Say it aloud. It types.

Dictation for your Mac that never leaves your Mac.

  • Hold, speak, let goIn any app, wherever your cursor is.
  • Private by designOn-device. No cloud, no account, no subscription.
  • Clean-upDrops the “um”s. Your exact words stay in History.
  • Vocabulary and SnippetsNames spelled right. Short phrases, long text.
  • Meeting NotesSummaries of your calls. No bot joins.
  • Agent SpeakCoding agents ask out loud and hear your answer.
Download for Mac

Free · macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon

Best with sound · about 25 seconds

Hold a key. Speak. Let go.

Your words land in any app, wherever your cursor is.

Tidy as it types.

It drops the “um”s and honors “scratch that.” Your exact words stay in History.

Your words, spelled your way.

Teach it the names and terms that matter to you. Say a short phrase and get the text you use often.

Noon. A call starts.

Aloud offers to take notes and waits for your yes. No bot joins the call.

Notes, saved on your Mac.

A summary and a transcript that labels who spoke. Nothing leaves your Mac.

Your agents can ask out loud.

With Agent Speak, coding agents ask you a question out loud and hear your spoken answer.

Good to know

Free
No account, no subscription, no ads.
macOS 14 or later
On any Mac with Apple silicon.
Works offline
A one-time download, about 500 MB for dictation. Meeting Notes fetches the rest in the background. Then no internet needed.
Updates itself
When a new version is out, one click from the menu bar.

Say it aloud. It types.

Aloud lives in your menu bar, ready when you are.

Download for Mac

Free · macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon