Free Voice to Text on Mac

Apple Dictation is okay for short notes but tops out around 50 words per phrase and 6.8% Word Error Rate on technical content. Jarvis is free, has no phrase limit, and runs at 3.1% WER. About the same as paid apps like Wispr Flow or Superwhisper, but on your Mac, locally, with no subscription.

How it works

Press a hotkey (default: Fn). Speak. Release. Text appears wherever your cursor is. Mail, Notes, Slack, Notion, Docs, any app. No phrase limit, no cut-offs.

Accuracy

Whisper-derived model optimized for Apple Silicon. 3.1% WER on technical English. Better than Apple Dictation (6.8%) on jargon, code, names, and acronyms.

Speed

Sub-300ms latency from hotkey-release to text on M3 Pro. Faster than cloud-based dictation tools because nothing leaves your Mac.

Privacy

100% on-device. Your audio is never sent to a server, never stored anywhere except briefly in RAM during transcription. Open source so you can verify.

Apps it works in

Every Mac app with a text field. Mail, Messages, Slack, Notion, Google Docs, Word, Pages, VS Code, Cursor, Xcode, Terminal, Discord, ChatGPT desktop. Anywhere you can type, you can dictate.

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