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Keyboard-first dictation
Press the shortcut, speak, then paste at your cursor without opening a separate writing app.
NanoVoice
Mac dictation app
Dictation for the Mac apps you already use.
Press a keyboard shortcut, speak, and paste text into Mail, Slack, Cursor, Safari, Notes, or any standard Mac text field.
Free with Apple Speech. Lifetime is $4.99 once and adds local Whisper, Meeting Mode, templates, and unlimited history.
NanoVoice / Mac dictation appNative macOS
What the workflow includes
The useful parts,without another workspace.
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Lives in the menu bar
NanoVoice stays out of the Dock and shows a small floating capsule while dictation is active.
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Apple Speech to start
The free tier uses Apple's on-device speech recognition, so there is no model to download first.
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Private by default
Transcription happens on your Mac with Apple Speech or local Whisper. No NanoApps account is required.
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Optional formatting
Lifetime templates can reshape rough speech into emails, messages, notes, or custom formats.
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Local recordings history
Browse, copy, or paste previous dictations from a keyboard-driven floating panel.
Workflow
Built for quick capture, not another document editor.
Many speech tools assume you want to dictate inside their own app. NanoVoice treats dictation as a Mac utility: start recording, finish the thought, and the text lands where your cursor already was.
Compare the dedicated tools in NanoVoice vs Wispr Flow and NanoVoice vs superwhisper. For privacy-first workflows, see the local Whisper guide.
Questions about this workflow
Short answers,before you install.
What is a good Mac dictation app?
A good Mac dictation app should start quickly, work in every app, respect privacy, and make it easy to paste text where you were already typing. NanoVoice is built for that keyboard-first Mac workflow.
Does NanoVoice work in any Mac app?
Yes. NanoVoice pastes transcribed text into standard Mac text fields, including browsers, editors, chat apps, mail clients, and productivity tools.
Is NanoVoice only for macOS?
Yes. NanoVoice is Mac-only and designed around the macOS menu bar, keyboard shortcuts, Accessibility permissions, and local speech APIs.
Ready when you speak
Give the thought somewhere to landbefore you lose the wording.
Start free with Apple Speech. Press ⌃⌘W, speak naturally, and see whether NanoVoice belongs in your workflow.
Free with Apple Speech. Lifetime is $4.99 once and adds local Whisper, Meeting Mode, templates, and unlimited history.
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