Voice-to-text for Mac that is private, fast, and fully yours.
Map it to any shortcut. Tap to toggle, or hold for push-to-talk. Works from any app on your Mac.
Ramble, pause, change your mind. No length limit. oto runs the speech model right on your device.
Clean, formatted, punctuated text lands at your cursor, in whatever app you were already typing in.
Tap, hold, or double-tap to talk. Map recording to any shortcut you like.
Choose Whisper, Parakeet v3, or Apple SpeechAnalyzer for the job.
Speak in your language, mix languages, or translate to English with Whisper.
Words appear right where your cursor is. Clipboard restored after.
Drop in WAV, MP3, M4A, AIFF, AAC, FLAC, CAF, MP4, MOV, and more.
No cloud, no account, no telemetry. Your recordings stay on-device.
Review recent transcriptions, replay audio, and re-paste from the menu bar.
Enhance text locally with Ollama or bring your own OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini key.
Wispr Flow is $12/mo. oto is $8/lifetime. And the developer was super-responsive to my feature requests. It truly has replaced Wispr Flow for me with the same keystrokes, features and quality. Recommended!
This app works wonderfully. I'm even writing this review with my voice. It works perfectly. I love it, it's incredible.
This app is blazing fast and super easy to use. It's all local all the time. No annoying subscription. Really great work and love seeing all of the updates.
Seems great, thanks. It immediately integrates with local ollama.
Sleek interface, really loved it. Also offers a lot of functionality such as local AI model integration.
希望增加中文界面！！！！！！
Source: Apple App Store customer reviews for oto · Talk-to-Text, checked June 26, 2026.
When did we agree to rent our own voice?
Other apps charge up to $200 a year, forever, and send your voice to their servers to do it.oto runs entirely on your Mac, and you buy it once.
Yes. One payment on the Mac App Store unlocks every feature, including all future updates. No subscription, no upsell, no "pro tier" later.
Completely. The speech engine runs entirely on your Mac. You can be on a plane in airplane mode and it works exactly the same.
Over 100 languages, and you can mix them within a single recording. oto detects and transcribes them on the fly.
The iPhone app is free and built for capturing thoughts on the go. The Mac app ($8 once) dictates into any app you type in, plus file transcription and long-form capture.
Nothing leaves your device. No cloud uploads, no telemetry, no analytics, no account. Your recordings are stored locally and you choose how long to keep them.
Use the full features page, comparison page, and support page for deeper details, troubleshooting, and direct email support.
Dictate everywhere on your Mac. Own it forever.
Not sure? Try the full app free via TestFlight. Full version, no commitment.
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