A minimalist, open-source voice input app for macOS. It listens locally, uses AI to refine your words, and preserves your natural voice. You can bring your own API key and use it for free, or subscribe to our cloud service for $6.99/month.
I’m Daniel, the maker of Stet, exciting to my first launch !
Most voice input apps are trying to do too much. They want to translate for you, rewrite your tone in different apps, and behave like a full AI assistant.
That was not what I wanted.
I just wanted an affordable simple voice input tool for macOS that could clean up my words a little, stay out of the way, and still sound like me. So I built Stet.
“Stet” is an editing term that means “let it stand.” That is the whole idea behind the product: your words, just cleaner.
Stet is open source, minimalist, and built for people who want better dictation without all the extra AI clutter.
If you already use an AI provider like OpenAI or Groq, you can bring your own API key and use Stet for free. If you do not want to set that up, you can use the hosted version for $6.99/month.
If you use the hosted option, your audio goes through my Supabase backend. I plan to open-source that part too, and it is designed for zero data retention.
I’m an indie developer, so I cannot offer an unlimited free tier, but registered users do get a free trial with 10,000 words.
If this sounds useful, I’d really appreciate a star on GitHub. And if you want to contribute, a PR would be even better.
I've been using a voice input tool for a while, and the single most frustrating thing is when it "fixes" something I didn't want fixed. A word I chose intentionally gets swapped out, or a sentence restructured in a way that changes the whole nuance. This actually looks like the thing that solves that. Congrats on the first launch, Daniel!
Hi Naicheng! Congrats on the launch. preserve-your-natural-voice is the whole pitch, and also the thing most ai-refine tools quietly get wrong. they launder writing into generic corporate-voice, and the rambly personal bits are exactly what gets flattened. what's the rule for what to clean up vs leave alone?
BYO api key + open source in a category racing toward subscription lock-in is a good stance too. Good luck!
great work! is MacOS the only operating system or you looking to explore it to other OS too? Do you also have an idea how much it would cost if I use my own API key - I'm just thinking because currently I pay $15 for Wisprflow so it'd be a nobrainer to do this if it's cheaper
About Stet on Product Hunt
“Smart open-source dictation that sounds like you, not AI.”
Stet launched on Product Hunt on April 22nd, 2026 and earned 66 upvotes and 10 comments, placing #32 on the daily leaderboard. A minimalist, open-source voice input app for macOS. It listens locally, uses AI to refine your words, and preserves your natural voice. You can bring your own API key and use it for free, or subscribe to our cloud service for $6.99/month.
Stet was featured in Productivity (650.7k followers), Open Source (68.4k followers), Artificial Intelligence (467.3k followers) and GitHub (41.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 250.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Stet?
Stet was hunted by Naicheng Deng. 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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Naicheng Deng
👋 Hey Product Hunt,
I’m Daniel, the maker of Stet, exciting to my first launch !
Most voice input apps are trying to do too much. They want to translate for you, rewrite your tone in different apps, and behave like a full AI assistant.
That was not what I wanted.
I just wanted an affordable simple voice input tool for macOS that could clean up my words a little, stay out of the way, and still sound like me. So I built Stet.
“Stet” is an editing term that means “let it stand.” That is the whole idea behind the product: your words, just cleaner.
Stet is open source, minimalist, and built for people who want better dictation without all the extra AI clutter.
If you already use an AI provider like OpenAI or Groq, you can bring your own API key and use Stet for free. If you do not want to set that up, you can use the hosted version for $6.99/month.
If you use the hosted option, your audio goes through my Supabase backend. I plan to open-source that part too, and it is designed for zero data retention.
I’m an indie developer, so I cannot offer an unlimited free tier, but registered users do get a free trial with 10,000 words.
If this sounds useful, I’d really appreciate a star on GitHub. And if you want to contribute, a PR would be even better.
Would love your feedback.