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Vext is a local voice-to-text app for macOS. Three modes: dictation (paste anywhere), meeting recording with speaker labels + AI summaries, and voice notes. Adds AI cleanup, 29-language translation, and YOLO Mode for Claude Code & Cursor. $49 one-time, no subscription.
I'm Vladimir, co-founder of Muvon. Today I'm launching Vext — a local voice-to-text app for macOS that does three things in one tool:
🎙 Dictation — Hold a key, speak, release. Text appears at your cursor in any app. Works in Claude Code, Cursor, Slack, VS Code, your email, anywhere.
📝 Voice notes — Quick voice memos, transcribed and stored in-app. Same hotkey-based capture, different destination.
🎧 Meeting recording — Captures both your mic AND system audio simultaneously, so it works with Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime, anything. You get speaker labels, full transcripts, and AI summaries with action items.
Why I built it: I was paying $15/month for a cloud voice-to-text tool that sent every word I spoke to a server I don't control. As someone who lives in Claude Code and ships products for a living, I wanted something local, fast, and that I owned outright. Couldn't find one that did dictation AND meetings well, so I built it.
What makes it different: • 100% local — runs Parakeet at 150x realtime on Apple Silicon. Your voice never leaves your Mac. • Three modes in one app — most tools do dictation OR meetings, not both • YOLO Mode — auto-submits prompts to Claude Code/Cursor/ChatGPT. Voice + screenshot capture during dictation = fully hands-free coding • $49 one-time, not $15/month. $24.50 with the launch promo (code VEXT50, auto-applied at checkout)
vs the competition: • Wispr Flow ($144/yr): no meetings, cloud-only • Granola ($168/yr): meetings only, no dictation • Otter.ai ($100-204/yr): cloud-based, bot joins your call
Install: brew install muvon/tap/vext or grab the .dmg at https://getvext.app
Requirements: macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon (M1+).
Would love your honest feedback — especially on the three-modes-in-one-tool approach and whether the comparison vs subscriptions resonates. I'm in the comments all day. Ask me anything!
Vladimir already did the full walkthrough. I'll keep it simple: we built Vext because sending your voice to someone else's server to type a Slack message is ridiculous. It's your Mac, your voice, your model.
I ship with YOLO Mode in Cursor every day. Talk, release, done. No editing, no polishing — just speed.
$24.50 today. getvext.app or brew install muvon/tap/vext.
Let's go 🚀
About Vext on Product Hunt
“Local voice-to-text + meetings + notes for Mac”
Vext was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 10 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #41 on the daily leaderboard. Vext is a local voice-to-text app for macOS. Three modes: dictation (paste anywhere), meeting recording with speaker labels + AI summaries, and voice notes. Adds AI cleanup, 29-language translation, and YOLO Mode for Claude Code & Cursor. $49 one-time, no subscription.
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Vladimir Kosenko
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Vladimir, co-founder of Muvon. Today I'm launching Vext — a local voice-to-text app for macOS that does three things in one tool:
🎙 Dictation — Hold a key, speak, release. Text appears at your cursor in any app. Works in Claude Code, Cursor, Slack, VS Code, your email, anywhere.
📝 Voice notes — Quick voice memos, transcribed and stored in-app. Same hotkey-based capture, different destination.
🎧 Meeting recording — Captures both your mic AND system audio simultaneously, so it works with Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime, anything. You get speaker labels, full transcripts, and AI summaries with action items.
Why I built it: I was paying $15/month for a cloud voice-to-text tool that sent every word I spoke to a server I don't control. As someone who lives in Claude Code and ships products for a living, I wanted something local, fast, and that I owned outright. Couldn't find one that did dictation AND meetings well, so I built it.
What makes it different:
• 100% local — runs Parakeet at 150x realtime on Apple Silicon. Your voice never leaves your Mac.
• Three modes in one app — most tools do dictation OR meetings, not both
• YOLO Mode — auto-submits prompts to Claude Code/Cursor/ChatGPT. Voice + screenshot capture during dictation = fully hands-free coding
• $49 one-time, not $15/month. $24.50 with the launch promo (code VEXT50, auto-applied at checkout)
vs the competition:
• Wispr Flow ($144/yr): no meetings, cloud-only
• Granola ($168/yr): meetings only, no dictation
• Otter.ai ($100-204/yr): cloud-based, bot joins your call
Free trial: 100 dictations, 50 notes, 10 meeting recordings. No credit card.
Install:
brew install muvon/tap/vext
or grab the .dmg at https://getvext.app
Requirements: macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon (M1+).
Would love your honest feedback — especially on the three-modes-in-one-tool approach and whether the comparison vs subscriptions resonates. I'm in the comments all day. Ask me anything!
— Vladimir