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Flowwy: Offline voice dictation for macOS
Pixel & Process UG, Pixel & Process UG, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 23, 2026
- What it is
- The maker's own product page for Flowwy, a voice dictation app for Macs with Apple silicon. It says speech recognition runs on the Mac, that audio is never uploaded, and that an optional local AI model cleans up text. It also describes the opt-in Flowwy Cloud beta.
- How much weight it carries
- Read directly from the maker's site on 2026-10-23. The page describes the Mac app; Linux is mentioned only in passing. Flowwy Cloud is labeled beta and free during the beta, and the page says its terms may change. The feature claims are the maker's own and were not tested here.
Facts taken from this source
- Flowwy's home page says an optional local LLM fixes punctuation, removes filler words and self-corrections, and applies the user's style.
“A local LLM fixes punctuation, removes filler words and self-corrections, and applies your style.” (Home page, 'AI cleanup, optional' section)
- Flowwy's home page says that during the beta, Flowwy Cloud requests are answered by third-party model providers.
“During the beta, requests are answered by third-party model providers that may be outside the EU, so use local cleanup for anything sensitive.” (Home page, 'Flowwy Cloud · beta' section)
- Flowwy's home page says its dictionary holds the user's names and jargon, plus misspelling-to-correction rules.
“Your names and jargon, plus misspelling → correction rules.” (Home page, 'Dictionary' section)
- Flowwy's home page says the app is free to download and use.
“The Flowwy app is free to download and use.” (Home page, FAQ on pricing)
- Flowwy's home page says speech recognition runs on the Mac with whisper.cpp and that audio is never uploaded.
“Speech recognition runs on your Mac with whisper.cpp, so dictation works offline and your audio is never uploaded.” (Home page, product description)
- Flowwy's home page says it types the dictated text at the cursor in any app.
“Hold a key, speak and release, and Flowwy types the text at your cursor in any app.” (Home page, product description)
- Flowwy's home page says its multilingual Whisper models cover 99 languages and detect the language automatically. The Whisper Base model it also offers is English only.
“The multilingual Whisper models cover 99 languages and can detect the language automatically.” (FAQ, Which languages does Flowwy understand?)
- Flowwy's home page says that once a speech model is downloaded in the app, dictation works without an internet connection.
“Once you have downloaded a speech model inside the app, dictation, cleanup with a local model and Transforms work without an internet connection.” (Home page, FAQ on offline dictation)