Observed arrival · 2026-09-30

Dictate: hold a key, speak, done

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A Mac dictation app that transcribes speech on-device and inserts the text at your cursor in other apps.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-30 issue.

For: Mac users who dictate across apps
Worth noticing: First launch downloads a roughly 600 MB Parakeet model; optional Claude cleanup sends longer dictations to Anthropic only when enabled.

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Users can assign different hold-to-talk keys to different keyboards, and the app remembers each keyboard's setting when it is unplugged. The page says substitutions can teach it names or jargon, while language detection can switch among English, Danish, and German without a manual setting change. Its listed network activity includes a first-launch model download, daily version checks, and an optional Claude cleanup setting.

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