A powerful speech-to-text application for macOS

• Dictation Mode — Speak and see your words transcribed in real-time
• Voice Typing — Type anywhere on your Mac using your voice
• Caption Mode — Display live captions in a floating overlay window

• Batch Processing — Transcribe multiple audio/video files at once
• Translation — Automatically translate transcripts using LLM providers
• Timestamps — Generate subtitles with accurate timing

• On-Device — Parakeet (Apple Silicon), WhisperKit, Apple Speech
• Cloud — OpenAI Whisper, Soniox, Deepgram, AssemblyAI, ElevenLabs

• Speaker Diarization — Identify different speakers in conversations
• Custom Vocabulary — Improve accuracy with domain-specific terms
• Global Hotkeys — Start/stop transcription from anywhere
• Session History — Review and export past transcriptions

• macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later
• Apple Silicon recommended for on-device providers
• Intel Macs supported with cloud providers

1. Download the latest .dmg from the Releases page
2. Open the DMG file and drag VoiceTale to your Applications folder
3. Launch VoiceTale and grant the required permissions (Microphone, Screen Recording for system audio)

VoiceTale requires the following permissions:

• Microphone — For voice transcription
• Screen Recording — For capturing system audio (optional)
• Accessibility — For Voice Typing mode (optional)

Found a bug or have a feature request? Please open an issue on this repository.

VoiceTale is proprietary software. All rights reserved.