# Start here: your first 5 minutes
URL: https://jarvis.ceo/docs/start
Status: now

Install Jarvis, grant two permissions, and say your first word. Five minutes from download to dictating into any app on your Mac.

Jarvis turns your voice into text and actions on your Mac. No account, no cloud round-trip, no subscription to start. This page takes you from a fresh download to your first dictated sentence in about five minutes.

> [privacy] Your audio never leaves your Mac. Transcription runs on-device, so the words you speak are yours alone.

## 1. Install

Download the .dmg, open it, and drag Jarvis into Applications. Works on Apple Silicon (M1 to M4) and Intel Macs running macOS 12 or later.

1. Open jarvis.ceo/beta/download and download the Jarvis beta.
2. Double-click the .dmg and drag Jarvis to Applications.
3. Open Jarvis from Applications. It is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens normally.

## 2. Grant two permissions

Jarvis needs Microphone to hear you and Accessibility to type into other apps. Both are requested on first launch.

- Microphone, which captures your voice for on-device transcription.
- Accessibility, which lets Jarvis insert text and trigger actions in the app you are using.

## 3. Say your first word

Hold the hotkey, speak, release. The text appears wherever your cursor is.

Shortcut: Fn — Hold to talk

Say this: "This is my first sentence in Jarvis."
Jarvis: Types the sentence into the active text field, instantly.
(Open Notes or any text box first, then hold Fn and read it aloud.)

> Checkpoint: You can now dictate into any app on your Mac. Next: learn the editing commands that make it feel like magic.

Related: Dictation: getting started (https://jarvis.ceo/docs/dictation/getting-started), Commands cheatsheet (https://jarvis.ceo/docs/dictation/commands-cheatsheet)