Everything included · No asterisk

One app.
Every feature.
Zero cloud.

Everything Tellaflow does runs locally on your Mac. No tiers, no add-ons, no features reserved for a Pro plan that doesn't exist.

Download free for Mac

Works on a plane. In a bunker. Underwater (Mac permitting).

No WiFi? Great. Tellaflow doesn't need it. Local processing means full functionality everywhere humans go, including places with terrible or nonexistent internet.

Whisper and Parakeet are downloaded once and run entirely in memory on your device. There's no server to reach, no connection to check, no fallback that silently fails when you're offline. It either works — which it always does — or it doesn't.

Offline dictation →

Speak any of 65 languages. Type English. Fully offline.

Think in one language, output in another — without a translation API, without the internet, without telling anyone what you said.

Whisper was built to both transcribe and translate. When you enable Live Translation, it processes your speech and outputs English in the same step — no second pass, no external API call. The result appears as fast as standard transcription.

Live Translation deep-dive →

Two of the best local speech models. Both free.

Whisper by OpenAI and Parakeet by NVIDIA run on-device. No API keys. No monthly bill. Just your Mac doing what it was built for.

Whisper is the most capable multilingual model available offline. Parakeet is optimised for US English and is often faster. You choose. You can switch at any time. Both run at full speed on M1 through M4 chips.

Model setup guide →

Your voice never hits a server. Architecturally, it can't.

Not "we promise to protect your data." Literally impossible for your audio to leave your machine. There's no server to send it to.

Privacy by policy relies on you trusting us. Privacy by architecture doesn't require trust at all — there's nothing to breach, nothing to subpoena, nothing to accidentally leak. Open source means you can verify this claim in the code.

Privacy architecture →

No server round-trip = nothing to wait for.

Cloud voice tools have latency. Tellaflow doesn't, because there's no cloud. The words appear as you say them.

A typical cloud transcription tool adds 200–800 ms of latency just for the network round-trip, before any processing happens. Local inference on Apple Silicon has no round-trip. Words appear in your text field at roughly the speed you speak them.

Works in every app you already use.

VS Code, Notion, Slack, iMessage, Gmail, Figma, the terminal you keep open but rarely use — if you can type in it, you can now speak in it.

Tellaflow uses macOS Accessibility APIs to inject transcribed text into the focused input field. It doesn't need a plugin or integration for each app. If macOS can type in it, Tellaflow can dictate in it — which is every app.

Developer workflows →

The rest of the list.

There's no Pro tier hiding these. They're all in the free download.

Global hotkey

Trigger transcription from any app without switching focus. Configurable to any shortcut.

Multiple model sizes

Tiny to large — trade speed for accuracy based on what you need in the moment.

Model selector

Download and switch between Whisper variants and Parakeet from within the app.

Input device selector

Choose which microphone Tellaflow uses — useful with USB mics and headsets.

macOS 13+ support

Requires Ventura or later and an Apple Silicon chip (M1–M4).

No account required

Download, open, dictate. No email, no login, no onboarding survey.

Zero telemetry by default

The app sends nothing unless you opt in to anonymous crash reports.

Open source core

The core app is MIT-licensed and verifiable on GitHub.

What people actually say

I work in an air-gapped environment. Tellaflow is the first voice tool I've been allowed to use. It's changed everything.
Senior Security Engineer
Fortune 500 fintech
The live translation is wild. I speak in Hindi, get perfect English text instantly. Completely offline. No drama.
Head of Product
Bangalore SaaS startup
Switched from Superwhisper. Privacy alone is worth it. Client conversations never hitting a server? Priceless.
Independent Attorney
Solo practice

All of this. Free.
On your Mac.

No account. No API key. No subscription. Just download it.

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Apple Silicon M1+. macOS 13+. 8 GB RAM.