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Spit
On-device voice dictation with WhisperKit: a hotkey starts recording and the text is typed where your cursor is.
MIT · Free download · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- Draxo-io
- Verified
- 2026
About Spit
Spit records while you hold the Globe key for push-to-talk or tap it to start and stop, then inserts the transcript at the cursor through the Accessibility API, with a paste fallback for apps that refuse it. Transcription runs locally with WhisperKit, and a live preview appears while you speak. Optional features include on-device cleanup of punctuation and paragraphs, translation on macOS 15 and later, a personal vocabulary, and reading selected text aloud. It suits people who want dictation without sending audio to a service or paying a subscription.
It needs macOS 14 or later and Apple silicon (M1 or newer), because on-device Whisper inference requires it. The release is notarized with a Developer ID. Spit asks for microphone and Accessibility access, and its README states that it has no analytics or telemetry and makes no network requests during normal use.
Information
- Source code
- Draxo-io/spit
- License
- MIT
- Website
- getspit.app
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Utilities
- Alternative to
- Wispr Flow
- Topics
- Dictation apps
- Evidence checked
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/Draxo-io/spit
- github.com/Draxo-io/spit/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/Draxo-io/spit/releases/latest
- getspit.app
- icon.png: Rafael Lopes. MIT; upstream app icon, trademarks retained.
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