Documentation
Explanations per topic, step by step: installing, dictating, your own AI, sync and the Android keyboard.
Getting started
Installing SayFeather on Mac and WindowsSayFeather is a normal app on your Mac or Windows PC. The first time you open it, a short setup gets you to your first dictation.Microphone and accessibility permissionOn a Mac SayFeather needs two permissions: to hear you and to put the text where your cursor is. This is what each one is for.Your first dictationClick in any text field, hold the dictation key, speak, let go. The text appears where your cursor is.The dictation keys, including FnYou choose how you start a dictation: hold a key to talk, or press once to start and once to stop.Choosing a speech modelThe speech model turns your voice into text on your own computer. A bigger model is more accurate and slower.LanguagesSayFeather understands many languages. You can let it recognise the language, or tell it which one you speak.
Better text
Built-in termsSayFeather writes common jargon, brand names and spellings right on its own, such as JavaScript, n8n and e-mail. It does so on your computer, for free, also without a licence.Your own wordsNames and terms that SayFeather should always write exactly as you spell them: a colleague, a product, a place.Cleaning up text with your own AI provider and keyWith a licence, an AI of your choice tidies each dictation: punctuation, capitals, no “uh” and no repeats. You use your own account, so your text goes straight from your computer to that service.When the clean-up does not happenIf the recording bar says the text was inserted without correction, it also tells you why. This is what each message means and what to do.
Licence
Devices
Encrypted sync between your devicesSayFeather can keep your own words and a few settings the same on your Mac, Windows PC and Android phone. Everything is encrypted on your device before it leaves, so our server stores data it cannot read.The recovery codeThe recovery code is the key to your synced data. You need it to add a computer and to get your data back if you lose all your devices.The Android keyboardOn Android, SayFeather is a keyboard with one big microphone button. Tap it, talk, tap again: the text appears where you were typing.The floating button on AndroidKeep your own keyboard, such as Gboard, and dictate with a see-through round button just above it.
Help
UpdatesSayFeather on a Mac or Windows PC tells you when a new version is ready, and installs it when you say so.Privacy and your dataYour voice stays on your device. This is what goes where, in short. The privacy statement has the full version.No text is inserted, or pasting failsYou dictated, but nothing appeared. The recording bar usually says why. This is what to check.Slow dictationText should appear about a second after you let go. If it takes much longer, one of these is usually the cause.Help, feedback and refundsSomething broken, an idea or a question? It goes straight to the maker.