Dictation app
VocaMac
by VocaHQ
An open-source dictation app for Apple Silicon Macs that transcribes speech on the Mac and types the words at your cursor in any app.
- Mac
Speech engines it runs
- NVIDIA Parakeet by NVIDIAParakeet TDT v3, English: 4.48%Parakeet TDT v3, No noise: 4.44%Parakeet TDT v3, 20 dB: 4.44%Parakeet TDT v3, 10 dB: 4.48%Parakeet TDT v3, 5 dB: 7.85%Parakeet TDT v3, 0 dB: 44.47%
- WhisperKit by Argmax
Word error rates from our own tests on public recordings: English in a quiet room and with background talk. Lower is better.
Key figures
Every figure about VocaMac
Each figure is a row of a research dataset. Open it for the exact words of its source or the exact request it was read from.
Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI
- VocaMac, AI cleanup (optional)2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- VocaMac, custom vocabulary2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- VocaMac, editing commands2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- VocaMac, audio on maker's servers2026-100 1 = yes, 0 = no
- VocaMac, recordings for training2026-100 1 = yes, 0 = no
- VocaMac, speech on device2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- VocaMac, types into any app2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- VocaMac, works offline2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
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