mouthtype
MADE FOR YOUR MAC

SOFTWARE FOR SAYING THINGS

Words, straight
from the source.

Hold a key. Say your thing. Get back to it.
Mouthtype turns your voice into text, right on your Mac.

Download for Mac

Source code (GPL-3.0) · Linux test client

0.4.0 · macOS 26+ · APPLE SILICON

Speaking · 180 WPM
Typing · 45 WPM

Illustrative pace: speaking at 180 words per minute and typing at 45 words per minute. Example: I'll send the first draft before lunch.

Mouthtype Classic recording pill
FnHOLD TO TALK.
RELEASE TO TYPE.
CLEAN BY DEFAULT. PERSONAL BY CHOICE.

On your machine.Speech recognition runs locally.

In your own words.Cleanup, with preservation at its core.

Out of your way.A small tool in your menu bar.

Tidy the words.
Keep the voice.

A pause isn’t a period. A filler isn’t a thought. Mouthtype cleans up the edges so what you meant comes through.

An illustrative example

Send the mockups to Sean before Friday.

Filler removed. Punctuation added. Saved spelling applied.

SMALL TOOL. EARLY DAYS.

Still finding its voice.

Mouthtype 0.4.0 is a stable release. We’re using it, listening closely,
and making the everyday bits better.

0.4.0macOS 26+
Apple Silicon