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Offline push-to-talk dictation for Apple silicon: hold Option, speak, release, and text appears at the cursor.GetMIT
Presspeech
Free push-to-talk dictation for Apple silicon Macs: speech recognition runs on your Mac, with no account or cloud service.
MIT · Free download · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- rcourtman
- Verified
- 2026
About Presspeech
Presspeech turns speech into text at the cursor. You hold the Right Option key, speak, and release it to paste the sentence into the app you are using. Recognition runs on the Mac, so audio and transcripts stay on the machine, and the app has no account or subscription. It suits drafting email, messages or notes by voice.
It requires an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 14 or later. The app is signed and notarized by Apple. On a clean install it asks before its first speech-model download; the README warns that an existing install with a missing model may download one at launch. If focus has moved to another window, it skips automatic paste and leaves the text on the clipboard for you to paste.
Information
- Source code
- rcourtman/presspeech
- License
- MIT
- Website
- rcourtman.github.io
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Productivity
- Alternative to
- Wispr Flow
- Topics
- Dictation apps
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/rcourtman/presspeech
- github.com/rcourtman/presspeech/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/rcourtman/presspeech/releases
- rcourtman.github.io/presspeech/
- icon.png: Richard Courtman. MIT; upstream app icon, trademarks retained.
License and artwork notices
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