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Local voice-to-text
for macOS.

Press a shortcut, speak, text appears. Powered by Whisper, processed entirely on your Mac. No cloud, no account, no subscription.

Download for Mac macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon · $9.99

Three steps. Under two seconds.

Press your shortcut

Hit ⌘ ⇧ Space from any app. Oratio starts listening instantly.

Speak naturally

German, English, French, Spanish, Italian. Whisper handles accents and background noise gracefully.

Text appears

Transcribed text is inserted directly into your focused field. No paste needed.

Built for privacy. Built for speed.

Oratio does one thing perfectly and stays out of your way.

Fully local

Your audio never leaves your Mac. Zero network requests. Works completely offline. Verified by design.

Metal-accelerated

Whisper inference on Apple Silicon GPU. Transcription completes in under 2 seconds for typical clips.

Direct text insertion

Text appears right where your cursor is via macOS Accessibility APIs. Works in VS Code, Slack, Safari, Mail, and more.

Native macOS

Built with SwiftUI and AppKit. Translucent materials, SF Symbols, system typography. Feels like part of macOS.

Your audio never leaves your Mac.

Oratio doesn't connect to any server. There's no analytics, no telemetry, no "anonymous" data collection. The app works identically with WiFi off. Audio temp files are deleted immediately after transcription.

Specs

Numbers, not promises.

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Transcription latency
~0 MB
App size (with model)
<0 MB
Memory idle
0
Network requests
0
Languages supported
0
Whisper model options

$9.99. Once.

No subscription. No account. No recurring charges. One purchase, lifetime updates.

Download for Mac

Requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or later. Apple Silicon (M1+) only.

Questions

How does it work without internet?

Oratio bundles the Whisper speech recognition model and runs it locally using whisper.cpp with Metal GPU acceleration. All processing happens on your Mac's Apple Silicon chip.

What languages are supported?

German, English, French, Spanish, and Italian. You can switch the transcription language in Settings at any time.

Does it work in my editor / app?

Oratio inserts text via macOS Accessibility APIs. It works in VS Code, Slack, Safari, Notes, Mail, TextEdit, and most standard text fields. If Accessibility access isn't available, text is copied to your clipboard instead.

Why Apple Silicon only?

Oratio uses Metal GPU acceleration for fast Whisper inference. This requires an Apple Silicon chip (M1 or later). Intel Macs are not supported.

Is there a free trial?

Not currently. But at $9.99 as a one-time purchase with no subscription, the risk is low. If you're unsatisfied, reach out and we'll sort it out.