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Speech to Text (ciro-maciel) for Mac

Local dictation from the menu bar: press a key, speak, and the text is typed at the cursor, with whisper.cpp and nothing uploaded.

By ciro-maciel. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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Speech to Text (ciro-maciel) at a glance

Version
2.0.8
Released
3 November 2026
Download size
9.2 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Audio and Music
Developer
ciro-maciel
GitHub stars
2

About Speech to Text (ciro-maciel)

Speech to Text by Ciro Cesar Maciel: local dictation for the Mac. Press a key, speak, the text is typed where your cursor is. whisper.cpp, nothing uploaded.

Screenshots

Speech to Text (ciro-maciel) screenshot 1

How to install Speech to Text (ciro-maciel) on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Speech to Text (ciro-maciel) and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 2.0.8 from ciro-maciel'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 Speech to Text (ciro-maciel) 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: Speech-to-Text-2.0.8-macos.dmg (9.2 MB).

What is new in Speech to Text (ciro-maciel) 2.0.8

Install with one line: `curl -fsSL https://blob.ciromaciel.click/tools/speech-to-text/install.sh | bash`.

Or download the .dmg and drag Speech to Text to Applications: signed with Developer ID and notarized by Apple. Apple Silicon, macOS 14+.

Made by [Ciro Cesar Maciel](https://ciromaciel.click/?ref=oss-speech-to-text-release). [Follow @ciro-maciel](https://github.com/ciro-maciel) for the next open-source tools.

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