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Free, private, on-device dictation for Mac, powered by Apple's SpeechAnalyzer and Foundation Models.

Why this job: says: dictation; topics: text-to-speech, whisper

Megaphone demo

What it does

  • Fully on-device transcription. Apple's speech model processes your audio directly on your Mac. There is no transcription API, API key, or internet connection required.
  • Results as soon as you stop speaking. Megaphone streams audio into the analyzer while you're talking, so most of the work is already done by the time you release the shortcut.
  • Hold-to-talk or toggle mode. hold Fn to dictate, or press Command-Fn to start and stop recording. Both shortcuts can be changed.
  • Smart on-device cleanup. Apple's Foundation Models framework removes fillers, resolves self-corrections, and fixes punctuation without uploading your transcript. Setup checks whether Apple Intelligence is ready and can open its System Sett
  • Inline AI (Alpha). hold your dictation shortcut and begin with “Hey Megaphone” to ask a question, generate text, or transform the sentence you just dictated (for example, “make that formal”). Megaphone uses recent text and active-app conte

Get started

No single install command. Read the steps in the README (opens in new tab)

Maintenance
Active
Last commit 3 months ago
Stars
181
+1 this week
Licence
MIT
Allows business use
Downloads for
Mac
From the latest release
Latest version
v1.1.8
Released 3 months ago
Built with
Swift
87% of the code

Is it looked after?

Contributors
0
Last 90 days
Issues
40% closed
3 still open
Pull requests
13 merged
2 waiting
Releases
14
14 in the last year
  • No contributing guide
  • No security policy
  • No code of conduct
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Download files, v1.1.8

  • Mac1 file, 906 downloads

All files on GitHub (opens in new tab)

Languages

  • Swift 87%
  • HTML 8%
  • CSS 2%
  • JavaScript 1%

Topics

  • apple
  • apple-ai
  • freeflow
  • macos
  • megaphone
  • megaphone-tts
  • speechanalyzer
  • spokenly
  • text-to-speech
  • whisper
  • whisprflow

Project record

  • JobSpeech and audio
  • StatusListed
  • Commits641
  • Forks14
  • Watching1
  • Stars in 28 days+10
  • CreatedJul 13, 2026
  • First seen by usNov 7, 2026
  • CheckedNov 7, 2026

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