Vowen
Voice interface for dictation, meetings, and workflows
Overview
Vowen is a voice interface for dictation, meeting notes, and voice workflows across Mac apps. Its free plan includes unlimited dictation, local and cloud transcription models, bring-your-own-key AI enhancement, custom vocabulary, and voice workflows. Optional Pro features add unlimited meeting notes and file transcription, speaker identification, cloud sync, and more.
Pricing: Free | Pro: $49 one-time
Minimum macOS: 14.0 (Sonoma)
Architecture: Apple Silicon, Intel
Key Features
- Real-time speech-to-text in 99+ languages
- AI-powered writing assistance (bring your own API key)
- System-wide voice control across all applications
- Audio/video file transcription with subtitle export (VTT/SRT)
- File conversion utilities (media, PDFs, images, configs)
- Custom vocabulary and text snippet support
- Local transcription models for offline dictation
- Optional cloud transcription models and bring-your-own-key AI enhancement
- Meeting notes, audio/video transcription, and speaker identification
- Voice workflows, custom text expansions, and API integrations
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