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, made in Austria, 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 — automatically on every dictation.

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.

Over 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 — no exceptions. Our own infrastructure is in 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 — 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 · Made in Austria · 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
Get started
Weekly free allowance
Dictate in any app, system-wide
Automatic AI text clean-up
Your text appears as you speak
Speak your punctuation
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
Request a quote
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.

Anyone who has tried the Mac's own dictation knows the routine: you say a sentence, then you clean up after yourself. The technology behind it has aged; it listens for sounds and guesses the rest. ParusVoice listens differently: there is a modern AI speech model behind it that follows the whole sentence. It knows whether you said “their” or “there”, and it handles technical terms, proper names, accents and other languages far better than the built-in dictation. It drops the filler words and sets the punctuation as it goes.

Then there is the AI assistant, something Mac dictation simply doesn't have: you ask it something mid-sentence and take its answer straight into your text. And with Pro you speak German while English appears on the page.

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 or try Pro free for 7 days first.

You start the trial in the app: add a card and use everything Pro offers for 7 days — you pay €0 today. Cancel in the app before the trial ends and you pay nothing; otherwise your chosen subscription starts automatically. Free is not affected: free forever, no card.

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 — that is how the app is built: processing entirely in the EU, with our own servers in Vienna. No stored audio, no dictation content on our servers, and your history lives 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 — or via “Cancel your subscription” in the footer. No phone calls, no deadline tricks.

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Available September 15, 2026