Vocs · Office #55,577

What it is

Calls itself “Speech-to-text”.

• Calls itself: Speech-to-text

“Speech-to-text that runs entirely on your Mac.”

Where it puts itself

Rules out “no subscription”.

• Says it will not: no subscription

“Vocs runs Whisper on your Mac: no account, no subscription, no word cap, nothing uploaded.”

What it costs

A free tier, free forever. No monthly or yearly plan. No one-time option.

• One-time: no
• Monthly: no
• Yearly: no
• Free plan: free forever

“Free, on-device dictation for your Mac”

“Free · Open source · macOS”

“Yes. No account, no subscription, no word cap. It is open source under the MIT licence.”

Who it sells to

Sells to consumers. In 99 languages.

• Sells to: consumers
• Languages: 99 languages

“Talk. It types. Free, on-device dictation for your Mac”

“99 languages”

How it runs

A desktop app for macOS. Runs locally and works offline. Open source. AI is the core of the product. Built with GitHub Pages.

• Kind: desktop
• Runs on: macOS
• Runs where: on the device, offline
• Open source: yes
• AI role: core to the product
• Built with: GitHub Pages

“Small app. Careful details.”

“Needs macOS 13 or later, Apple Silicon or Intel, and about 600 MB of disk for the speech model.”

What it works with

Names Chrome, Notes and 4 more on its pages.

• Names: Chrome · Notes · Slack · +3

“Works wherever you can type Slack Teams Notes Chrome VS Code Terminal Mail”

“Vocs runs Whisper on your Mac: no account, no subscription, no word cap, nothing uploaded.”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Try it without signing up.

• Instant signup: yes
• Trial asks for: nothing

“Download for macOS”