Voice to text for Mac, built for AI

Talk like a person.
Prompt like a pro.

Hold a key and talk. Speaky Box reads which app is in front and writes for it: a structured prompt in Claude, a proper email in Mail, sorted notes in Notes.

Download for Mac
Free to start. No card. 2,000 words a week.
You said

Faster than typing

3× faster than typing.

Most people type around 40 words a minute and talk around 150. Say it and you're done before you'd have finished the first line.

Keyboard40wpm

Still typing
Speaky Box150wpm

Done
How it works

Hold. Talk. Let go.

fn
01 · Hold

Hold any key you like

fn, right option, caps lock, anything. The widget appears while you hold it.

You say0:03
um tell greg we need to, no, ask greg if we can move it to tuesday
02 · Talk

Say it how you'd say it

Ramble, pause, change your mind halfway. It works out what you meant.

Messages

Hi Greg, could we move it to Tuesday?

03 · Let go

It's typed where your cursor is

Mail, Slack, Notes, Cursor, a browser. Anywhere you can type, you can talk.

The Smart key everywhere else

Same key. Different app, different writing.

Speaky Box reads which app is in front. A structured prompt in Claude, a short message in Slack, a written email in Mail, all from the same ramble and the same key.

You say0:04
You say0:07
Two keys

One key for saying it.
One for writing it properly.

Dictate gives you your words, tidied, anywhere you can type. Smart knows which app you're in and writes for it: an email in Mail, a message in Slack.

Every app

Works wherever your cursor is.

And everywhere else you can type.
Privacy

Your voice stays yours.

Nothing listens until you hold the key, nothing is kept once it's typed, and nothing you say is used to train anything.

Off until you hold the key

The mic is only open while you're holding. Let go and it's off. No wake word, no always-on listening.

Audio is turned into text, then gone

Your recording goes to a speech service, comes back as words, and is deleted. Nothing is trained on it.

Your history stays on your Mac

What you said and what was typed lives on your machine, not on a server. Switch history off any time.

Pricing

Free to start. Cheap to keep.

Free
£0forever
For getting things typed.
  • 2,000 words a week
  • Both keys, every app
  • Smart prompting in Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor
  • Your names and terms, spelt right
  • History and stats on your Mac
Download for Mac
No card needed
Pro
£8.99a month
For people who talk all day.
  • Unlimited words
  • Everything in Free
  • First to new models and apps
  • Cancel any time
Download and go Pro
Upgrade inside the app in two clicks
Set up in a minute. macOS 13 or later.
FAQ

Questions, answered.

What does free include?
2,000 words a week, both keys, every app, Smart prompting, your own words and names, and history and stats on your Mac. No card.
What does Pro add?
No weekly cap. £8.99 a month, upgrade inside the app, cancel whenever you like.
Does it work in every app?
Yes. It types wherever your cursor is: Mail, Slack, Notes, Cursor, Xcode, any browser, anything with a text field.
What's the Smart key?
A second key that knows which app you're in. In Mail it writes an email, in Slack a message, in Claude or ChatGPT a structured prompt. Dictate is the plain one: your words, tidied.
Can I choose my own keys?
Any key you like for either one, including fn, the option keys and caps lock. You can also switch one of them off and use just the other.
What happens to my voice?
It's only recorded while you hold the key. The audio is turned into text and deleted. Your history stays on your Mac.
Which Macs?
macOS 13 Ventura or later, Apple silicon and Intel. It lives in the menu bar and uses very little memory.
A minute to set up

Stop typing.
Start talking.

Download for Mac
Free. macOS 13 or later. No card.