Hold fn and talk. SpeechFast types clean text at your cursor, in any app. Everything runs on your Mac. The speech model is downloaded once; after that, no audio and no text ever leaves your machine. It works offline, on a plane, behind a locked-down corporate network. Dictate in Mail, Slack, Notion, your code editor, anywhere you can type Filler words and false starts cleaned up with Apple Intelligence Your own vocabulary for names and jargon History of your recent dictations, stored locally
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Mustapha, and I built SpeechFast because I wanted to dictate on my Mac without my voice going to someone else's server.
How it works: hold fn, talk, let go. Clean text appears at your cursor, in whatever app you're in: Mail, Slack, Notion, your code editor, a terminal.
What makes it different with SuperWhisper or WisprFlow:
100% on-device. Transcription runs on your Mac's chip, with the NVIDIA Parakeet model. It's downloaded once; after that, SpeechFast works offline, even in airplane mode. An automated test fails the build if a single request leaves the Mac during a dictation.
- Hands-free mode for longer thoughts, and a local history of your recent dictations.
It needs a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 26.
I'd love your feedback, especially on accuracy in your language and on the apps where pasting doesn't behave.
One more thing: if you know a local speech model that runs well on Apple Silicon and beats Parakeet for your language or use case, please tell me. I'm always testing new ones, and the best suggestions will make it into the app.
I'll be here all day answering questions.
About SpeechFast on Product Hunt
“Local Whisper for Mac”
SpeechFast launched on Product Hunt on October 18th, 2026 and earned 82 upvotes and 10 comments, placing #16 on the daily leaderboard. Hold fn and talk. SpeechFast types clean text at your cursor, in any app. Everything runs on your Mac. The speech model is downloaded once; after that, no audio and no text ever leaves your machine. It works offline, on a plane, behind a locked-down corporate network. Dictate in Mail, Slack, Notion, your code editor, anywhere you can type Filler words and false starts cleaned up with Apple Intelligence Your own vocabulary for names and jargon History of your recent dictations, stored locally
On the analytics side, SpeechFast competes within Productivity, Menu Bar Apps and Audio — topics that collectively have 677.9k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how SpeechFast performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted SpeechFast?
SpeechFast was hunted by Mus. 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.
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