Spoke

Description

Spoke is a native macOS dictation app that lets you hold a shortcut key, speak, and have your words appear as text in whatever app is on screen, from Notion and Slack to Terminal. Transcription runs fully on-device using a 600M-parameter speech model, so it works with no internet, no account, no cloud, and no subscription.

Beyond plain dictation, Spoke runs your voice through a Flow, a visual chain of steps you design to process speech and route the result. Flows support many node types including AI skills, text transforms, conditions, scripts, app switching, key-press simulation, webhooks, and file output, so you can, for example, speak casually and send professionally, POST every transcription to an API, or tell your Mac what to do in plain English. It can also feed speech and screenshots directly into a coding agent such as Claude Code.

AI skills are optional and provider-flexible: run them on-device with Apple Intelligence, or online with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or local models via Ollama, with no vendor lock-in. Spoke can also be used purely as a dictation tool with no AI. It supports 24 languages transcribed on-device, hold-to-talk and hands-free modes, customizable and per-flow shortcuts, mouse-button hotkeys, word replacements, audio ducking, a waveform overlay, voice ID, and searchable transcription history.

Spoke is a real native Mac app rather than a web wrapper, lives in the menu bar, and supports auto-updates. It is a one-time purchase of $9.99 with a free trial (50 free uses) and no word limits, aimed at writers, developers, and anyone who types a lot.

Spoke's Core Features

• Push-to-talk dictation into any macOS app

• Fully on-device transcription with a 600M-parameter model, no internet required

• Visual Flow builder with 14+ node types for voice-powered automation

• Optional AI skills via Apple Intelligence, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or Ollama

• Direct pipeline into coding agents such as Claude Code

• 24 languages transcribed on-device

• Hold-to-talk and hands-free modes with customizable and per-flow shortcuts

• One-time $9.99 purchase with no subscription or word limits

How to use Spoke?

1. 1

   Set your shortcut: Choose a hotkey or mouse button to trigger dictation.

2. 2

   Speak: Hold the key and talk; Spoke transcribes on-device in real time.

3. 3

   Build a Flow: Optionally design a chain of steps to add AI skills, transforms, conditions, or scripts.

4. 4

   Get the result: Have the output pasted into your app, copied to the clipboard, saved to a file, or posted to a webhook.

Spoke's Use Cases

• Dictate into any app
• Faster drafting
• Developer workflows
• Voice-powered automation
• Talk to a coding agent

FAQ from Spoke

• What is Spoke?

  Spoke is a push-to-talk dictation app for macOS. You hold a shortcut key, speak, and your words appear as text in any app, with transcription running fully on-device.

• Does Spoke send my voice to the cloud?

  No. Transcription runs on-device using a 600M-parameter neural network with no internet required, so your language data stays on your Mac. AI skills are optional and can also run on-device.

• What is a Flow?

  A Flow is a chain of steps that processes your voice and does something with the result. Using node types such as AI skills, transforms, conditions, scripts, and outputs, you can automate workflows rather than just transcribe.

• Which AI providers can I use?

  You can run AI skills on-device with Apple Intelligence, or online with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or local models via Ollama, with no vendor lock-in. You can also skip AI and use Spoke purely for dictation.

• How many languages does it support?

  Spoke transcribes 24 languages, all on-device, so your language data never leaves your Mac.

• How much does Spoke cost?

  Spoke is a one-time purchase of $9.99 with a free trial of 50 uses, and there is no subscription, no word limits, and no cloud bills.