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MetaWhisp

Voice to text, instantly - on-device transcription powered by WhisperKit

Free Dictation Open Source

Overview

MetaWhisp is a free, on-device voice transcription app for macOS powered by WhisperKit and Apple's Neural Engine. With zero cloud processing, no latency, and no data collection, it delivers private, fast dictation into any app. Trigger recording with a global hotkey, and your speech is automatically transcribed and pasted wherever your cursor is. MetaWhisp supports 30+ languages with automatic detection, offers AI post-processing modes for grammar correction, rewriting, and translation, and includes an auto-learning custom dictionary.

Minimum macOS: 14.0 (Sonoma)

Architecture: Apple Silicon

Key Features

  • 100% on-device processing via Apple Neural Engine
  • Auto-paste transcribed text into any macOS app
  • Global hotkey (Right Option) activation from anywhere
  • 30+ languages with automatic language detection
  • AI post-processing modes: Correct, Rewrite, Translate
  • Auto-learning custom dictionary
  • Offline-capable in Raw transcription mode
  • Built-in analytics dashboard
  • Four recording indicator styles
  • WhisperKit Whisper large-v3-turbo model

Tags

transcriptionvoice inputtranslationtext generation