PlainVoice
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Private, on-device dictation for Mac and Windows

Speak anywhere.
Your words never leave your device.

Hold your hotkey, speak, release. Clean text appears at your cursor, in any app. Fully on-device, no cloud, no per-word cost, works offline.

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Free for your first 1,000 words. Launch week: a one-time €20 — €30 after. Never a subscription.

The PlainVoice dashboard: a dark editorial interface with a serif wordmark, insights, and dictation history.

Launching Sunday · 08:00 Amsterdam

PlainVoice goes live this Sunday.

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First 1,000 words Free
Launch week €20 one-time
After launch week €30
Get the launch-week price On the waitlist? We'll email you the moment it's live, with your €20 launch code. Prices exclude VAT.

Most dictation sends your voice to someone else's server.

Cloud speech-to-text uploads what you say, processes it remotely, and often bills you by the word. Your meetings, your messages, your half-formed ideas, all of it leaves your machine. PlainVoice does none of that.

Three steps

Press. Speak. Done.

  1. 01

    Press your hotkey

    Hit your shortcut anywhere, on Mac or Windows. Hold to push-to-talk, or tap once to toggle it on and off.

  2. 02

    Speak

    Your voice is transcribed locally on your own machine. Nothing is uploaded, ever.

  3. 03

    Release

    Clean text is pasted at your cursor, and your previous clipboard is put back exactly as it was.

On-device isn't a setting.
It's the whole point.

The transcription model runs on your computer, so your audio never travels. It works on a plane, in a basement, or with the Wi-Fi off. There is no API meter running in the background, and your history stays in a local file you can clear whenever you like.

Audio that leaves your device
None
Works offline
Always
Cost per word
$0

Everything happens on your machine.

Lives in your menu bar or system tray

A quiet mic shifts state as you dictate, idle to listening to transcribing, from the macOS menu bar or the Windows system tray. No window to manage, no tab to keep open.

Floating widget

A draggable pill that snaps to any screen edge and expands when you need it.

Insights

Words per minute, total words, a streak, and a 14-day chart of your dictation.

Custom dictionary

Teach it exact spellings and spoken shortcuts, applied right after transcription.

Fix it while you talk

Say “scratch that” or “no, I meant…” mid-sentence and PlainVoice corrects the words before they ever land — no backspacing.

Optional cleanup, still fully local

Strip filler words, fix punctuation and casing, and keep a local-only history you control and can clear at any time.

Speak Dutch. Insert English.

Optional on-device translation lets you dictate in one language and get text in another. It runs locally, right on your computer, so it stays as private as the rest of PlainVoice.

macOS26+, Apple Silicon
Windows10 & 11
NeedsMicrophone access
AccountNone needed

Questions

What people ask about private dictation.

PlainVoice is a private, on-device speech-to-text app for Mac and Windows. You hold a hotkey, speak, and clean text appears at your cursor in any app, with the transcription running entirely on your own machine.

Is PlainVoice private?
Yes. Transcription runs locally on your own machine, so your audio and transcripts never leave your device without an explicit, obvious opt-in.
Does PlainVoice work offline?
Yes, always. Because everything is processed on-device, PlainVoice works with the Wi-Fi off, on a plane, in a basement, anywhere.
Does PlainVoice cost per word?
No. There is no cloud API meter running in the background, so there is no per-word cost.
How much does PlainVoice cost?
Your first 1,000 words are free to try. After that, PlainVoice is a one-time purchase, so you pay once and it's yours to keep, with no subscription, no monthly fee, and no per-word cost. During launch week it's €20; from the following week it's €30. Prices exclude VAT.
What does PlainVoice need to run?
macOS 26 or later on Apple Silicon today, with Windows 10 and 11 on the way. It needs microphone access and permission to type at your cursor. No account is required.
How is PlainVoice different from other dictation tools?
Most dictation tools send your voice to the cloud to transcribe it; PlainVoice does all of it on-device. See PlainVoice vs competitors →

Be first when PlainVoice ships.

PlainVoice goes live this Sunday for Mac, with Windows on the way. Leave your email and we'll send you the download the moment it's live — plus your €20 launch-week code. That's the only reason we'll write to you.