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Parrot for Mac

Local voice dictation for macOS, activated by a hotkey or the word “Oy”.

By HMDRAMS-DEV. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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Parrot at a glance

Version
0.1.3
Released
6 October 2026
Download size
22 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Menu Bar and Notch
Developer
HMDRAMS-DEV
GitHub stars
1

About Parrot

Local dictation for the macOS menu bar. Say Oy or tap Option and it types for you, on your Mac.

How to install Parrot on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Parrot and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 0.1.3 from HMDRAMS-DEV's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to Parrot show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Parrot.dmg (22 MB).

What is new in Parrot 0.1.3

Fixes Parrot freezing after a few Option taps when the microphone stalls. Parrot now stays responsive and shows a notice instead.

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