Spoke

Spoke is a native macOS dictation application that provides instant voice-to-text transcription directly into any text field. It runs a high-performance local speech recognition model via CoreML, ensuring that audio never leaves the device for maximum privacy. Users can hold a customizable keyboard shortcut to speak and see their words appear instantly at the cursor. The app also features 'AI Skills,' allowing users to process transcriptions on the fly for tasks like translation, grammar correction, or summarization using their own API keys from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, or local models via Ollama.

How to Use

After downloading the app on macOS 14+, press and hold a designated push-to-talk key (like the Globe/fn or Right Command key). Speak naturally while holding the key; the on-device AI transcribes in real-time. Release the key to instantly insert the text into your active application. You can optionally configure AI Skills with your own API keys to transform your speech automatically.

Key Features

• On-device transcription using CoreML
• Push-to-Talk (Hold key to record, release to transcribe)
• Instant text insertion into any active app
• AI Skills for translation, grammar fixing, and custom prompts
• Support for 25 European languages with auto-detection
• Local history and search for all transcriptions
• Works completely offline without accounts or tracking

Use Cases

• Dictating coding instructions directly into IDEs
• Real-time translation of spoken words into other languages
• Hands-free writing and emailing with automated grammar correction
• Quickly searching through a history of past voice-to-text entries