Hold a shortcut and dictate into any Mac app without sending audio to the cloud. Zen Whisper keeps core speech recognition on-device, with local models, searchable transcripts, voice memos, media transcription, and Pro tools for larger models and translation.
We built it because Mac dictation still felt too limited, too cloud-first, or too awkward for real everyday work.
Zen Whisper is our take on a better workflow:
🎙️ hold a shortcut and dictate into the apps you already use
🔒 keep core speech recognition local on your Mac
🌍 work across 100+ languages, with especially strong multilingual workflows for India
🎧 transcribe files, media, and supported links
✍️ use snippets, transcript history, and writing tools in one place
It starts with a free trial, stays usable on the free tier after that, and scales up if you need more.
We’d love your feedback, especially on:
dictation quality
multilingual support
latency and responsiveness
anything that still feels clunky in the workflow
Happy to answer every question here today. 🙏
About Zen Whisper on Product Hunt
“On-device Mac dictation that types into any app”
Zen Whisper launched on Product Hunt on August 2nd, 2026 and earned 120 upvotes and 16 comments, placing #5 on the daily leaderboard. Hold a shortcut and dictate into any Mac app without sending audio to the cloud. Zen Whisper keeps core speech recognition on-device, with local models, searchable transcripts, voice memos, media transcription, and Pro tools for larger models and translation.
On the analytics side, Zen Whisper competes within Productivity, Writing and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 729k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Zen Whisper performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Zen Whisper?
Zen Whisper was hunted by ZenProducts. 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 Zen Whisper including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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Zen Whisper is live on Product Hunt today. 🎉
We built it because Mac dictation still felt too limited, too cloud-first, or too awkward for real everyday work.
Zen Whisper is our take on a better workflow:
🎙️ hold a shortcut and dictate into the apps you already use
🔒 keep core speech recognition local on your Mac
🌍 work across 100+ languages, with especially strong multilingual workflows for India
🎧 transcribe files, media, and supported links
✍️ use snippets, transcript history, and writing tools in one place
It starts with a free trial, stays usable on the free tier after that, and scales up if you need more.
We’d love your feedback, especially on:
dictation quality
multilingual support
latency and responsiveness
anything that still feels clunky in the workflow
Happy to answer every question here today. 🙏