Dictation for the Mac · macOS 14.0+

Write at the speed of speech.

Hold one key and speak: you see every word as you say it — and when you let go, the finished text sits exactly where your cursor is. In every app.

Built native for the Mac, developed in Vienna, processed in the EU.

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Processed in the EU
No storage, no AI training
Switch languages mid-sentence
Mac-native and featherlight
faster

Speaking is about four times as fast as typing.

You speak a good 200 words a minute — few people type even 50.

How it works

One key: dictate, correct, ask.

01

Dictate

Hold, speak, let go. System-wide, in every app — and you see your text as you speak.

02

Refine

Clean text instead of a raw transcript: filler words gone, punctuation in place, slips corrected. How much it polishes is up to you — from almost verbatim to publication-ready.

03

Ask

Select text and say what should happen: rephrase, shorten, think ahead. The answer appears right next to your work — no window switching, no copying.

Features

Dictation is just the beginning.

60+ languages, one dictation

The language is detected as you speak, not set — switching mid-sentence included.

Text snippets by voice

A spoken shortcut, a whole block of text: a greeting, a standard paragraph, directions. You say one word, ParusVoice writes the paragraph.

Your personal dictionary

Add proper names, jargon and abbreviations once — every spelling holds from then on. On the first dictation and every one after.

Editing by voice

Target any part of your text, correct it and rephrase it — entirely by voice, no mouse or keyboard.

BETA

Live translation

Speak in one language, write in another — right as you dictate.

ON REQUEST

Medical & Legal

Professional vocabulary and EU-compliant processing — for findings, briefs and documentation. Available as a professional module in an individual offer, with a guided trial.

Why ParusVoice

Trust is a feature.

EU without asterisks
Speech recognition and AI refinement run entirely on servers in the EU. The location is not in the fine print, but right here: Vienna. DPA under Art. 28 GDPR on request.
Processed, delivered, forgotten
Neither audio nor dictation content is stored on our servers, and there is no AI training on your data. Your history lives only on your Mac — for how long is up to you.
Context without screenshots
So the tone fits the app, ParusVoice detects right on your Mac where you are writing. That information never leaves your device — no screenshots, no reading along on screen.
Developed and tested in German
ParusVoice is built in Vienna, and German is its first language — not a translation: long compounds, umlauts, English terms in the middle of a German sentence. That is exactly what we measure every version against.
Processed in the EU · Servers in Vienna · No AI training
Pricing

Three plans. Priced fairly.

All prices incl. VAT · Yearly −25 %.
Free
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€0
free forever, no credit card
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Weekly free allowance
Dictate in any app, system-wide
Automatic AI text clean-up
Your text appears as you speak
Speak your punctuation
Inserts into existing text
EU processing, no AI training
60+ languages, switch mid-dictation
Personal dictionary & text snippets
Business
For teams, medical practices & law firms
On request
individual offer · with trial
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Everything in Pro, plus:
Medical & legal modules
Custom limits
Team & user management
Centralised billing
Volume discounts for teams
Personal contact & dedicated support
Frequently asked

In short.

Yes — that's the heart of ParusVoice. In live dictation, every word appears right at the cursor as you keep speaking. In standard mode your text runs along as a live preview, and when you let go the refined version is inserted. Either way, you never speak into the void.

Because quality decides. The best recognition and language models are too large for a notebook — local models hear noticeably worse and make apps gigabytes heavy. ParusVoice stays featherlight and processes your dictation, encrypted, on our servers in Vienna: in the EU, with no audio ever stored. You get top-tier recognition and your Mac stays fast.

They are converted to text in real time — and that is all they are used for. Neither audio nor dictation content is stored on our servers. Your history lives exclusively on your Mac, and you decide for how long: from unlimited to "don't store at all". And your content is never used to train AI models.

Practically all of them. Text appears wherever your cursor is — Mail, Word, browser, messengers, professional software. No plugins, no per-app setup.

Getting started is free: create an account, download the app, dictate — with a free allowance and no payment details. When you need more, you get a subscription right in the app.

Over 60 — and you can mix them: ParusVoice detects the language automatically, even mid-sentence. And with live translation (in the Pro plan) you speak in one language and write in another — right as you dictate.

Yes. You set nothing and create no per-language profiles — ParusVoice detects the switch automatically, even for single English terms in a German sentence. Best to see for yourself: getting started is free.

Yes. With live translation you speak in one language — say, German — and the text appears in another, such as English. The translation happens live as you dictate, not as a second step. Included in the Pro plan.

No. Your dictation is processed solely to deliver your result — it is neither stored nor used to train AI models. That sets ParusVoice apart from many dictation services on the market.

Yes, by design: processing in the EU (servers in Vienna), no stored audio, no dictation content on our servers, history kept only locally on your Mac. For companies, law firms and medical practices, a data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR is available on request.

Right in the app, any time, effective at the end of the term. No phone calls, no deadline tricks.

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Available August 1, 2026