Observed arrival · 2026-11-06
FnSpeak makes Mac dictation learn your vocabulary
An open-source macOS dictation app that runs locally, cleans up speech, and learns names and terms from your corrections.
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- Apple Silicon Mac users who want local dictation
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- A rewrite guardrail rejects cleanup that adds words the speaker did not say.
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The pipeline runs from speech recognition through a rule filter and vocabulary matching, with an optional local cleanup model for longer corrections. The page says a guardrail rejects rewrites that introduce words the speaker did not say, while rule-cleaned text remains as fallback. Building from source fetches about 3.7 GB of models and tools; local cleanup is recommended for machines with 16 GB of memory, with other modes listed for 8 GB systems.
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