.
Local voice dictation for macOS — works in every app, coding, note-taking, email, and more.
Everything you need
Fast, private, and powerful voice dictation built for macOS.
Privacy First
All processing happens locally on your Mac. Your voice never leaves your device, ensuring total data sovereignty.
Lightning Fast
Instant transcription powered by local engines. Speak and see results in real-time.
AI Enhancement
Clean up 'umms', 'ahhs', and improve grammar using optional local or cloud-based LLMs.
Works Everywhere
Auto-paste transcribed text into any macOS app — from Slack and Chrome to Cursor and Terminal.
Native Bar
Lives quietly in your menu bar. A simple hotkey away from your next thought.
Loved by creators
Join thousands of professionals who are saving hours every week.
Hearsy has completely changed how I write my weekly reports. It's so much faster than typing.
The privacy aspect is what sold me. I can dictate sensitive client notes without worrying about where the data is going.
As a developer, I use it for documentation and commit messages. The local AI enhancement is surprisingly good.
I've tried many dictation tools, but this is the first one that feels like a natural part of my workflow.
Voice to text instantly
How it works
Three steps. That's it.
Press your hotkey
Configure any keyboard shortcut to start recording.
Speak naturally
Talk at your normal pace — Hearsy captures every word.
Text appears instantly
Transcribed text is pasted right where your cursor is.
AI-powered enhancement
Optionally refine your transcriptions with AI templates.
Remove filler words
Automatically strips um, uh, like, you know, and other fillers.
So, um, I think that, uh, we should, like, go now.
Add punctuation
Inserts proper punctuation and fixes grammar on the fly.
it was a great day we went to the beach and had fun
Summarize
Condenses long dictations into concise summaries.
We spent the entire morning discussing the various possibilities for the new project launch and finally decided on a digital-first approach.
Powered by Claude, OpenAI, or local Qwen LLM
Multilingual support
Two engines, one goal — accurate transcription in your language.
Parakeet TDT v2
Optimized for speed on Apple Silicon. Covers major world languages with near-instant results.
Real-time stream processing
Whisper v3 Turbo
Broadest language support with automatic language detection. Ideal for multilingual workflows.
99+ Languages supported
Instant switching · Auto-detection · Local processing
Built for privacy
Your words belong to you — and only you.
No cloud processing
Every transcription runs entirely on your Mac using local ML models.
No audio uploads
Your voice recordings never leave your device. Period.
No data collection
We don't collect, store, or analyze any of your data.
Pay once, use forever.
One purchase unlocks every feature, every update, for life.
Lifetime
For professionals and power users
- Unlimited dictations
- Local processing
- AI enhancement templates
- All future updates
- Priority support
- Every feature, forever
30-day money-back guarantee
Free
Perfect for trying things out
- 3 dictations per day
- Local processing
- Basic transcription
- Works everywhere
No subscriptions. No recurring fees. No tricks.
Ready to ditch the keyboard?
Download Hearsy and start dictating in seconds.
macOS 14+ | Apple Silicon | ~640MB model download