--- title: "Precis · On-device dictation app and speech to text for Mac" description: "Hold ⌥ Space, talk, and clean text appears at your cursor, shaped for the app. On-device Mac dictation. No account, no subscription. $39 once." url: https://myprecis.app/ --- Dictation for Mac # Talk. It types. Hold ⌥ Space in any app and say what you mean. Precis types it where your cursor is, cleaned up and shaped for the app you're in. Your voice never leaves your Mac. [Download for Mac](https://myprecis.app/download/latest) [Buy for $39](https://checkout.dodopayments.com/buy/pdt_0NorxSfZNcxMOquMUwCPN?quantity=1) Free for 7 days, no card. Needs macOS 26.5 on Apple silicon. Precis knows which app you're in and shapes the same voice for it. The four examples on the page: ### Slack: Message You say: *hey are we still on for lunch tomorrow i can do ~~like~~ twelve thirty or one* Precis types: > Hey, are we still on for lunch tomorrow? I can do 12:30 or 1. ### ChatGPT: Prompt You say: *~~okay so i want you to~~ write a swift function that groups dictation entries by day ~~uh~~ it should use the user's calendar not utc and the newest day should come first ~~oh and~~ don't use any third party libraries* Precis types: > Write a Swift function that groups dictation entries by day. > > - It should use the user's calendar, not UTC. > - The newest day should come first. > - Don't use any third-party libraries. ### Notion: Notes You say: *we agreed on three things ~~first~~ the designs are due on monday ~~second~~ sam owns the copy ~~third~~ we ship on the twentieth* Precis types: > We agreed on three things. > > - The designs are due on Monday. > - Sam owns the copy. > - We ship on the 20th. ### Gmail: Email draft You say: *write an email to jane saying we're setting up a meeting at 5 pm on thursday about the launch* Precis types: > Hi Jane, > > I'd like to set up a meeting at 5 p.m. on Thursday to talk about the launch. Does that time work for you? > > Best regards, Precis knows which app you're in, and in a browser, which tab. It shapes your words to fit with Apple Intelligence, on your Mac. Not what you meant? Click the capsule and Precis swaps in your exact words. Where it works ## It knows where you're typing. Precis reads which app is in front, and in Safari, Chrome and Arc, which site. Then it writes the way that app expects: a quick reply in chat, a clear ask for an AI, a tidy list in your notes, a real email in your inbox. - Email: Gmail, Mimestream, Superhuman, Proton Mail, Spark, Fastmail - Chat: Slack, WhatsApp, Discord, Telegram, Signal, Zoom - AI & code: ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Perplexity, Zed, Warp - Notes & docs: Notion, Obsidian, Linear, Bear, Craft, Things Apple's own apps too: Mail, Messages, Notes, Xcode and Terminal. Anywhere else you can type gets clean, plain text. - Turns a sentence into text in: **0.1 s**, with Parakeet, measured on an M4 Mac - Audio sent to a server: **0 bytes**, Speech and Styles both run on your Mac - Languages: **99**, including Spanish and French - Price: **$39**, once. No subscription, no account. How it works ## Hold two keys. Talk. Let go. 1. **Hold ⌥ Space.** In any app, wherever your cursor is. Or tap it once to keep talking hands-free. 2. **Say it the way it comes out.** Ums, restarts and “no wait” are fine. You don't have to talk like a robot. 3. **Let go.** Clean text lands at your cursor, shaped for the app you're in. Esc cancels. Cleans up as you talk ## Say it messy. Read it clean. Ums and false starts are gone, and “no wait” corrections are applied before anything is typed. Spoken email addresses, new lines and questions come out right too. - **No wait.** You say: *so ~~um~~ the launch moved to ~~tuesday no wait~~ wednesday and i'll send the deck tonight*. Precis types: “So the launch moved to **Wednesday** and **I'll** send the deck tonight.” - **Ums and uhs.** You say: *so the ~~uh~~ build is failing on ci because the cert expired i'll renew it tomorrow*. Precis types: “So the build is failing on **CI** because the cert expired. **I'll** renew it tomorrow.” - **Restarts.** You say: *~~i'm waiting for,~~ i'm waiting for the bus*. Precis types: “I'm waiting for the bus.” - **Email addresses.