Turn speech into text. Instantly.
Anywhere on your Mac.
Runs locally. No cloud. No subscription.
Press a hotkey and speak naturally. Speaklane transcribes your voice and inserts clean text wherever you're already typing.
Speak instead of typing, without sending audio to the cloud.
Cloud transcription is convenient until the audio is sensitive. Speaklane gives you Mac voice dictation while keeping the recording, transcript, and history under your control.
Cloud tools make private audio feel risky
Client calls, rough drafts, internal meetings, and personal notes should not need a server trip just to become text.
Subscriptions add up
Speaklane is a one-time purchase, so regular dictation does not become another monthly bill.
Dictation should stay in your workflow
Use a hotkey, keep your current app open, and send the transcript to your clipboard or focused text field.
Talk through the messy version. Get clean text back.
Speaklane is not a cloud writing assistant. It is private speech-to-text for Mac: capture your words, clean up the transcript, and send it where you were already working.
What you say
Um, quick update for Alex. I talked to Maya and I think the launch notes are mostly ready but there are a couple of missing screenshots. Can you check design and ask them to send the final ones by Friday?
What Speaklane inserts
Quick update for Alex. I talked to Maya, and I think the launch notes are mostly ready, but there are a couple of missing screenshots. Can you check design and ask them to send the final ones by Friday?
Built for private voice dictation. Ready for daily work.
The core tools you need to turn speech into useful text
without sending recordings off your machine.
Dictate into any Mac app
Capture your thought with a hotkey, then auto-insert the transcript into the focused app or copy it to your clipboard.
Choose speed or accuracy
Switch local Whisper models depending on whether you need a quick draft or a cleaner transcript.
Works offline
Transcribe without an internet connection, account, or cloud upload. Your audio stays on your Mac.
Clean text, less editing
Automatic punctuation, capitalization, snippets, and filler word cleanup help rough speech become usable text.
Local history
Keep transcripts and recordings in a local history folder, with retention settings you control.
Transcribe existing files
Import audio or video files and save the transcript locally for meetings, voice memos, clips, and interviews.
Dictation that fits your Mac workflow
No web app to open. No file to upload. Just capture the thought and keep moving.
Press your hotkey
Start dictation from the menu bar or with a shortcut while you stay in the app you are using.
Speak naturally
Speaklane records and transcribes locally on your Mac using the model you choose.
Use the finished text
Auto-insert into the focused app, copy to your clipboard, or find the session later in local history.
One-time purchase.
Private dictation, without another bill.
- No subscriptions
- All features included
- Lifetime updates
- Use on up to 4 Macs
- 7-day refund policy
Why Mac users switch to local transcription
“I use speech to text often enough, but got tired of paying for another subscription so finding SpeakLane was a huge win for me. Truthfully I've not noticed many differences compared to the other subscription products out there.”
“The privacy thing is the whole reason I bought it. I dictate client stuff and I do not want it going to some random server. SpeakLane being local is a big deal for me.”
“I throw podcast clips and voice memos into it and it just works!! The transcripts are clean enough that I barely have to edit. Also love that it keeps all history locally.”
“Huge fan of having it just auto-insert into the app I'm using + being able to just trigger it with any hotkey I set. Highly recommend.”
Questions before you buy?
The short version: Speaklane is local, private, offline-capable, and sold as a one-time license.
Your voice. Your data. Your rules.
Buy Speaklane once and turn speech into text on your Mac without uploading private audio or adding another monthly bill.