Spoke is a macOS app that transcribes your voice into any text field. It runs a local speech model — no audio leaves your device. Hold a keyboard shortcut, speak, and the text appears wherever your cursor is. Optionally connect an AI provider to process transcriptions on the fly.
Hey everyone! I built Spoke because every dictation app I tried was overloaded with features I didn't need. I just wanted something simple — hold a key, talk, text appears. No menus to navigate, no modes to pick, no friction. Spoke runs a local speech model so nothing leaves your Mac, but honestly the main goal was speed and simplicity. It works in any text field — Slack, iMessage, Claude, terminal, whatever you have focused. Hold the shortcut, speak, let go. That's it. If you want more, you can plug in your own API key for OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini to process your speech on the fly. But the core experience is just fast, no-nonsense voice to text. My favorite feature is auto-return — it presses Enter after you finish speaking, so in chat apps your message just sends. Feels like a walkie-talkie. Happy to answer any questions about how it works or what's next.
I have a license code, limited to 50 uses:
0B22B577-26C7-467E-A4A7-E05F990F7299
No rush though — with how crowded this space is, those 50 codes are probably good for the lifetime of the app 😂
Nice! How’s the accuracy with the on-device model, especially for punctuation and formatting?
I love how clean/simple this is — brilliant! What I really appreciate is that I can continue letting my music play while I dictate. Any plans on eventually setting this up so the text appears as it's being spoken (instead of at the end)? Or maybe that makes it more complicated and slows things down? Either way, thanks for sharing this. I'm really enjoying it!
Nice launch!
When I am opening the app, I miss the tutorial how to use LLM formatting or translation. If it's possible, can you please add the information into onboarding?
About Spoke on Product Hunt
“Private voice-to-text for macOS. Hold a key, speak, done.”
Spoke launched on Product Hunt on March 5th, 2026 and earned 105 upvotes and 12 comments, placing #14 on the daily leaderboard. Spoke is a macOS app that transcribes your voice into any text field. It runs a local speech model — no audio leaves your device. Hold a keyboard shortcut, speak, and the text appears wherever your cursor is. Optionally connect an AI provider to process transcriptions on the fly.
Spoke was featured in Languages (14.3k followers), Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers) and Audio (2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 9.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Spoke?
Spoke was hunted by Marek Serafin. 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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Marek Serafin
Hey everyone! I built Spoke because every dictation app I tried was overloaded with features I didn't need. I just wanted something simple — hold a key, talk, text appears. No menus to navigate, no modes to pick, no friction.
Spoke runs a local speech model so nothing leaves your Mac, but honestly the main goal was speed and simplicity. It works in any text field — Slack, iMessage, Claude, terminal, whatever you have focused. Hold the shortcut, speak, let go. That's it.
If you want more, you can plug in your own API key for OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini to process your speech on the fly. But the core experience is just fast, no-nonsense voice to text.
My favorite feature is auto-return — it presses Enter after you finish speaking, so in chat apps your message just sends. Feels like a walkie-talkie.
Happy to answer any questions about how it works or what's next.
I have a license code, limited to 50 uses:
No rush though — with how crowded this space is, those 50 codes are probably good for the lifetime of the app 😂