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WaveOne: Voice dictation for Mac that types where your cursor is
Lunadence, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 26, 2026
- What it is
- The maker's product page for WaveOne, a dictation app for the Mac. It describes on-device recognition, offline use, translation and polish through optional engines, and custom vocabulary.
- How much weight it carries
- The maker's own page, read 2026-10-26. It describes the current release and macOS 15 or later; it gives no version number. Feature claims are the maker's own and are not independently tested.
Facts taken from this source
- WaveOne's home page says users can teach it names, product terms, library names and abbreviations, through bias terms and replacement rules.
“Teach it the words it gets wrong Names, product terms, library names, abbreviations.” (Your words section)
- WaveOne's home page lists a 14-day free trial and a one-time purchase with no subscription. It does not describe a free plan after the trial.
“14-day free trial · One-time purchase, no subscription” (Header line under the download button)
- WaveOne's home page says its polish key runs a language model that cleans up the wording of a dictation.
“Press the polish one and a language model cleans up the wording first.” (Polish section)
- WaveOne's home page says speech recognition runs on the user's Mac, so the voice stays on the device.
“Recognition runs on your Mac, so your voice stays on it.” (Recognition: On your Mac)
- WaveOne's home page says it puts dictated words where the cursor already is, in the app the user is typing in.
“WaveOne is dictation for the Mac that puts the words where your cursor already is.” (Page header)
- WaveOne's home page says recognition, vocabulary, history and insertion all work with the network switched off, so dictation works offline.
“Dictate on a plane. Recognition, your vocabulary, the history and the insertion itself all work with the network switched off.” (Offline from end to end)