For Mac
Dictate on your Mac, in every app
Hold a key, speak and let go. SayFeather puts clean text where your cursor is, in mail, chat, documents and your browser. Your voice is turned into text on your Mac.
Free to download. Works on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
What you need
- macOS 12 or newer
- A microphone: the built-in one is fine
- Internet once, to download the speech model
- About 500 MB free for the default speech model
Made for the Mac
- Fn as your dictation keyHold fn to talk, or combine it with Control. No extra shortcut to learn.
- Speech stays on your MacWhisper runs on your Mac, using its graphics chip. No audio is sent anywhere.
- Your own AI, if you want itAdd your own AI provider and key and it tidies each dictation, for free. Without it, you get the text as heard.
- Sits in the menu barAlways ready, never in the way. It can start when you log in.
The first time you open it
1
Install
Open the downloaded disk image and drag SayFeather to Applications.
2
Allow the microphone and Accessibility
SayFeather needs to hear you and to paste text where your cursor is. The setup asks for both.
3
Download the speech model
A one-time download. After that, speech turns into text without internet.
4
Hold the keys and say something
The default is Ctrl + Alt + Space. You can use the fn key instead.
Read more
Installing SayFeather on Mac and WindowsMicrophone and accessibility permissionThe dictation keys, including FnChoosing a speech model
On another computer? SayFeather is also there for Windows, and as a keyboard for Android. SayFeather for Windows