# Paraspeech

> Universal Mac speech-to-text for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, with supported local and cloud-backed modes.

Paraspeech is a macOS dictation app for writing emails, docs, messages, notes, and developer text with your voice. Hold a shortcut, speak, and release it; Paraspeech then attempts to insert the result into the active editable field.

Product facts last verified: 2026-07-27.

## Canonical Fact Boundaries

- **Category** - System-wide Mac dictation and voice typing
- **Mac text insertion** - With Accessibility permission, Paraspeech can insert text into many editable Mac text fields; unsupported fields may require a clipboard fallback.
- **Offline** - Supported local modes can run offline after setup; initial model downloads and cloud-backed features require internet.
- **Privacy** - When the active speech-recognition backend is local, speech audio is transcribed on your Mac. When the direct Mac distribution and current product access make an on-device rewrite backend available, and that backend is active, rewrite text is processed on your Mac. Eligible cloud speech or rewrite paths, including allowed temporary speech fallback, transmit the content needed for that operation to the applicable cloud provider; operational flows such as account access, purchases, analytics, diagnostics, downloads, support, and updates may also use the network.
- **Mac support** - Requires macOS 14.0 or later. Apple Silicon Macs can use local modes; eligible Intel Macs use cloud-backed subscription models.
- **iPhone and iPad** - Paraspeech for iPhone and iPad is available on the App Store and requires iOS or iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- **Languages** - Fast local models cover English, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and 25-language dictation. Multilingual Large provides broader 100+ language coverage where that model is available.
- **Language label** - Broad language coverage
- **Automatic Dictionary** - Automatic correction learning shipped in Paraspeech for Mac 1.7.0. Focused-text observation is unavailable in the Mac App Store build.

## Key Features

- **Offline Mac dictation** - After model setup, a verified active local backend can process speech on a supported Apple Silicon Mac without a network connection.
- **Mac-wide text insertion** - With Accessibility permission, Paraspeech can insert text into many editable Mac text fields; unsupported fields may require a clipboard fallback.
- **Broad language coverage** - Fast local models cover English, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and 25-language dictation. Multilingual Large provides broader 100+ language coverage where that model is available.
- **Rewrite paths** - Polish dictated text with an on-device rewrite backend where the direct Mac distribution and current product access make it available, or with an eligible cloud rewrite backend.
- **Meeting Mode** - Record microphone and system audio in a dedicated workspace with playback, a speaker-aware transcript, and generated notes.
- **Formatting** - Punctuation, capitalization, and app-aware output.
- **Download-first funnel** - Free transcriptions are included before choosing a plan.

## Requirements

- Intel or Apple Silicon Mac
- macOS 14.0 or later

## Pricing

- Free trial available
- Monthly and yearly subscriptions
- Lifetime license option

## Documentation

- [Website](https://paraspeech.com): Product overview and features
- [Offline Mac dictation](https://paraspeech.com/offline-speech-to-text-mac): Private/offline speech-to-text guide
- [Documentation](https://paraspeech.com/docs): User guide
- [Download](https://paraspeech.com/download): Free trial for macOS on Intel and Apple Silicon
- [Pricing](https://paraspeech.com/pricing): Subscription and lifetime options

## Contact

- Email: support@paraspeech.com