Press a key, speak, it's text.
Hold your shortcut, say what you mean, and your words land as clean text. No window to open, no button to find.
Works in any text field.
Terminal, Gmail, Evernote, Slack, Word, ChatGPT. If there's a cursor, you can dictate into it.
Your words, spelled your way.
Add a custom dictionary and text replacements so names, brands, acronyms and jargon always come out exactly right.
AI Enhance, powered by Apple Intelligence.
Speak naturally, ums and pauses and all. It strips the filler, fixes grammar and punctuation, and hands you a clean draft. On device.
Prompts that write like you do.
Save your own instructions, one per use case. Every dictation is reshaped to match the tone, format and rules you set.
It reads your screen for context.
A quick capture of what's in front of you, turned into context, so your dictation lands with the right names, tone and details.
"So today the team reviewed the Q3 numbers and agreed to ship the new dictation feature next week. Sarah will send the updated deck on Friday, and I'll write the release notes over the weekend."
Upload your audio.
Drag in a recording, a meeting or a voice memo. It transcribes in seconds, ready to copy or export.
Available in all the M family.
BlaBlaType runs natively on every Apple Silicon chip, from the M1 to the latest M5. No cloud, all on device.
Runs 100% local and private.
Your voice never leaves your Mac. No cloud, no uploads, nothing to leak. Close the lid and it's all still right here, private by design.
Speaks your language.
From English and Spanish to Mandarin, Hindi and Arabic. The model transcribes 90+ languages, all running locally on your Mac.