Dictator
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Dictator for macOS 14 or newer on Apple silicon. Free, with no account.

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Five steps, once

macOS asks a few questions the first time. After that, Dictator updates itself.

  1. 01

    Drag Dictator into Applications

    Open the .dmg and drag Dictator into Applications. Open it from Applications, not from the disk image window: macOS stops a copy run from the disk image after a few seconds. If you do open that one, it offers to move itself.

  2. 02

    Press Done when macOS stops it

    Dictator is free and not paid into Apple's developer programme, so macOS blocks the first launch. Press Done, not Move to Trash.

  3. 03

    Open Anyway, once

    Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and press Open Anyway next to Dictator. Confirm. This happens only the first time.

  4. 04

    Allow the microphone and Accessibility

    Dictator asks for both. The microphone is for hearing you; Accessibility is what lets it paste into other apps. The speech models then download: English first (about 700 MB), then Hindi and Hinglish in the background (about 1.5 GB). Each is checked against its SHA256 before use.

  5. 05

    Hold right ⌥ and talk

    That's the key unless you change it. Double-tap it for hands free. If you switch to fn, set System Settings → Keyboard → Press 🌐 key to → Do Nothing, so macOS doesn't open the emoji picker on a tap.

Check the download

The SHA256 printed next to every version should match what this prints:

shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Dictator-<version>.dmg
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Every platform

macOS is available now. iOS and Windows are on the way.

macOSComing soon

Dictator for Mac

Needs
macOS 14+, Apple silicon
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iOSComing soon

iPhone & iPad

Dictate into any app from the keyboard, with the same on-device models.

WindowsComing soon

Windows 11

Hold a key and talk, in every Windows app. Same Hinglish engine.