Private by default
Transcription runs entirely on your Mac, using local Whisper models accelerated by the Metal GPU. Your voice is never uploaded and never stored outside your control — Linty works fully offline.
Voice to text for macOS
You speak. It types.
Hold the fn key and speak. When you release, your words are transcribed on your Mac and inserted at the cursor — in any application.
Free and open source · MIT License · macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon (M1 or later)
Press and hold the key — or the space bar — and speak
Live demonstration — powered by your browser's speech engine and microphone. The application itself runs Whisper locally on your Mac.
Works in Slack✦Mail✦Notes✦VS Code✦Safari✦Notion✦Figma✦Terminal✦Messages✦Chrome✦Obsidian✦Any application that accepts text✦
How it works
One key. Three steps.
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01
Hold fn
Recording begins the moment you press the key. There is no window to open and no application to switch to — a small capsule appears to indicate that recording is in progress.
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02
Speak
Speak naturally, as you would in conversation. Pauses, corrections, and mid-sentence restarts are handled by the Whisper model.
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03
Release
Your words are transcribed and inserted at the cursor almost immediately, and the previous contents of your clipboard are automatically restored.
0
words per minute — average speaking pace
0
words per minute — average typing pace
3×
faster, for every message you write
Features
Designed to integrate
seamlessly with your Mac.
Optional cloud transcription
Enable a single setting to transcribe with Groq when you need long recordings returned in under a second.
Inserts text at your cursor
No manual copying and pasting. Text is placed exactly where you were typing, and your clipboard contents are preserved and restored.
Works in every application
Slack, Mail, your code editor, your CRM — if an application accepts text input, Linty can type into it.
Resides in the menu bar
No Dock icon and no clutter. A small capsule appears while you speak and disappears when you finish.
A complete transcription history
Every transcription is saved to a local history — search it, copy it again, or clear it at any time. Your data remains on your disk, stored as plain JSON.
Your voice never leaves your Mac.
Local Whisper runs on Apple Silicon. There is no account, no telemetry on your speech, and no audio sent to any server — unless you explicitly enable cloud mode. The code is open source; review it yourself.
Write at the
speed of speech.
Free of charge for local transcription · macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon (M1 or later)
To request a feature or report an issue, please open an issue on GitHub