Faster than your keyboard.
Safer than the cloud.
WisperType dictates at 150 words a minute into any Mac app. It runs entirely on your machine — no server, no account, no uploads.
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You think in sentences. You're still typing letters.
Average typing: 40 words a minute. Average speaking: about 150. Same thought, four times the throughput — and you don't have to look at the keyboard.
Your voice. Stays yours.
Cloud dictation records you, ships the audio to a vendor, transcribes it there, and ships the text back. For a medical note, a legal draft, an investor memo — that round-trip is the whole problem.
WisperType doesn't have a backend. Whisper runs on your CPU and Neural Engine. No telemetry, no account, no analytics. Airplane mode: still works.
Three seconds. Three moves.
Hold Fn from any app.
Cursor stays where it is. A pill appears at the bottom of your screen.
Talk like a person.
Filler words, ums, and false starts get cleaned up on the way out.
It types itself.
Text at the cursor — no paste, no window switch. Then the pill fades.
Small app. Real tooling.
Three views. One settings panel.
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Where each tool wins.
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| On-device processing | ✓ | ✕ cloud | ✓ + optional LLM |
| Works offline | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Free tier | 2,000 words / day | 2,000 words / week | Limited free |
| Pro price | €3.99 / mo | $15 / mo | $8.49 / mo |
| Account required | ✓ no account | ✕ sign-up | ✓ license only |
| Custom dictionary | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Languages | 100+ | 100+ | 100+ |
| Platforms | macOS | macOS, Win, iOS, Android | macOS, Win, iOS |
| Feel | Minimal, opinionated | Polished, cloud-first | Power-user, configurable |
Checked April 2026 against each vendor's public pricing and feature pages.
The short version.
Does my audio ever get sent to a server?
No. Transcription happens on your Mac via Whisper. There is no WisperType backend. Audio, transcripts, and history live entirely on your machine.
How accurate is local transcription?
On Apple Silicon with the medium model, accuracy is on par with cloud providers for clear speech. The custom dictionary closes most of the remaining gap on proper nouns and jargon.
What does it cost?
Free for 2,000 words a day, forever. Pro is €3.99/mo (or €3.33/mo on annual) and removes the limit. No credit card to start. No "contact sales" gauntlet.
Will it work on my M1 MacBook Air?
Yes. Minimum: macOS 13, Apple Silicon or Intel. The default model uses ~150 MB of RAM during transcription.
What languages are supported?
Twelve out of the box: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Japanese, Mandarin, Korean, Russian. Auto-detect on by default.
Windows, Linux, iOS?
Not yet. We're shipping macOS first, properly. The transcription engine is portable, so the door is open.
Stop typing. Start talking.
Free for 2,000 words a day. Nothing leaves the machine. No card, no account.