Wispr

Wispr is a voice dictation and meeting transcription app for macOS. The user presses Option+Space in any application, speaks, and releases the key, and the transcribed text appears at the cursor. The hotkey can be changed. All processing happens on the Mac using on device models, including Whisper and NVIDIA Parakeet, so no audio is sent to a cloud service and it works without an internet connection. It supports 97 languages with automatic language detection or a pinned language. A meeting mode transcribes in person or online meetings, separating up to four speakers in a live transcript, with timestamped history that can be copied or exported. The app lives in the menu bar and walks new users through microphone and accessibility permissions and model download. It is aimed at writers, developers, students and anyone who wants to dictate into any text field instead of typing. Wispr is free and open source. It installs from a .pkg download or through Homebrew, and the developer accepts donations to fund continued development. No paid plans are listed.