150ms · 5× faster

The fastest voice-to-text on macOS.

Hold a key. Speak. Release. Cleaned, formatted text appears at your cursor in any app you're using.

Universal binary · Apple silicon and Intel · macOS 14+

Live · speaking
GrumbusVoice · macOS menu bar
Slack·Replying in #engineering
Streaming transcript

fn
Holding Fn…
Speak. Words stream in real time.

Compatibility

Works in every text field on your Mac. Tested in 40+ apps. No browser extensions, no plugins, no integrations to set up.

Gmail·Slack·Notion·Linear·VS Code·Cursor·Messages·Discord·Figma·Superhuman·Things·Obsidian·Mail·Terminal·WhatsApp·X

Latency

Words appear as you speak.

Engineered end-to-end for speed. Words appear at your cursor while you're still mid-sentence — not three seconds after you stop.

GrumbusVoice
150ms
Wispr Flow
~700ms
macOS dictation
~1.5s
Notes · Wispr Flow ~700ms per the customer case study at baseten.co. macOS dictation is observational; Apple does not publish a number. Your real-world latency depends on network and device.

How it works

Three keys to a faster keyboard.

01 · Hold

Hold any modifier key

Right Option, Right Command, Fn — pick what you don't use.

02 · Speak

Talk like a human

No wake word. No "hey computer." Just talk.

03 · Release

Cleaned text appears

Punctuated, formatted, dropped at your cursor — in any app.

Cleanup

Not just transcription. Real writing.

Every transcript runs through a cleanup pass. Filler removed, punctuation fixed, tone matched.

Raw — what you said

Cleaned — what gets pasted

Privacy first

Audio streamed, transcribed, dropped. Transcripts only on your Mac.

Custom dictionary

Teach it your team's names and acronyms once.

Five styles

Raw, casual, formal, email, code comment.

Push-to-talk

Hold a key. No wake word, no awkward command.

Local history

Last 100 transcripts searchable from the menu bar.

Works everywhere

Any text field on macOS. No browser extension required.

The app

Native Mac. Lives in your menu bar.

No Electron. No browser tab. A real macOS app that disappears until you press your hotkey.

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GrumbusVoice Settings
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Formatting style
Casual ▾
Light cleanup: fix obvious mistakes, normalize punctuation, keep your voice.
Settings — every preference you actually need.

Comparison

How it stacks up.

Feature
GrumbusVoice
Wispr Flow
macOS dictation
Transcription latency
~150ms
~700ms
~1.5s
Real-time streaming
AI cleanup with style options
Custom dictionary
Push-to-talk hotkey
Works in every macOS app
Local-only transcript history

Numbers reflect each vendor's published specs and case studies; macOS dictation is observational. Your real-world latency depends on network and device.

Pricing

One plan. Everything in.

$19.99/ month
  • 1,500 minutes per month
  • Push-to-talk in every macOS app
  • AI cleanup, five styles
  • Custom dictionary
  • Local transcript history
  • 7-day free trial
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No charge until day 8. Cancel anytime.

No tiers. No quotas to upgrade past. No enterprise upsell. One number, one plan, everything you need to actually replace your keyboard.

7-day trial means a full week of dictating real work — emails, code comments, Slack, Notion docs — before you decide if it stays.

FAQ

Everything else.

Stop typing.
Start talking.

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