Speechcap

Speechcap is privacy focused push-to-talk dictation for Mac: hold a key ? Whisper transcribes ? AI cleans up the filler and formatting ? text lands wherever your cursor is. No window to open, no paste step.

It works two ways:

Cloud (default, includes the free tier): zero setup, transcribes instantly. Your audio is transient through the provider and never stored.

Fully on-device (Pro): download Whisper + IBM Granite 4 Micro and both transcription and cleanup run locally. Plane, firewall, no wifi — your voice never leaves the Mac.

Every other dictation tool I tried still sends cleanup to a cloud. That was the itch I wanted to scratch.

A few more things:

2,500 words/week free, no credit card.

89 languages, with translation on Pro.

PPP pricing — ~$3 in some regions, more in others. Not one US sticker for the whole world.

Honest tradeoffs:

Mac only today (Windows in beta).

Small team, newer than the big names. (But we ship fairly fast 🚀)