Auto-paste at your cursor
There's no transcript window to copy from. Speak, and the text lands exactly where you were typing, without touching whatever was already on your clipboard.
System-wide
Talk to text on your Mac
Talk to text on your Mac in any app: press a hotkey, speak, and your words appear right where your cursor is. That's the whole product; it's literally named "oto: talk to text" on the App Store. Think of it as a voice layer over your entire Mac rather than another window to switch to.
$8 once
Offline by default
No account
Everywhere you type
One hotkey. Every app.
Email, Slack, Notes, your browser, your code editor: if you can type there, you can talk there.
Hotkeys that fit your hands
Tap to toggle recording, hold for push-to-talk, or double-tap to avoid accidental triggers. Pick the rhythm that matches how you work.
A menu-bar app, not a destination
oto sits quietly in your menu bar with no dock icon. It's there when you press the key and invisible when you don't, instead of fighting for your attention like another app on your screen.
How it works
From thought to text in seconds.
1. Put your cursor anywhere
A reply in Mail, a message in Slack, a doc, a commit message: anywhere text goes.
2. Press the hotkey and talk
Speak naturally. Transcription runs on-device with local engines like Whisper and Parakeet v3.
3. Release, and it's typed
Your words are pasted at the cursor. Everything is also saved to searchable local history.
oto types anywhere macOS allows apps to paste text. A few hardened secure fields, like password prompts, refuse pasted input by design, and that's the system protecting you.
Common questions
Before you press the key.
How is this different from macOS dictation?
oto brings its own local engines, a hotkey workflow you choose, searchable history with playback, a custom dictionary for names and jargon, and optional AI cleanup, all in one $8 purchase.
What if I don't speak in English?
oto supports 100+ languages with Whisper, including automatic language detection, so you can switch languages mid-day without touching a setting.
Your Mac, listening on command.
Talk to text in every app you already use. $8 once, no account, no subscription.
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