Observed arrival · 2026-09-04

fnTalk, the dictation app that keeps your voice on your Mac

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A push-to-talk macOS dictation tool that inserts transcribed speech wherever the cursor is, without sending audio or text to a server.

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fnTalk uses the speech model already built into macOS rather than shipping its own model, which helps explain the listed 1.9 MB download. It operates from the menu bar and inserts text at the current cursor, with hold-to-talk and tap-to-toggle modes. App-specific rules distinguish casual messages, closed-form prose, terminal commands, and AI prompts, while users can add vocabulary through macOS Services.

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