New SpeechFast

Hold down the Fn key to speak; release it and the text will be inserted at the cursor position. This function can be used in any app. The biggest difference between SpeechFast and other AI dictation tools is that the transcription and text refinement processes are all performed locally on your Mac. Once the relevant models are downloaded, you can use the software without an internet connection. In fact, the developers have even provided an automated test mechanism—if a single network request is made during the process, the function is considered to have failed.

It will automatically remove repetitions, corrections in speech, and modal particles, resulting in clean written sentences.

The price is a one-time fee of 39.99 euros, and it allows use on three Mac devices, including access to subsequent updates. Users are also entitled to a 7-day free trial. This option is ideal for lawyers, doctors, and engineers who need to create internal documents but find it inconvenient to upload their voice recordings to the cloud. For those who don’t care much about privacy concerns, the free cloud-based tools are more than sufficient.