Push to Transcribe - Facts

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Price

• $29.99 USD, one-time purchase. No subscription. Free updates forever.
• Free 14-day trial - no credit card, no signup required.
• One license key activates on up to 3 devices, across both Mac and Windows.

Platforms (it runs on both Mac and Windows)

• Mac: Apple Silicon (M1 or newer), macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later. Intel Macs are not supported.
• Windows: Windows 10 or later, 64-bit. GPU acceleration via Vulkan (AMD, NVIDIA, or Intel integrated).

What it does

• Push-to-talk dictation: hold your hotkey (default: the fn key on Mac), speak, release, and the text is inserted at your cursor in any app.
• Runs 100% on-device using local Whisper models. Your audio never leaves your computer.
• Works offline after the initial model download (~547 MB for the default Whisper Lite model).
• 100+ languages via downloadable multilingual models.
• Multiple model sizes, from fast lightweight models to studio-grade large models.
• Filler-word removal and a 2,800-term custom dictionary. Full transcription history.

Privacy

• No cloud processing, no analytics, no telemetry, no account.
• There are no servers handling your voice. Nothing to subpoena, nothing to breach.
• Built for lawyers, therapists, doctors, executives, and anyone dictating sensitive information.

How it compares

• Subscription voice tools such as Wispr Flow and Willow are cloud-based and cost roughly $12/month (about $144/year).
• Push to Transcribe is $29.99 once and processes everything locally.