OpenType for macOS

Speak. Your Mac types anywhere.

Hold a key, talk naturally, and OpenType writes polished text into the app you are already using.

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macOS 26+ · Apple Silicon · MIT licensed

Press play to see it transcribe.
Screen context Fake email thumbnail showing flight confirmation
Local ASR On-device cleanup Screen context Works in any app

One gesture

Voice input without switching context.

Hold fn

Press and hold your configured key. Recording starts instantly.

Speak

Talk the way you normally would. Audio stays on your Mac.

Release

Text appears at your cursor, cleaned up for the app you are in.

Private by default

Voice, screen context, and cleanup can all run locally.

WhisperKit transcribes offline. MLX-Swift-LM can refine text on device. Remote providers are optional for people who want them.

Audio upload 0 required cloud calls 0

Native stack

Built like a Mac utility, not a web wrapper.

WhisperKit
Offline speech recognition
MLX-Swift-LM
On-device LLM inference
Swift 6
Native macOS app
ScreenCaptureKit
Screen context via OCR
AVAudioEngine
Low-latency mic capture
Vision
On-device OCR for contextual correction

Download

Get the latest build from GitHub Releases.

The download button always opens the latest release page, so the site does not need a manual version bump for every app build.

Open GitHub Releases
xattr -cr /Applications/OpenType.app copy

Run once if macOS shows a Gatekeeper prompt.