Observed arrival · 2026-09-17

Grille — Private Dictation for Mac

grille.app Observed source

Editorial interest 79/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A Mac dictation app that turns speech into formatted text locally, without a subscription or required internet connection.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-17 issue.

Field notes

The described workflow combines a keyboard shortcut, microphone input, local speech recognition, optional cleanup, and paste into the active Mac application. Cleanup can be set to Off, Light, or Full, with an example that turns hesitations and repeated words into prose and list items. The page specifies macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon and says the app goes online only for an initial model download and licence checks. A comparison section places it alongside Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and macOS Dictation.

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