Dicta

Voice-to-text for macOS. Press a shortcut, speak, and your words appear as text.

Dicta is a native macOS app that transcribes your voice to text. It sits in your menu bar, ready to capture your thoughts with a global keyboard shortcut. The transcribed text is automatically copied to your clipboard or pasted directly into the active application.

Key highlights:

• Spotlight-style floating window with real-time waveform
• Multiple transcription engines (cloud and local)
• Text formatting with customizable "vibes" (professional, casual, email styles)
• Full transcription history with search and filtering
• Privacy-focused local processing option

Get the latest release from the Releases page.

1. Download the .dmg file
2. Drag Dicta to your Applications folder
3. If macOS shows a security warning, run:

   xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Dicta.app

4. Launch Dicta and grant microphone access when prompted

git clone https://github.com/nitintf/dicta.git
cd dicta
pnpm install
pnpm tauri build

The app bundle will be in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/macos/.

1. Press Option + Space (configurable) to open the voice input window
2. Speak your text
3. Release the shortcut or press it again to stop
4. Text is transcribed and copied to clipboard (or pasted directly)

Transform your transcriptions with AI-powered formatting:

• Professional — Clean, formal language for work
• Casual — Relaxed, conversational tone
• Email — Properly formatted email text
• Custom — Create your own formatting rules

• Node.js 20.19+ or 22.12+
• pnpm 8+
• Rust 1.75+
• Xcode Command Line Tools

pnpm install
pnpm tauri dev

pnpm tauri dev       # Development mode with hot reload
pnpm tauri build     # Production build
pnpm lint:fix        # Fix linting issues
pnpm format:all      # Format TypeScript and Rust code

Frontend: React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS 4, Radix UI, Zustand

Backend: Tauri 2.5, Rust, macOS native APIs (NSPanel, Speech Recognition)

AI: OpenAI, Google Cloud, AssemblyAI, ElevenLabs, Local Whisper (whisper.cpp)

Contributions are welcome. Please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to change.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature)
3. Make your changes
4. Run pnpm lint:fix && pnpm format:all && pnpm build
5. Commit with a descriptive message
6. Open a pull request

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.