speakeasy.
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Polish, not just transcription
Raw speech is messy. speakeasy. runs an optional cleanup pass that drops the "uh"s, resolves your self-corrections, and fixes punctuation — without changing what you meant. Dial it from minimal to strong.
macOS dictation · free & open source
Hold a key.
Speak. It types.
speakeasy. lives in your menu bar and waits. Press ⌥ Right Option, say what you mean, let go — clean text lands at your cursor, in whatever app you're already in. No window to switch to. No transcript to copy. It just appears.
Apple Silicon · macOS 13+ · source available
Listening…
01 The whole interaction
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i.
Hold
Press and hold Right Option from anywhere. A small pill fades in. Nothing steals your focus.
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ii.
Speak
Say the sentence the way you'd say it out loud — false starts, "um"s and all.
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iii.
Release
Let go. speakeasy. transcribes with Groq Whisper and quietly tidies the filler.
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iv.
It's there
The finished text pastes itself at your cursor. You never left the app you were in.
02 Why it feels different
Lives in the menu bar
No dock icon, no window management. It's there when you hold the key and gone when you don't.
Works in every app
Because it pastes at your cursor, it works in email, your editor, Slack, the terminal — anywhere you can type.
Fast by design
Groq's inference is quick enough that release-to-text feels close to instant for everyday sentences.
Your voice doesn't loiter
Audio is captured locally and sent straight to transcription — there's no account history of what you said. In the open-source edition you bring your own Groq key, so the audio path is entirely yours.
03 Same app. Two ways to run it.
Open source
speakeasy-oss
The full app, free and AGPL-licensed. Bring your own Groq API key. No speakeasy. account, no speakeasy. usage tracking, and no hosted middleman.
- Hold-to-talk dictation
- Optional cleanup before paste
- Bring your own Groq API key
- No speakeasy. account or usage tracking
- Source available on GitHub
Hosted
speakeasy.
The same Mac app without the API-key setup. Sign in with email and speakeasy. handles transcription access and monthly usage limits for you.
- No Groq key to create or manage
- Email sign-in
- Monthly dictation limits by plan
- Same hold-to-talk Mac app
- No transcript history
04 Pricing
Use the free OSS app with your own Groq key, or choose hosted if you don't want to manage one. Hosted plans are monthly usage buckets. Boring on purpose.
OSS / BYOK
$0/forever
You pay Groq directly for what you use — pennies an hour.
- The full app
- Bring your own Groq key
- No account needed
Free (hosted)
$0/month
Try the hosted edition with no key to manage.
- 5 minutes of dictation / month
- Email sign-in
- No API key required
Most popular
Starter
$5/month
For daily drivers who dictate through their day.
- 24 hours of dictation / month
- Priority transcription
- Everything in Free
Pro
$12/month
For heavy talkers and folks who write by voice.
- 100 hours of dictation / month
- Priority transcription
- Everything in Starter
Hosted plans are billed monthly and cancel anytime from the billing portal.
Last call.
Stop typing what you could say. Grab speakeasy. and have your first sentence dictated within a minute.
Apple Silicon · macOS 13 Ventura or later · source available · ~90 MB