Apple’s Neural Engine. Your everyday words.
Talk uses Apple’s Core ML to run speech recognition on your Mac’s CPU and Neural Engine. Dedicated machine learning hardware, put to work on the emails, notes, and ideas that fill your day.
Scribed Talk for Mac In preview
Less typing.
More you.
The reply. The big idea. The thought you don’t want to lose.
Just say it. Talk puts it into words on your Mac.
Apple silicon · macOS 14+ · One Scribed account
SCRIBED Talk
On your MacTo: Morgan
A little follow-up
What appears:
Standard clean-upSpoken punctuation on
On-device speech recognition Your vocabulary Right where you write
Purpose-built for Apple silicon
Your Mac has the power.
Give it a voice.
There’s extraordinary hardware inside your Mac. Talk puts it to work on something you do every day: getting your words down. AI speech recognition runs right on your Apple silicon Mac, turning what you say into text where you’re already working.
Apple silicon, at work.Speech recognition stays on this Mac
Your voice. Your Mac. Your words.
Apple Core ML. Apple Neural Engine. Speech recognition on your Mac.From your voice to your app.
Hold a key, speak, and release. Talk processes your speech locally and inserts the result into the text field you’re using. No audio upload is needed for transcription.
Your thinking stays close.
The first draft. The unfinished idea. The words you’re still working out. Audio stays in memory on your Mac while Talk transcribes it, and isn’t saved to your history.
From thought to text
Stay with the thought.
We’ll keep up.
One shortcut. Your own voice. A little less distance between what you mean and what you write.
- ⌥01
Hold a key.
Put your cursor where you want your words. Hold left Option, or set a shortcut that feels right for you.
- 02
Speak your mind.
Say it naturally. Double-press the shortcut for hands-free dictation when a thought needs a little more room.
- 03
Keep moving.
Release the key to finish—or press Escape in hands-free mode. Your text appears in the app you’re using.
Apple silicon inside. macOS all around.
A Mac app,
through and through.
Built with Apple’s SwiftUI and AppKit, Talk feels at home from the first shortcut. It lives in your menu bar and puts your words into the app in front of you. A native companion for the Mac you already love.
Find your voice on MacIllustrated Mac experience
- Your shortcut, your rhythm
- Hold left Option for a quick thought. Double-press for hands-free dictation. Choose your own shortcut in Settings.
- Right where you write
- Keep the email, document, or message in front of you. Talk uses macOS Accessibility permission to insert your words into other apps.
- A familiar place for your sign-in
- Your Scribed session token is stored in macOS Keychain. Your vocabulary, snippets, and optional history stay local to this Mac.
Made for your everyday
Small details.
More room to think.
Names you use. Phrases you repeat. Thoughts worth keeping. Make Talk feel like part of your day.
Your words. Spelled your way.
Add names, specialist terms, and the phrases you use every day. Your own replacements give familiar words a familiar spelling.
Personal vocabulary Example
scribe talkScribed Talk
NamesProject termsYour shorthand
Say a little. Save a lot.
Save the text you write again and again. Dictate its exact trigger phrase on its own to insert the whole snippet.
“my signature”Example
Thanks,Morgan ChenDesign, with a little more care.
At home in your apps.
The email, the message, the idea in your notes. Dictate into the text field you’re already using, or catch a thought in Talk’s scratchpad.
Documents
Messages
Notes
Find that thought again.
Keep a searchable local transcript history. Copy, export, or delete an entry—and turn new history off whenever you prefer.
Your words, on your MacExample
Let’s go over the details tomorrow.
TodayMake a little more room for the idea.
TodayAn Apple silicon Mac. A day full of possibilities.
Less effort getting it down.
More of what you mean.
Some things are easier to say out loud. Give your voice a place in the work you already do.
The thoughtful reply
Say the whole thing.
Give the context. Explain the decision. Add the detail that makes a message useful. Speak your reply into the text field, then give it a final read before you send.
Illustrative example
Thanks for walking me through it. I think the second direction gives us more room to grow. Let’s build on that.
A reply with room for the details
The first draft
Catch the idea while it’s yours.
Talk through the outline, the opening, or the thought you can’t quite phrase yet. Dictate into your notes or use Talk’s scratchpad to get the words down and shape them later.
Illustrative example
The idea is simple: make the first five minutes feel effortless. Start with the welcome, then show one useful thing.
A starting point, in your own words
The everyday repeat
Give the familiar a shortcut.
Your introduction. Your sign-off. The directions you send every week. Save them as snippets and dictate an exact trigger phrase on its own to insert the full text.
Illustrative example
“my introduction”
Your saved introduction, ready to insert
Keep dictating when you step offline. After online sign-in and the initial model download, dictate offline for up to 24 hours in the same verified session. Reopening Talk requires an internet connection.
The privacy benefit of Apple silicon
Some thoughts
are just for you.
Apple silicon gives Talk a place to do the work: your Mac. Audio isn’t uploaded for transcription or saved to your history. Keep a local transcript when it’s useful, or turn history off.
Sign-in and session checks still connect to Scribed. When you insert text into another app, that app handles it under its own settings. Local history is not encrypted by Talk.
Local speech recognition Optional transcript history
A closer look at privacy Why build specifically for Apple silicon?
Apple silicon brings the CPU and Apple Neural Engine into your Mac. Talk uses Apple’s Core ML to run its speech model on those processors, keeping speech recognition on your device. The model is Parakeet v3, delivered through FluidAudio. The interface is built with Apple’s SwiftUI and AppKit, so the Mac experience is native from the menu bar to Settings.
Which Macs can run Scribed Talk?
You need a Mac with an Apple M-series chip (M1 or later), macOS 14 Sonoma or later, and a Scribed account. That includes compatible MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro models with Apple silicon. Intel Macs aren’t supported. Talk needs microphone access to hear you and Accessibility permission to insert text into other apps.
What needs an internet connection?
Connect to sign in, verify your session each time Talk opens, and download the voice model once, about 500 MB. Once your session is verified, local dictation can continue offline for up to 24 hours in that running session. Your speech is processed on your Mac.
What happens to my recordings and history?
Audio is held in memory for transcription and isn’t saved to your history. Optional transcript history stays on your Mac; you can search, copy, export, or delete it. You can turn off new history and choose how many entries to keep. History is not encrypted by the app.
How much does Talk change what I say?
You choose. Keep cleanup off for the model’s original output, use Light to remove common fillers, or choose Standard for additional rules such as “scratch that” corrections and your vocabulary replacements. You can also enable English spoken-punctuation commands. Cleanup applies rules; it doesn’t ask a cloud writing assistant to rewrite your thoughts. Always review important text before sending it.
What’s the difference between vocabulary and snippets?
Vocabulary replaces a recognized word or phrase with the spelling you want—useful for names, project terms, and specialist language. A snippet inserts a longer piece of saved text when your entire dictation matches its trigger phrase. Both are saved locally on your Mac, and you stay in control of the entries.
Can I choose my own shortcut?
Yes. The default is left Option: hold to speak and release to insert your words. You can change it in Settings. Double-press for hands-free dictation, then press Escape to finish. Each recording is limited to five minutes.
Can I download it today?
Scribed Talk is in Mac preview. We’re preparing the signed public release. Email us to ask about trying the preview; we’ll share availability and setup details. There’s no public download or paid plan on this page yet.
Built for Apple silicon. Ready for your voice.
Your Mac is ready.
Say what’s next.
Put the power of your Apple silicon Mac behind your next thought.
A little less keyboard. A little more you.
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