Dictation that weighs nothing, for Mac and Windows
Hold a key, talk, let go: your words land where your cursor is, ums gone and laid out for the app you're in, an email, a chat line, a list or a prompt. 4.6 MB on a Mac, 2.3 MB on Windows, 0% CPU while it waits. $5 a month after a free trial.
Hi Product Hunt! I'm Rohit, maker of Featherweight Dictation.
A dictation app is the one app that runs all day, waiting for a single key. So we asked a simple question: why should it weigh hundreds of megabytes? The dictation apps we measured take 116 to 596 MB on disk. Featherweight Dictation takes 4.6 MB on a Mac and 2.3 MB on Windows, and uses 0% CPU while it waits.
How it works: hold a key (fn on a Mac, Right Alt on Windows), talk, and let go. About half a second later your words are typed where your cursor is, with the ums and do-overs gone, and laid out for the app: an email in Gmail, one line in WhatsApp, a list in Notion, a clean prompt in Cursor or Claude. Your audio and your words are never stored.
It's $5 a month for unlimited dictation, after a free trial of 5 days or 3,000 words, no card needed. Windows landed this week, and one plan covers your Mac and your PC.
We'd love to hear what you dictate, and what would make it better. Thank you for trying it!
About Featherweight Dictation on Product Hunt
“Dictation that weighs nothing, for Mac and Windows”
Featherweight Dictation launched on Product Hunt on October 7th, 2026 and earned 66 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #41 on the daily leaderboard. Hold a key, talk, let go: your words land where your cursor is, ums gone and laid out for the app you're in, an email, a chat line, a list or a prompt. 4.6 MB on a Mac, 2.3 MB on Windows, 0% CPU while it waits. $5 a month after a free trial.
On the analytics side, Featherweight Dictation competes within Productivity, Writing and Artificial Intelligence — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Featherweight Dictation performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Featherweight Dictation?
Featherweight Dictation was hunted by Rohit C. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Featherweight Dictation including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Rohit C
Hi Product Hunt! I'm Rohit, maker of Featherweight Dictation.
A dictation app is the one app that runs all day, waiting for a single key. So we asked a simple question: why should it weigh hundreds of megabytes? The dictation apps we measured take 116 to 596 MB on disk. Featherweight Dictation takes 4.6 MB on a Mac and 2.3 MB on Windows, and uses 0% CPU while it waits.
How it works: hold a key (fn on a Mac, Right Alt on Windows), talk, and let go. About half a second later your words are typed where your cursor is, with the ums and do-overs gone, and laid out for the app: an email in Gmail, one line in WhatsApp, a list in Notion, a clean prompt in Cursor or Claude. Your audio and your words are never stored.
It's $5 a month for unlimited dictation, after a free trial of 5 days or 3,000 words, no card needed. Windows landed this week, and one plan covers your Mac and your PC.
We'd love to hear what you dictate, and what would make it better. Thank you for trying it!