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VoiceCatalystand Resonant.
A free, fully local dictation and meeting app for Mac.
VoiceCatalyst
PriceFree: 10,000 words a month. Pro: $15 a month or $150 a year, unlimited.
Runs onmacOS 26 or later on Apple Silicon. An iPhone app is in beta.
Where recognition happensOn your Mac, on both plans.
Your vocabularyLearned from what you write and say, and re-ranked while you speak.
Choose VoiceCatalyst if the words that break dictation are your words: names, tools and jargon. It learns them on your Mac, and it gives you a faithful transcript, not a tidier paraphrase.
Resonant
PriceFree: unlimited local speech to text, with no account or email required. Source, read 2026-09-12
Where recognition happensOn your Mac, and it works offline. Source, read 2026-09-12
MeetingsRecords meetings without a bot joining, into a local archive with an MCP server. Source, read 2026-09-12
Your vocabularyA personal dictionary. Source, read 2026-09-12
Choose Resonant if you want free, fully local dictation with no account, plus meeting capture.
Get it
Account first,then the download.
The app is signed and notarized. Your account is where your vocabulary and your record accumulate — a card is not required to start.
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