AI voice dictation · 100% offline
Stop typing on your Mac.
Hold a key and speak.
You speak 150 words a minute — and type 40. Transcritor turns your speech into clean, punctuated text in any Mac app: email, WhatsApp, Notion, Word, ChatGPT. With AI + Notes, it also transcribes meetings, videos, and audio files.
0 bytes of your audio ever reach the internet: transcription runs entirely inside your Mac, on the chip you already own. Works in airplane mode — literally.
Features
Built for people who write all day
Global push-to-talk · Mac
Hold fn (or right ⌥ / right ⌘, configurable in the menu). Works in any Mac app: email, editor, browser, chat.
Turn files into text · AI + Notes
Video or audio (MP4, MOV, MP3, WAV…) and YouTube/Vimeo links become full text + an .srt caption file, right on your Mac.
Dictation history
Everything you dictate is stored locally, with search and quick copy. Nothing goes to the cloud.
Portuguese + 90 languages
Works out of the box in your system language and transcribes 90+ languages. With AI + Notes, file and video language detection is automatic.
How it works
Three gestures, zero windows
Transcritor lives in your menu bar. You don't open anything, switch apps, or click a microphone button.
Hold the key
Press and hold fn. The menu-bar icon turns red: it's recording.
Speak naturally
Dictate a sentence, a paragraph, or a whole email, at your own pace.
Release
The text is transcribed and inserted into the field you were in, with your clipboard preserved.
Honest comparison
"But the Mac already has dictation."
It does. And you stopped using it, didn't you? Apple's dictation is a system feature; Transcritor is a work tool.
| macOS dictation | Transcritor AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | stumbles on names, acronyms, and technical terms | Whisper engine — the same one ChatGPT uses to understand voice — running on your Mac |
| Punctuation | inconsistent — you end up saying "comma" and "period" | automatic: text comes out ready to send |
| Dictation history | doesn't exist | everything saved and searchable — on your disk only |
| Files, videos & links | can't do it | MP4, MP3, YouTube → text + .srt (+ Notes plan) |
| Meetings with minutes | can't do it | recording, transcription, and AI minutes (+ Notes plan) |
| Truly offline | depends on settings and language | always — works in airplane mode |
File transcription & conversion · AI + Notes only
Turn video and audio into text — and captions.
Transcritor AI + Notes converts any video or audio into text. Paste a YouTube or Vimeo link, or upload a file from your Mac — a recorded class, a meeting, a podcast, an interview.
- YouTube, Vimeo and other video-site links
- Upload local video and audio files
- Full text ready to copy or save (.txt)
- Synced .srt captions, generated alongside
- Language detected automatically · 100% on your Mac
Transcritor Notes · only on the Transcritor AI + Notes plan
Transcribe your meetings, with ready-made minutes — 100% on your Mac
Record the meeting in the app and transcription happens inside your Mac, 100% offline — the audio never leaves your computer. Complete security for sensitive conversations. At the end, one click generates AI meeting minutes: an executive summary, decisions, and action items with owners. The minutes are optional and are the only moment anything leaves your Mac — only the transcribed text, never the audio, and it's never used to train AI.
- 100% local recording and transcription — the audio never leaves your Mac
- AI minutes: summary, decisions, and action items with owners
- Meetings saved on your computer, with .txt export
- No length limit for subscribers
- Coming soon: record meetings from your phone too
Privacy
Nothing leaves your Mac. Nothing.
The transcription model runs entirely on your computer, accelerated by the chip you already have. Your files aren't sent to any server — not ours, not anyone else's.
- 100% local transcription
- Works in airplane mode, literally
- History kept only on your disk
- No telemetry — your account is only for billing
- The one optional exception: AI minutes (+ Notes) send only the meeting text — never the audio — and it never trains models
during dictation
Plans
One app instead of three.
Most Mac dictation apps charge $12–15 a month — and only do dictation. Transcritor AI provides unlimited private dictation on your Mac for $4.90/mo — about 16¢ a day.
Transcritor AI is exclusively for dictation. AI + Notes adds meetings, file conversion, and AI-generated minutes.
Free trial
$0 / 7 days
- Dictation: up to 2,000 words
- Meetings up to 30 min · files up to 20 min
- No credit card
Transcritor AI
$4.90 / mo
- Just $3.25/mo — save $19.80/yr
- Unlimited dictation in any Mac app
- Searchable history of your dictations
- 90+ languages · dictation is 100% offline and private
- Automatic updates included
- Monthly billing · cancel anytime
Transcritor AI + Notes
$8.90 / mo
- Just $6.17/mo — save $32.80/yr
- Everything in Transcritor AI: unlimited dictation
- Video, audio, file and link conversion (.txt and .srt)
- Notes: meetings transcribed 100% on your Mac, with no length limit
- AI minutes with custom templates
- Ask your meeting: answers straight from the transcript
- Monthly billing · cancel anytime
Frequently asked questions
Does it work on mobile?
Not yet — today Transcritor is Mac-only (dictation, meetings, and file conversion, all 100% local). A mobile app — for recording meetings on your smartphone — and a Windows version are on our roadmap.
How does the subscription work?
Try everything free for 7 days: up to 2,000 dictated words, 30-minute meetings, and 20-minute files. Then choose Transcritor AI for unlimited dictation or AI + Notes to also unlock meetings, files, and AI minutes. International subscriptions are handled by direct contact.
What if I subscribe and don't like it?
You have a 7-day money-back guarantee from the moment you subscribe: reply to your purchase email or write to [email protected] and we'll refund 100%, no questions asked. And before that, you've already tried everything free for 7 days.
How do I cancel?
From your account area, in one click — no penalty, no phone call, no exit interview. After cancelling, your plan stays active until the end of the period you've already paid for.
What is the Transcritor AI + Notes (Plus) plan?
The Plus plan includes Transcritor AI dictation, video, audio, file, and link conversion, plus Transcritor Notes: local meeting transcription with AI minutes, decisions, and action items. AI minutes are optional and send only text, never audio.
macOS says it can't verify the developer. Now what?
That's Apple's Gatekeeper, and you only need to allow it once:
macOS 15 (Sequoia) or newer: try to open the app normally, dismiss the warning, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security — scroll to the bottom and click "Open Anyway".
macOS 12 to 14: right-click the app and choose Open, then confirm.
Why is the download so small?
The app downloads the transcription model on first use (you choose between 60, 190, or 547 MB, depending on the quality you want). After that, everything works offline.
What permissions does the app ask for?
Microphone (to hear you), Speech Recognition (for Apple's native engine), and Accessibility (to detect the dictation key and insert the text). All are used locally only.
Does it work with videos that require a login?
On the AI + Notes plan, support covers public links (YouTube, Vimeo, and others) and any video or audio file on your Mac.