Observed arrival · 2026-10-18

SpeechFast: Mac dictation that keeps audio local

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Editorial interest 77/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A Mac app that turns speech into cleaned-up text at your cursor, with transcription and cleanup presented as running on-device.

Landing page captured for the 2026-10-18 issue.

For: Mac users who dictate across languages
Worth noticing: The page says an automated test fails if transcription or cleanup makes any network request.

Field notes

The interface is organized around three keyboard gestures: hold fn to dictate, use Shift+fn for longer hands-free messages, and press Escape to cancel. The page lists different model footprints and trade-offs, including a 600 MB Parakeet download and a 2 GB Cohere Transcribe download. Its stated system requirement is an Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 26.

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