Offline dictation for macOS + Windows
Stop typing.
Start talking.
SuperDictate turns your voice into clean, polished text in every app, on your Mac and your PC. Pay $79 once, own it forever — and your audio never leaves your computer.
Free to try — 15 minutes every month · No credit card · No subscription
- ≈3× faster than typing
- $0 per month — forever
- 0 bytes of audio uploaded. Ever.
Works everywhere you type — if your cursor blinks there, you can dictate there
The math
You speak at 150 words a minute.
You type at 40.
Conversational speech vs. median typing speed. An hour of email becomes twenty minutes.
See it
Watch 20 seconds of it.
Voice in — clean, punctuated text out. Sound on.
How it works
No modes. No model zoo. One key.
Some dictation apps feel like configuring a server. SuperDictate is three steps, and two of them happen once.
Install
Download, drag, done. No models to shop for, no prompts to engineer, nothing to configure.
Press the key
alt + space to toggle, or hold right alt to push-to-talk. Rebind it to anything.
Talk
Clean, punctuated, filler-free text lands wherever your cursor is — in any app, in any of 99 languages.
Privacy isn’t a plan tier
Your voice never leaves your computer.
The speech model runs on your CPU, not in someone else’s data center. There is no server to trust, because there is no server. We can’t read your dictations. Not even if we wanted to.
- 0 bytesof audio uploaded — ever, to anyone
- ✈ Offlineworks in airplane mode, dead zones, locked-down networks
- No meteronce you own it — no word counts, no monthly anything
History is a local database on your disk. The optional AI polish step runs on-device via Ollama — or your own API key, if you choose. It’s text-only and off by default. Audio never goes anywhere, period.
Built-in cleanup
Speak naturally. The ums never reach the page.
Ramble, restart, think out loud. Filler words and false starts are removed on your device before a single character is typed. Say period, new line, comma — or don’t, and let punctuation land on its own.
Um, so basically I think we should , uh, ship the beta on Tuesday , you know, after the final test pass um wraps up.
I think we should ship the beta on Tuesday, after the final test pass wraps up.
What’s inside
Everything dictation should do.
Nothing it shouldn’t phone home about.
If you can type there, you can dictate there
Slack, Gmail, Cursor, Word, Notion — your cursor is the only integration SuperDictate needs. No per-app plugins, no “supported apps” list.
Say it, done
“Period.” “New line.” “Comma.” Speak your punctuation and structure — hands never leave your coffee.
Everything you’ve said, searchable
Find that idea from three Tuesdays ago. Full-text history, stored in a local database on your disk — indexed locally, never uploaded.
Polish modes
Your words, your tone — just tighter. Optional AI polish runs on-device via Ollama, or bring your own key. Text-only, off by default.
Hello in 99 languages
Dictate in Turkish, reply in German, take notes in Japanese. The language is detected automatically — no switching, no settings.
Native on both sides
A quiet menu bar app on your Mac. A tray app on your PC. Starts on login, stays out of the way, one license covers both.
Who it’s for
Built for people who think faster than they type.
Developers
Prompts are paragraphs now — speak them. Talk to Cursor, Claude Code, and your terminal. Less typing, more building.
Writers
First drafts at the speed of thought. Ramble through the idea; clean prose lands in Obsidian, Word, or wherever you write.
Therapists & confidential work
Therapists, clinicians, lawyers, journalists. Dictate session notes, case files, and anything that can’t touch a cloud — audio and text are processed only on your machine. Other AI scribes upload your transcript to write the note; SuperDictate never does. No vendor to trust, no BAA to chase.
Accessibility
When typing hurts, talking shouldn’t time out. Push-to-talk, keyboard-only setup, and no 30-second cutoffs — built RSI-friendly.
The honest comparison
Your computer already has dictation.
Here’s why people replace it.
| Feature | SuperDictate | Superwhisper | Wispr Flow | Built-in dictation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where your audio goes | Your device. Always. | Local or cloud models; audio saved to disk by default | Sent to cloud providers | Apple / Microsoft servers by default |
| Price | $79 once | $8.49/mo or $249.99 lifetime | $12–15/mo, forever | Free |
| Free to try | 15 min every month, every feature | 15-minute Pro trial, once | Word-metered free tier | Free |
| Setup | Install. Press the key. Talk. | Modes, models & prompts to configure | Account required | On by default |
| Long-form dictation | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Cuts off ~30 s on macOS |
| Cleans up your “ums” | Yes, on-device | Yes, via AI modes | Yes, in the cloud | No — types them |
| AI cleanup | Yes — fixes errors, filler & punctuation | Yes, via AI modes | Yes, in the cloud | None — not AI-powered |
| Everyday accuracy | AI-polished — ready to send | High | High | Error-prone — barely works for real tasks |
| Languages & app coverage | 99 languages, auto-detected, in every app | Many languages | Many languages | Limited — misses the features you rely on |
Competitor pricing and trial terms as published on their sites, June 2026.
What dictation costs over three years
Wispr Flow Pro at $12/mo (annual). Superwhisper Pro lifetime $249.99. SuperDictate pays for itself vs. any subscription in about 7 months.
Pricing
Pay once. Talk forever.
No subscription. No word meters. No “Pro” tier hiding the good parts.
- Unlimited dictation — no word counts, no meters
- One license covers your Mac and your PC
- Every feature: cleanup, voice commands, history, polish modes
- 99 languages, auto-detected
- All updates included — free, forever
- 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked
or try it free — 15 minutes of dictation every month, no card
- 1Download free. Every feature, 15 minutes of dictation a month. No card.
- 2Hooked? Pay $79 once and the meter disappears forever. That’s the whole business model.
- 3Change your mind? 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked.
Questions
Everything people ask before switching.
Can I try it for free?
Yes — every feature is free for 15 minutes of dictation each month, on both platforms. No credit card, and the free minutes come back every month. When you’re ready to talk without a meter, it’s $79 once.
Is my audio really private?
Yes. The speech model runs on your CPU, so audio is transcribed on your device and never uploaded — there’s no server to upload it to. It works in airplane mode. The optional polish step uses a local Ollama model, or your own API key if you add one; that step is text-only and off by default.
Why not just use Apple Dictation or Windows voice typing?
Because built-in dictation barely holds up for everyday work. It has no AI cleanup, so you get raw, error-prone text you fix by hand — it types your ums, makes you say “comma” out loud, cuts off after ~30 seconds on macOS, and sends audio to Apple or Microsoft servers by default (Windows voice typing won’t work offline at all). It’s missing the things that make dictation actually usable: AI cleanup, filler removal, automatic punctuation, 99-language auto-detect, per-app polish, and searchable history. SuperDictate adds all of that, runs unlimited and fully offline, and never uploads anything.
What happens when my free minutes run out?
Dictation pauses until the 1st of next month, when your 15 free minutes come back — or you pay $79 once and never see a meter again. Nothing is ever charged automatically — we never took a card. Your history stays on your disk either way.
Will it run on my machine?
macOS 13 or later and Windows 10/11. You can choose smaller or larger speech models in settings, so it runs well on modest hardware too.
How many computers per license?
One $79 license covers both your Mac and your Windows PC. Work machine and home machine, one purchase.
What if it’s not for me?
There’s a 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. Between the free minutes every month and the guarantee, you risk nothing but the keyboard.
Stop renting your keyboard.
SuperDictate is $79, once — less than six months of a dictation subscription. Your voice stays yours, your money stays yours.
Free to try · No credit card · 30-day money-back guarantee