Hold a hotkey, speak, and your words appear anywhere you type — emails, Slack, code editors, anywhere. No internet. No subscription. Just speed.
macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · Works offline
Listening… "Send the report by end of day"
Why Talkpad
Everything runs on your Mac. No cloud, no monthly bill, no waiting.
Talkpad runs entirely on your device using on-device AI. Your voice never leaves your Mac — not even for a millisecond.
Powered by whisper.cpp with Metal GPU acceleration. Transcription happens in real time — you finish speaking and the text is already there.
Pay once, use forever. No $14/month, no usage limits, no unexpected bills. Your voice keyboard shouldn't cost more than Netflix.
Switch between English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese and 96 more — or let Talkpad auto-detect your language mid-sentence.
How it works
No setup, no modes, no switching apps. Just your hotkey and your voice.
Press and hold your chosen hotkey — Option, Fn, or Ctrl+Shift. Talkpad starts listening immediately.
Talk at a normal pace. No need to slow down or enunciate unnaturally. Talkpad handles it.
Release the hotkey and your transcribed text is pasted instantly into whatever app is in focus.
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Free to download. Works on macOS 13 and later. Apple Silicon and Intel.
Download Talkpad — FreeNo account required · No credit card · Works offline