Otter.ai
AI meeting assistant for transcription and automated note-taking
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Instant offline voice-to-text transcription for macOS
VoiceInk delivers near‑instant, 99% accurate transcription on macOS, fully offline for privacy, with smart context awareness, custom dictionaries, global shortcuts, and AI assistant features.
VoiceInk is a native macOS application that turns spoken words into text almost instantly. Leveraging local Whisper and Parakeet models, it achieves around 99% transcription accuracy while keeping every audio sample on the device, ensuring complete privacy.
Designed for professionals, writers, developers, and anyone who needs reliable dictation without cloud exposure, VoiceInk adapts to the active application or URL, offers configurable global shortcuts, and learns custom terminology through a personal dictionary. An integrated AI assistant adds conversational capabilities for quick queries or drafting assistance.
The app runs on macOS 14.0 or later and can be installed via a free trial download, Homebrew cask, or built from source using the provided BUILDING.md guide. Purchasing a license unlocks automatic updates, priority support, and future feature enhancements, while the open‑source code invites community contributions.
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Live coding documentation
Generate accurate code comments and documentation while speaking, instantly inserted into the IDE.
Meeting notes
Capture meeting dialogue offline and produce clean minutes without any cloud exposure.
Creative writing
Dictate story drafts with context‑aware suggestions, speeding up the writing process.
Customer support responses
Quickly draft replies via voice, using a personal dictionary for product‑specific terminology.
No, all processing is performed locally; your audio never leaves the device.
VoiceInk requires macOS 14.0 or later.
Yes, the source code and BUILDING.md provide instructions to compile the app; the pre‑built version includes auto‑updates and support.
You can add custom words and replacements, training the AI to recognize industry‑specific terminology.
The app offers a free trial; purchasing a license provides automatic updates, priority support, and funds ongoing development.
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