Observed arrival · 2026-09-28
Hold To Talk turns a held key into Mac-wide dictation
A Mac app that turns speech into text wherever your cursor is, with a separate meeting-notes mode.
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- For
- Mac users who dictate across apps or take meeting notes
- Worth noticing
- Meeting Notes supports Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and FaceTime, with an on-screen recording indicator, according to the site.
Field notes
Users can add names and terms the app mishears to a personal vocabulary, and choose whether dictation history lasts 30 days, forever, or not at all. The page also describes a desktop copy bar for speech captured when no text field is selected. Meeting Notes is presented as a separate mode: double-tap the trigger key to begin, with an on-screen “Taking notes” indicator while it runs.
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