Overview
Freeway is a completely free voice-to-text app for Mac that lets you dictate into any application with a simple push-to-talk hotkey. Powered by NVIDIA Parakeet v3 and optimized for Apple Silicon via CoreML, all processing happens locally on your device—no cloud uploads, no subscriptions, no data collection. Supporting 25 languages including English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, and Ukrainian, Freeway works offline and keeps your voice data completely private.
Pricing: Free
Architecture: Apple Silicon, Intel
Key Features
- Real-time speech-to-text transcription
- 100% on-device processing with CoreML
- Powered by NVIDIA Parakeet v3
- 25 language support including European languages
- Push-to-talk hotkey activation
- Works in any macOS application
- Completely offline capable
- No cloud uploads or data transmission
- Optimized for Apple Silicon M1-M4
- Free forever with no subscriptions
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