Speak your ChatGPT prompts instead of typing them
Your best prompts are the ones you'd never type out — too long, too detailed. So speak them. Dictara lets you dictate straight into ChatGPT, Claude, Slack or any Mac app: tap a key, talk, and clean text lands right in the box.
⬇︎ Download free — 100% offline, no accountWhy speaking beats typing for AI
When you type a prompt, you keep it short to save effort. When you speak it, you naturally give the AI the full context — and you get a far better answer. You talk at ~150 words a minute and type maybe 40, so it's about 3× faster too.
A state-of-the-art speech-to-text engine turns what you say into clean, punctuated text on the fly — so what lands in the chat box reads naturally and is ready to send. And it's 100% offline: recognition runs entirely on your Mac, so nothing ever leaves the device, with no account and nothing kept on anyone's servers.
Works everywhere — not just one app
Dictara isn't a ChatGPT plugin. It's system-wide, so the same key works in every app where your cursor is:
How it works
- Click into the ChatGPT (or any) text box.
- Tap the right ⌥ Option key, say your prompt, tap again.
- Tap again — clean, punctuated text appears in the box. Hit enter.
- 6 languages, detected automatically. Notarized by Apple. macOS 12+.
No subscription — 100% offline, free in Early Access
Most dictation tools charge ~€15 a month, forever. Dictara runs entirely on your Mac — no metered usage, no hour packs, no recurring cost. It's free during Early Access, no account and no card. After that: a one-time licence per machine — no subscription, nothing to cancel. No account, no login, no content upload.
Feed whole meetings into ChatGPT or Claude
Dictara also transcribes calls and meetings up to 8 hours, speaker-separated — then drops the finished transcript straight into Claude, ChatGPT or wherever your cursor is, ready to summarise or turn into action items. It's Fireflies, without the bot: no note-taker joins your call, and it all stays on your Mac — 100% offline. Made in Germany.
Start talking to your AI
Download Dictara, click into ChatGPT, and speak your first prompt. 100% offline, free in Early Access, no card.
⬇︎ Download Dictara (.dmg)FAQ
Does it work inside the ChatGPT website and app?
Yes — anywhere you can type. Dictara writes wherever your cursor is, including the ChatGPT web box, the desktop app, Claude, and any other tool.
Is it better than ChatGPT's own voice mode?
It's different: ChatGPT voice talks back to you. Dictara just turns your speech into clean text in the input field — so you stay in your normal chat flow and keep the written thread.
Do I need an account?
No account, no login, no API key. Download and talk — no account, no login, no content upload.
Which Macs are supported?
macOS 12 or newer, on Apple Silicon. Notarized by Apple.