No audio upload
Vocis records a temporary local audio file, transcribes it on-device, and removes the recording after transcription completes or is cancelled.
Offline voice-to-text for Mac
Speak freely. Even offline.
Vocis turns speech into text on your Mac, not on a transcription server. Download a speech model once, then dictate without an account or internet connection.
Download for macOS
Free · No account
macOS 15.2+ · Apple silicon
macOS 15.2+ · Apple silicon
One voice · one local path
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InputYou speak into your chosen microphone
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Speech modelWhisper transcribes on this Mac
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Optional shapingGemma rewrites on this Mac
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OutputFinished text appears at your cursor
Voice and writing stay inside this boundary
Yes. Once your chosen models are downloaded, Vocis can dictate and rewrite entirely offline.
Why local matters
Your roughest thoughts never become someone else’s data.
Dictation often begins before an idea is polished: a private message, an unfinished argument, a customer detail, or a line of code spoken out loud. Local processing keeps that work on the computer where it began.
No transcript service
Your transcript is produced by the speech model stored on your Mac. It is not sent to a hosted speech-to-text API.
No cloud rewrite
If you install the optional language model, Tidy, Email, Custom modes, and Voice Edit also run locally.
No account trail
Vocis has no account system or telemetry. Optional transcript history and usage statistics remain in local app storage.
The offline workflow
Download once. Keep working anywhere.
The only preparation is choosing a speech model during setup. After that, the everyday voice-to-cursor path needs no connection.
Choose a speech model
Use the smaller English-only model or the multilingual model with support for 99 languages and automatic language detection.
Set your shortcut
Pick a global hotkey and choose Auto, Toggle, or Hold behavior so recording starts the way your hands expect.
Speak where you work
Place the cursor in a writable field, use the shortcut, speak, and stop. Vocis inserts the result and leaves a copy on your clipboard.
The honest boundary
Offline work, with two explicit exceptions.
Models and software updates
Vocis connects to download the speech and optional language models you choose, and to check for app updates. Those requests do not contain your recordings, transcripts, prompts, dictionary, or snippets.
Your actual voice work
- Microphone recordings and transcription
- Tidy, Email, and Custom transformations
- Voice Edit instructions and selected text
- Dictionary, snippets, history, and usage counts
Common questions
Before you go offline.
Does offline dictation require Apple silicon?+
Yes. Vocis requires an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 15.2 or later.
Can local rewriting work without internet too?+
Yes. Download the optional language model and transformations run locally. If that model is unavailable, Vocis returns the raw transcript so your words are not lost.
Are recordings saved in history?+
No. Optional history stores up to 100 recent text transcripts and timestamps. Temporary audio is removed after transcription completes or the recording is cancelled.
Private by architecture.