Whisper Dictation on Mac, On Device

Whisper Dictation on Mac, On DeviceBetterAudio runs Whisper on your Mac to turn speech and system audio into text. Audio never leaves the computer. Free, with unlimited recordings on license.BetterAudio runs Whisper on your Mac to turn speech into text, so the audio never goes to a cloud service. It can also transcribe system audio, such as a call or a video.

Recordings library: 3 days free, unlimited with the Support License

Apple-native transcription where macOS supports it

The Whisper backend uses whisper.cpp, which installs with Homebrew

Start and stop dictation from Apple Shortcuts

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