** You say: *mail jane at example dot com today*. Precis types: “Mail **jane@example.com** today.” - **New lines.** You say: *hi sam ~~new paragraph~~ thanks for this ~~new line~~ alex*. Precis types: “Hi Sam [new paragraph] Thanks for this. [new line] Alex” - **Questions.** You say: *could you check if i left it on*. Precis types: “Could you check if **I** left it on**?**” Stays on your Mac ## Wi-Fi off. Still typing. Speech and Styles run on your Mac. Switch Wi-Fi off and keep dictating. No account. - **Speech to text on your Mac.** NVIDIA Parakeet for English and 24 European languages, OpenAI Whisper for the rest. - **Styles on your Mac.** Apple Intelligence's on-device model shapes the text. Nothing goes to a server. - **Audio deleted.** The recording is gone as soon as your words are typed. Only the text stays, in a history on your Mac. Sent by Precis: **0 bytes** What you get ## Everything else, done quietly. ### Spells your words Add names and jargon once. When Precis keeps mishearing a word, it offers the fix. ### History you can search Every dictation, kept on your Mac. The audio is deleted as soon as your words are typed. ### Snippets Say a short phrase, get the whole thing. ### 99 languages Parakeet for English and 24 European languages, including Spanish and French. Whisper for the rest. Compare ## How Precis compares. The dictation apps people ask about most, side by side. | Feature | Precis | Wispr Flow | Superwhisper | VoiceInk | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Price | $39 once, 2 Macs | $15 a month | $8.49 a month, or $249.99 once | $25 once for 1 Mac, $39 for 2 | | Where speech becomes text | On your Mac | Their servers | Your Mac or their servers | On your Mac | | Rewrites for each app | Built in, on your Mac | Built in, on their servers | Modes, with cloud or local models | With your own AI provider | | Recorder can sit by your cursor | Yes | No | No | No | | Works with Wi-Fi off | Yes | No | With local models | Yes | From each company's website, checked on 1 October 2026: [Wispr Flow](https://wisprflow.ai/pricing) (Pro is $12 a month billed yearly), [Superwhisper](https://superwhisper.com), [VoiceInk](https://tryvoiceink.com) (one Mac; $39 for two). Product names belong to their owners. Full comparisons: [Wispr Flow](https://myprecis.app/wispr-flow-alternative), [Superwhisper](https://myprecis.app/vs/superwhisper), [VoiceInk](https://myprecis.app/vs/voiceink), [Apple Dictation](https://myprecis.app/vs/apple-dictation), and [the best Mac dictation apps](https://myprecis.app/best-dictation-app-mac). Pricing ## Pay once. Keep it. No subscription, no account and no word limits. Try everything free for 7 days first. ### Precis for Mac Everything, on 2 Macs **$39**once, for as long as you use it Wispr Flow Pro costs $144 every year. - Parakeet and Whisper speech engines - Styles for every app, and your own - Dictionary, snippets and history - Insights from your own dictations - Every future update, no paid upgrades [Buy for $39](https://checkout.dodopayments.com/buy/pdt_0NorxSfZNcxMOquMUwCPN?quantity=1) [Download the free trial](https://myprecis.app/download/latest) 7-day free trial with no card. 30-day refund if it's not for you. macOS 26.5 or later on Apple silicon. Styles use Apple Intelligence. ### What you'd pay over 3 years - Wispr Flow Pro ($144 a year, billed yearly): $432 - Superwhisper Pro ($84.99 a year): $255 - Precis (once, for as long as you use it): $39 Their cheapest yearly plans, drawn to scale. Checked on 1 October 2026. > I make Precis on my own and use it every day. There's no company account and nobody else reading your words. If something doesn't work the way you expect, tell me and I'll fix it. — Nithish, Maker of Precis, @nithishgo Questions ## Good to know. ### Does Precis send my voice anywhere? No. Precis turns speech into text on your Mac, and Styles are written by Apple Intelligence on the same Mac. It goes online only to download a speech engine once, to confirm your licence about every two weeks, and to check for updates. Once the engine is downloaded, you can turn Wi-Fi off and keep dictating. ### Which Macs does it run on? Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or later, including M2, M3 and M4) running macOS 26.5 or later, also known as macOS Tahoe. Styles need Apple Intelligence turned on in System Settings. Without it, Precis still types clean text; it just doesn't reshape it for each app. ### Will it slow down or heat up my Mac? Only for a moment. Listening takes almost no power. When you let go, your Mac works for about a second to turn speech into text, and one to three seconds more when a Style shapes it with Apple Intelligence, then it goes quiet. The first dictation after installing or updating takes longer while macOS prepares the speech engine for your Mac; after that it's quick. When your Mac is warm or in Low Power Mode, Precis eases off by itself. ### Which apps does it work in? Any app where you can type: mail, browsers, chat, code editors, Terminal and documents. Precis recognises Mail, Gmail, Outlook, ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Slack, Messages, WhatsApp, Notes, Notion, Obsidian and more, so it can pick the right Style. In Safari, Chrome and Arc it reads the tab's title, so Gmail and ChatGPT work in the browser too. ### What languages does it understand? With Parakeet, English and 24 European languages, including Spanish and French. With Whisper, 99 languages. Set your language in Settings and Precis uses the engine that knows it. ### How does the free trial work? Download Precis and use all of it for 7 days. No card and no account. When the trial ends, buy a licence to keep dictating. ### Can I use it on more than one Mac? Yes. One licence covers 2 Macs. ### What if it's not for me? Ask for a refund within 30 days and you'll get your money back. ### How is it different from the dictation built into macOS? Precis cleans up as it goes. It removes ums and restarts, applies your “no wait” corrections, writes web and email addresses properly and shapes the text for the app you're in. It also learns your vocabulary, keeps a searchable history, and with Parakeet turns a sentence into text in about a tenth of a second. ### Why isn't it on the Mac App Store? To type into other apps, Precis uses macOS Accessibility, and the Mac App Store doesn't allow apps that do that. You download it from this site instead. ### Is Precis a speech-to-text app? Yes. Precis is speech to text and voice typing for Mac. You hold ⌥ Space in any app, talk, and the text is typed where your cursor is, with the ums removed and the wording shaped for the app you're in. It runs on your Mac, not in the cloud. ### Does it work on a MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini or iMac? Yes, on any Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 26.5 or later: MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, iMac and Mac Studio. Intel Macs aren't supported. ### Is there a free version? There's a free 7-day trial with no card and no account, then one payment and no subscription. If you need something free forever, Apple Dictation is built into every Mac. [Here is what each free dictation app for Mac includes](https://myprecis.app/free-dictation-app-mac). ### What is Precis for Mac? Precis is an on-device dictation app for Mac. You hold ⌥ Space in any app, talk, and clean text is typed at your cursor, shaped for the app you're in. Speech recognition and rewriting both run on your Mac. It's made by one independent developer, with a 7-day free trial and a one-time price instead of a subscription. ### Does Precis use Apple Intelligence? Yes, for Styles: the rewriting that shapes text for each app runs on Apple's on-device model, so nothing is sent to a server. Speech recognition uses NVIDIA Parakeet or OpenAI Whisper, also on your Mac. If Apple Intelligence is off, Precis still types clean text. ## Say it once. Hold ⌥ Space in any app on your Mac and start talking. [Download for Mac](https://myprecis.app/download/latest) [Buy for $39](https://checkout.dodopayments.com/buy/pdt_0NorxSfZNcxMOquMUwCPN?quantity=1) Free for 7 days, no card. Needs macOS 26.5 on Apple silicon. --- [Precis for Mac](https://myprecis.app/) · [Download](https://myprecis.app/download/latest) · [Pricing](https://myprecis.app/pricing.md) · [All pages](https://myprecis.app/llms.txt)