Echo — voice dictation
directly on your Mac
Built for people who spend a lot of time with text, code, and AI agents. If you keep switching tabs, catching yourself procrastinating, or losing the thought while typing, Echo removes extra steps and helps you stay focused.
Press Command-D to start and stop dictation. Echo copies the finished text to your clipboard, ready to paste with Command-V into the app where you are working.
Echo runs on macOS 14 or later, with no account or sign-up. Your API key stays in macOS Keychain, and cloud transcription requests go directly to your chosen provider, OpenAI or Grok.
$19.99
One-time app purchase
BYOK
Bring your own key
macOS 14+
Intel + Apple Silicon
Pay-as-you-go
Billed directly by AI provider
Echo workflows
Dictation
Press the hotkey, speak, and get cleaned-up text back into your current workflow. This is still the fastest path for messages, prompts, notes, and quick drafting.
Meeting Transcription
Record meetings with microphone and system audio, keep the full conversation, and save both the recording and transcript for longer calls, interviews, and discussions.
File Transcription
Drop audio or video files into Echo, queue multiple jobs, and save clean `.txt` output to disk. Useful for voice notes, podcasts, calls, and recorded clips.
Meeting Copilot
A planned workspace for live call assistance and knowledge-base hints during meetings. This feature is not available yet.
Why Echo is API-first today
Echo sends audio directly from your Mac to the OpenAI or Grok API you choose. It does not run a local speech model in this release. You need an internet connection and your own provider API key; Echo keeps that key in macOS Keychain and does not proxy the request through its own server.
Intel and Apple Silicon are supported
Echo supports Intel and Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later. Its current API workflow does not require installing a local speech model.
API mode uses your chosen provider
Choose OpenAI or Grok, add your own API key, and Echo sends the audio directly to that provider for transcription. The provider bills API usage separately from the app purchase.
Offline transcription is planned
Echo requires an internet connection for transcription. Local WhisperKit support is planned, but it is not available in the current App Store release.
One-time purchase
Buy Echo once in the App Store. Provider API usage is billed separately.
Echo for macOS
Available now in the App Store.
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