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Dictation app

Petal

by Optimal Life Technologies, Inc

A local-first speech transcription app for Mac, Windows and iPhone that turns recordings and dictation into text, with an on-device model that tidies rambling dictation into short messages.

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • iPhone
  • iPad

Speech engines it runs

Word error rates from our own tests on public recordings: English in a quiet room and with background talk. Lower is better.

Every figure about Petal

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