Voice Dictation for Mac
Type as fast as you can speak.
Press a key and talk. Your words land at your cursor, in any Mac app.
See it in action
Watch your voice become text in two modes
Solo Mode pastes your words straight at the cursor.
Works with any app that has a cursor.
Just talk. It's faster.
Up to 4× faster than typing, without wearing out your hands.
11s to say a note, versus 44s to type it.
That's 4× faster.
Transcribed in a blink
By blink, we really mean about 120× real time. See for yourself.
One minute of audio, transcribed in 0.50s.*
About 200 words, and it never leaves your Mac.
*Measured on an M4 MacBook Air.
Put the pen down.
Who said what, written down while you’re in the meeting.
Captures every word, so you don't have to.
It gets smarter every meeting.
Name a voice once and Chirp remembers it, on your Mac.
Two voices it has never heard. You name them once.
Morning everyone, shall we get started?
Ready when you are.
Great. First up, the timeline.
I think we can move it up a week.
Every meeting teaches it another voice.
Never take meeting notes again.
Chirp transcribes calls and meetings with precision and automatic speaker labeling.
FaceTime100% on-device · Speaker profiles never leave your Mac
Works with every app on your Mac.
No integrations. No plugins. No setup.
If there's a cursor, you can use Chirp.
Everything included.
One purchase unlocks everything here.
Dictation and meetings, one app
Press a key and talk. Your words land at the cursor in any Mac app.
Captures both your mic and the other side of the call.
Notices when a call starts and records it, if you turn it on.
Whatever you’re playing stops while you dictate, then picks back up.
Periods, capitals and paragraph breaks added for you, in both dictation and meetings.
It learns who’s talking
Every voice in a meeting separated and named for you.
Recognizes the same voices the next time they show up.
Fix a name in the transcript and it carries forward.
Reassign a line to the right speaker, right in the transcript.
Every word, kept and searchable
Everything you’ve said, findable, with the audio attached.
Words highlight as it plays. Click any word to jump there.
Tag what matters and filter the history any way you need.
Run a recording through a slower, more accurate pass.
Yours, on your Mac
Everything runs on your Mac, so it works offline and uploads nothing.
Claude, Cursor and others can search your transcripts, on your Mac.
Tap to dictate, hold for meetings. No floating window.
Pay once for every feature and every update. No subscription, no account.
Inside the app.
Search everything you’ve ever said. Chirp gets smarter with every meeting.
Just left the standup, remind me to follow up with Marcus about the deploy and grab a room for Thursday's review.
Open any entry to read it back or play the audio.
Bars show how well each voice is known. New voices wait for review.
Chirp vs. the competition
Dictation and meetings, without the monthly bill.
Swipe to compare →
| Chirp | Apple Dictation | Wispr Flow | Superwhisper | VoiceInk | Otter | MacWhisper | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dictate into any app | Limited | ||||||
| Meeting transcripts with speaker labels | Basic | Files¹ | |||||
| Auto-records your meetings | |||||||
| Remembers voices across your meetings | |||||||
| Audio playback synced to the transcript | |||||||
| Runs on your Mac, works offline | |||||||
| Reads into your AI assistant (MCP) | |||||||
| Lives in your Mac's notch | |||||||
| Price | $39 once | Free | $12–15/mo | $8.49/mo or $249 | From $25 once | From $8.33/mo | From $69 once |
1 MacWhisper is built around transcribing audio & video files, with per-file speaker labels on Pro. Reflects each app's publicly available information as of June 2026 — check each vendor for current pricing and features.
See the full breakdown of every app →Pay once. Use forever.
Every feature included. No subscription, ever.
Chirp
Pay once, yours forever
- Type as fast as you can speak, in any Mac app
- Meeting transcripts with every speaker named
- A speaker library that gets smarter every meeting
- Searchable history with audio playback
- Records meetings automatically, if you want it to
- 100% on-device. Processes everything offline.
- Every future update included
One-time purchase · No subscription · Lifetime updates
Questions
If you have others, send them to hello@chirpvoice.com.
Apple's dictation is fine for a quick sentence. Chirp is built for real work: it keeps up when you talk for minutes at a time, punctuates as you speak, and types straight into whatever app your cursor is in. And built-in dictation can't tell you who said what in a meeting, which is half of why Chirp exists.
Yes. Everything runs on your Mac, and nothing you say is ever uploaded. Once installed, Chirp works fully offline. You can turn wifi off and watch it keep working. An optional encrypted sync add-on may come later, but nothing changes unless you opt in.
No. You pay $39 once and it's yours: solo dictation, Meeting Mode, the speaker library, history, and all future updates included. There's no account to create, either.
No bots, no calendar integrations, nothing joins your call. Chirp records locally on your Mac while you meet in Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, FaceTime, or anything else. When the meeting ends you get a transcript with every speaker labeled, and Chirp recognizes the same voices next time.
English, for now, in both dictation and meetings. The model is built exclusively for English, and that focus is where the speed and accuracy come from. More languages are on the roadmap, starting with meetings.
Apple Silicon Macs (M1 or later) on macOS 15 or newer. Intel Macs aren't supported, because Chirp's speed comes from Apple Silicon acceleration. The 8 GB base models run both modes comfortably.
Try it free for 7 days, no card, no account. If you buy and change your mind, there's a 30-day money-back guarantee. Email hello@chirpvoice.com and you'll get your refund, no questions asked.
Still have questions? Get in touch