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ListenIn is a menu-bar dictation app for macOS. Hold a trigger key, speak, and cleaned-up text is inserted at your cursor in any app — Claude Code, Cursor, Terminal, Mail, Slack.

The same spoken sentence, adapted to the app you are typing into.

Cost / License

  • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
  • Proprietary

Platforms

  • Mac
Mixed Chinese-English speech: English technical terms stay in English.
What stays on your Mac, and what leaves it for cleanup.
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  1.  Speech to text
  2.  Voice input
  3.  Dictation
  4.  Voice to Text

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    ListenIn

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.

  • Pricing

    One time purchase that costs $149, and / or subscription that costs $12 per month + free version with limited functionality.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Chinese
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What is ListenIn?

ListenIn is a menu-bar dictation app for macOS. Hold a trigger key, speak, and cleaned-up text is inserted at your cursor in any app — Claude Code, Cursor, Terminal, Mail, Slack.

Speech recognition is handled by Apple's speech engine, so audio never reaches a ListenIn server. Only the recognized text goes to the cleanup step, and you can point that at your own API key or at a local Ollama model instead, which keeps everything on the machine.

It is built for people who mix Chinese and English in one sentence: English technical terms stay in English inside Chinese sentences rather than being translated or transliterated. A dedicated key turns spoken rambling into a structured prompt — goal, numbered steps, constraints — for AI coding agents. Correct a misheard word once and it enters your personal dictionary, with an offer to fix the remaining occurrences in the same field.

Free tier: 8,000 AI-cleaned words per week, renewing weekly, with no account and no email required. Pro: $12/month, $96/year, or $149 once. Requires macOS 14 or later; universal build for Apple Silicon and Intel, signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple.