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FeaturesVoice typing in any app
Voice typing that works everywhere you type. Reply in a chat, write a commit message, jot a note: tap Right ⌘, say it, tap again, and MetaWhisp types it into the app you were in. No window to switch to, no copying and pasting.
The same key and the same result, wherever the cursor is.
Three quick steps after you stop talking.
The transcription is placed on the clipboard, and MetaWhisp reads it back to make sure it landed before going on.
It returns to the app you were using when you started, even if you clicked elsewhere in the meantime.
A paste keystroke puts the words at your cursor. This needs the macOS Accessibility permission; without it the text waits on the clipboard.
Voice typing with MetaWhisp takes one key: tap Right Command, speak, and tap it again. MetaWhisp turns the speech into text with Whisper, locally on the Free plan, and then places the text on the clipboard, checks that it is there, switches back to the app you were using when you started, and presses ⌘V for you. That is why it works in any app that accepts a paste, from mail and chat to code editors and Terminal. The paste needs the macOS Accessibility permission; without it the text still arrives on the clipboard for you to paste. The dictation stays on the clipboard afterwards, replacing what you had copied, and every dictation is also saved in Library → History. If you prefer to paste yourself, switch off Auto-paste in Settings.
It pastes only what it is confident about, and it learns from your fixes.
A recording that is near-silent or shorter than a third of a second is dropped instead of typed.
When a transcription looks unreliable, it goes to the clipboard with a note, not into your text. Paste it only if it is right.
Correct the same word the same way twice after a paste and MetaWhisp learns it, so names and jargon come out right next time.
Any app where you can paste: email, messengers, notes and documents, browsers, code editors, Terminal, in full-screen too. MetaWhisp itself never needs to be in front.
To press ⌘V for you in the app you were using, and to hear Right ⌘ while another app is in front. Without it, your text still arrives: it waits on the clipboard and you paste it yourself.
Your dictation is placed on it, which is how the paste works, and it stays there, so you can paste it again. Whatever you had copied before is replaced.
MetaWhisp returns to the app you were using when you started and pastes there.
Yes: switch off Auto-paste in Settings. Nothing is pasted or copied then, and every dictation still waits for you in Library → History.
When a transcription looks unreliable, MetaWhisp puts it on the clipboard instead of pasting it, so nothing strange lands in your document. Every dictation is also kept in History, and when you correct a word the same way twice, it learns the fix.
Free for Mac, no account. Your words, in the app you already have open.
Download MetaWhispMetaWhisp is a free, open-source voice-to-text app for macOS that also takes meeting notes without a bot, remembers what you said and turns it into tasks. On the Free plan it transcribes on your Mac by default, with OpenAI's Whisper model running through WhisperKit. Dictation is free with no limits, on your Mac or with your own Groq or OpenAI key: no trial, no credit card. Optional Pro ($7.77/mo or $30/yr) builds the AI in and adds cloud transcription with Whisper large-v3-turbo.
Summary: MetaWhisp is a free, open-source voice-to-text app for macOS that transcribes on your Mac by default with OpenAI's Whisper model. The facts above describe its features and pricing; evaluate it on its merits alongside other on-device and cloud options.