Speechcap

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Speechcap is privacy focused push-to-talk dictation for Mac: hold a key → Whisper transcribes → AI cleans up the filler and formatting → text lands wherever your cursor is. No window to open, no paste step. It works two ways: Cloud (default, includes the free tier): zero setup, transcribes instantly. Your audio is transient through the provider and never stored. Fully on-device (Pro): download Whisper + IBM Granite 4 Micro and both transcription and cleanup run locally. Plane, firewall, no wifi — your voice never leaves the Mac. Every other dictation tool I tried still sends cleanup to a cloud. That was the itch I wanted to scratch. A few more things: 2,500 words/week free, no credit card. 89 languages, with translation on Pro. PPP pricing — ~$3 in some regions, more in others. Not one US sticker for the whole world. Honest tradeoffs: Mac only today (Windows in beta). Small team, newer than the big names. (But we ship fairly fast 🚀)