Fact · Dictation software
HEX describes itself as local-first voice dictation for Apple silicon Macs running macOS 15 or newer.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“HEX is local-first voice dictation for Apple silicon Macs running macOS 15 or newer”
anomalyco/hex: README (GitHub), Christopher Langton, GitHub (anomalyco organization), 2026, Introduction.
Open the original- What it measures
- The first paragraph of the HEX README, the current repository at anomalyco/hex.
- What it does not show
- The README lists a Linux beta with a smaller feature set, so the macOS description does not cover Linux.
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