Can superwhisper dictate accurately into any app offline?
4 apps · 9 factors
Scored for the goal: Dictate text into any app accurately, offline if possible
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MacWhisper
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superwhisper
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100%fit |  100%1 unknown |  100%fit | 100%Systemwide dictation unknown | |
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| Features | ||||
| Systemwide dictationYes★ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Offline dictationYes★ | ! | – | ! | ✓ |
| Custom VocabularyYes★ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Recognition options | ! | Language selection | ! | System-wide dictation explicitly supports… |
| Speech Cleanup | Filler + grammar cleanup | NoneLightMedium+4 | Filler removalPunctuationCapitalization | – |
| Dictation Controls | Hold-to-talk · Shortcuts | Hold-to-talkDouble-tapFlow Bar+2 | TogglePush to TalkHybrid+4 | – |
| Dictation Session Limits | – | Mac: up to 20… | Maximum dictation duration and… | – |
| Purchase | ||||
| Current price | $84.99/yr +4 | $72/yr +6 | $25 once +2 | $6.99 +8 |
| Product | ||||
| What it does | AI powered voice to… | Flow makes writing quick… | Privacy-focused dictation app | Quickly and easily transcribe… |
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Yes—dictates at the cursor in any Mac app; included in Free. Permissions not specified.
Yes — dictate across Mac apps; completed text pastes into whichever text field is focused when insertion occurs. Requires sign-in, microphone, Accessibility and Input Monitoring permissions. Organization app/website restrictions can block dictation or pasting; IT-admin-only accounts cannot dictate. Available in Free, with slowdown after 2,000 desktop words/week and blocking at 5,000; paid Pro/Growth offer unlimited dictation. Failed insertion supports transcript recovery or manual paste.
Yes — download local models once, then dictate and paste at the cursor offline; microphone and Accessibility permissions required, macOS 14+. Apple Silicon recommended; Intel can use smaller local models. Free: unlimited local Whisper dictation, two modes, vocabulary/replacements, no AI processing. Pro: Cohere and Parakeet plus AI cleanup; S1-mini provides offline English cleanup only in Message/Mail. Whisper multilingual models cover 100+ languages; English-only variants and Chinese Turbo are限定
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Yes — add names, technical terms and phrases through Dictionary → Add new; optionally specify one persistent misspelling per entry. Mac fields allow 60 characters. Optional auto-learn adds eligible words after you correct dictated text. Personal dictionary is included in Free; shared dictionary is included in Pro and higher. Free-form/custom-prompt requests bypass the dictionary.
Choose a voice model per mode. Local/offline: Whisper Tiny, Base, Small, Medium (each multilingual or English), Large, Large v3, Large v3 Turbo, and Chinese Turbo; Cohere Transcribe; Parakeet/V2 (English), Parakeet Multilanguage/V3 (24 languages). Cloud/Pro: S1-Voice, Ultra, Nova 3, Nova 2, Nova Medical (English), Scribe V2. Documentation rates speed/accuracy: Tiny 10/1, Base 9/3, Small 8/5, Medium 6/8, Large/v3 5/10, Turbo 8/8, Cohere 9/10, Parakeets 10/8, S1-Voice 10/9, Nova 3 7/8, Nova 2 7/7,
100+ languages; manual language selection improves accuracy. Pro: unlimited dictation. Models, accuracy/speed presets, offline availability, Mac requirements and free quota: unknown.
Super Mode removes filler words and tidies grammar; repetitions, false starts, and cleanup limits undocumented.
Auto Cleanup (Beta): None preserves raw speech, including fillers, false starts and spoken errors; Light (default) removes fillers and fixes grammar; Medium may reword for clarity and conciseness while preserving meaning. High has been replaced by Medium. Flow also demonstrates repetition cleanup. Smart Formatting handles punctuation/capitalization; Backtrack removes false starts and clear contextual self-corrections, including “actually,” “scratch that,” “never mind,” or restating your intent.
Hold-to-talk (release to stop); global/custom shortcuts; toggle and hands-free options unknown
Hold Fn to speak; release to insert. Toggle hands-free with Fn+Space, or double-tap Fn; press again to stop. Click the Flow Bar to start/stop, or its stop button. Esc or X cancels. Shortcuts are customizable; Macs without Fn default to Ctrl+Opt and Ctrl+Opt+Space. A repeat within 0.5 seconds of hands-free starting, or a third rapid tap, cancels.
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Mac: up to 20 minutes per dictation on Free and Pro; warning at 19 minutes, automatic stop at 20, with captured speech transcribed and pasted. Wait for processing to finish before starting another session; a long session with a connection interruption can take up to 5 minutes to process, and dismissing Processing cancels it. No audio or failed microphone access can end a session; unplugging the mic stops recording and offers recovery of captured text. Speech before silence is still transcribed
Website: Free; Pro USD 8.49/month, USD 84.99/year, or USD 249.99 once (Lifetime); Enterprise custom price per seat, monthly/yearly. Pro allows unlimited Macs. Verified students, educators and nonprofits receive 40% off website purchases. Mac App Store (US): no Mac offering established; the listing is iPhone-only. iOS App Store (US), license usable on Mac: USD 8.49 Monthly, USD 84.99 Annual, USD 249.99 Lifetime (once); billing intervals follow the purchase names. Google Play purchases are also an
Website (USD): Free $0; Pro $15/user/month or $144/user/year; Growth Dictation only $23/seat/month or $216/seat/year; Growth with unlimited Notetaker $33/seat/month or $312/seat/year; Enterprise custom annual contract, with separately negotiated Notetaker add-on. Verified Student Pro: $72/year ($6/month equivalent), with an eligible new-subscriber 3-month trial; selected accounts instead receive a $0 annual Student grant with account-specific renewal terms. Support also considers educator, non-
AI powered voice to text for macOS, Windows, and iOS. Dictate in any app with offline and cloud speech recognition, 100+ languages, and custom AI modes. SOC 2 Type II certified. HIPAA compliant.
Flow makes writing quick and clear with seamless voice dictation. It is the fastest, smartest way to type with your voice.
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Score
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Reference score
Priority-weighted · 58% evidence · 1 must-have · 2 important
| App | Score | Payment | Price | Evidence |
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| 11pts | Free · One-time | Free · $8.49/mo | 6 / 9 | |
| 11pts | One-time | Free · $25 | 7 / 9 |
| 8pts | Free · Subscription | Free · $15 | 8 / 9 |
| 3pts | One-time · Subscription | App Store: $9.99/mo · $89.99/yr · $89.99 once | 4 / 9 |
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- Report ID
- TMA-1X1JJ06
- Sources
- 51
- Verified cells
- 29/36 (81%)
- Last checked
- Oct 18, 2026
- Reading saved
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