Local voice to text for Mac

Your voice, in the text field you’re using

Hold Fn, speak, and release. SpokenKey transcribes on your Mac and inserts the finished text into the focused field when the app supports insertion.

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Mac app · one-time license per device · Requires macOS 15.0 or later.

SpokenKey

Capture / Ready

Ready to speak

Push-to-Talk

Hold Fn while you speak

Long-Form

Record a thought or meeting

Your app

Focused editable field

Notes for Thursday’s check-in:

SpokenKey · Ready

Hold fn (or Space while it’s focused) to try it, or .

Two apps in one. One price.

Push-to-Talk and Long-Form usually come as separate apps. SpokenKey gives you both, for the price of one.

01 · Push-to-Talk

For a sentence, right where you’re typing.

Hold Fn, speak, release. The finished text goes into the focused field when insertion is verified, or waits for you to copy.

How Push-to-Talk works

02 · Long-Form

For a longer thought or a meeting.

Choose what SpokenKey should hear, then record. Pause to review, copy confirmed text, and stop when you’re done.

How Long-Form works

Skip the Push-to-Talk walkthrough

Push-to-Talk

Hold a key. Say it. Let go.

You stay in the app you’re using the whole time. It plays through on its own.

Your appFileEditViewWindow

Recording · LocalFinalizing…Inserted · Not saved

Inserted · Not saved

The verified text is in the target field.

Save to History

Done

Your app — Notes

Focused editable field

Notes for Thursday’s check-in:
Thanks, everyone. The final check-in should end with owners, dates, and a short recap.

Your text stays unchanged while you speak.

Partial words stay in SpokenKey until you release.

⌃control

⌥option

⌘command

SpokenKey

CaptureHistorySettings

Local processingTranscription on this Mac

Push-to-Talk / Recovery

Your text is ready to copy

SpokenKey couldn’t insert the finalized text.

Insertion unavailableYour finalized text is preserved here.

The final check-in should end with owners, dates, and a short recap.

Copy text

Switch to the app you were working in and paste.

Skip the Long-Form walkthrough

Long-Form

Choose what it hears. Then record.

For a longer thought or meeting, choose what SpokenKey should hear before recording.

SpokenKey

CaptureHistorySettings

Local processingTranscription on this Mac

Capture / Ready

Ready to speak

Choose the workflow that fits this moment.

Push-to-Talk

Dictate into the focused field

Hold Fn while you speak.
Release to finalize and insert.

Start dictation

Long-Form

Record a thought or meeting

Choose Microphone or Microphone + Mac audio.
Pause to review and edit; Stop to finalize for History.

New recording

Long-Form / Before recording

What should SpokenKey hear?

Choose the audio source for this session.

MicrophoneFor a thought or single-speaker recording.

Microphone + Mac audioFor meeting transcription with Mac audio. macOS may ask for audio-capture access.

Recording starts only after you continue.

ContinueCancel

Long-Form / Recording

Recording in progress

Recording · LocalMicrophone00:00ELAPSED

Your transcript will appear after you pause or stop.

Amplitude ribbonRepresentative frame — in the app, bars follow the measured input

PauseStop and finalize

Long-Form / Paused

Review, then resume

Paused · LocalMicrophone08:42ELAPSED

Transcript

We should keep the first release focused on the two capture modes.The transcript appears after Pause, ready to review.Resume continues this same session.

Confirmed text · editable · saved locally when the session completes

ResumeStop and finalizeCopy transcript

Long-Form / Completed

Review transcript

Finalized transcript saved in local History. You can edit it.

Transcript · Saved locallyMicrophone08:42ELAPSED

We should keep the first release focused on the two capture modes.The transcript is ready for review and editing.

Long-Form · Saved locally

DoneCopy transcript

History / Local

Your transcripts

Long-Form and saved Push-to-Talk transcripts stay on this Mac.

Search sessions

Today

Product planningLong-Form · Microphone · 08:42We should keep the first release focused on the two capture modes…

Yesterday

Project reminderPush-to-Talk · Saved by youExplicitly saved after insertion.

Saved transcripts · 30 days by defaultChange

Raw-audio history is off by default.

Local processing & History

Transcription happens on your Mac.

You speak

This Mac

SpokenKeyturns it into text Thanks, everyone.

No cloud transcription

Text in your app

Audio isn’t kept. Raw-audio history is off unless you turn it on.
History, your call. Push-to-Talk saves only when you choose Save to History.
30-day expiry. The default for saved transcripts. Or 7 days, or never.
Never lost. If text can’t be inserted, it waits in SpokenKey to copy.

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Get SpokenKey

One purchase. Yours on that Mac.

Push-to-TalkIncluded

Long-Form transcriptionIncluded

SpokenKey, both modes$29

Two modes, one price. One-time license, no subscription.

Pay once and use both modes on that Mac.

Get SpokenKey

One license per deviceA one-time, perpetual license.
14-day refund, no questions askedRefund policy · Terms
After purchaseYour license key arrives by email right after checkout.
RequirementsRequires macOS 15.0 or later.

Questions

Where does transcription happen?

On your Mac. SpokenKey transcribes speech locally using a Whisper model bundled with the app. You don’t download a model separately.

How does Fn dictation work?

Hold Fn while you speak, then release. SpokenKey finalizes the text and inserts it into the focused editable field when insertion is verified.

Set up Fn dictation

What happens if text can’t be inserted?

Your finalized transcript is kept in SpokenKey. Select Copy text, switch to the app you were working in, and paste.

Copy-and-paste recovery steps

Where are saved transcripts kept, and for how long?

In History on your Mac. Saved transcripts are kept for 30 days by default. You can choose 7 days or No Expiry in Settings. Raw-audio history is off by default.

History and retention details

What do I need to run SpokenKey?

SpokenKey requires macOS 15.0 or later.

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