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Pipit

Provides instant, local voice-to-text transcription, searchable timeline for both dictated and clipboard text, fully private processing on macOS, adaptive learning for terminology, invisible activation, audio/video file transcription, and seamless pasting into apps.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Proprietary

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
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Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight
  3.  AI-Powered

Features

  1.  No registration required
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  No Tracking
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  Dark Mode
  6.  Voice to Text
  7.  Speech Recognition
  8.  Speech to text
  9.  Dictation
  10.  Support for Hotkeys
  11.  Voice dictation

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Pipit, and it has gotten 5 likes

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Milky
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This is the fastest I've tried. Compared to Wisprflow, the processing is so fast, even with AI enhancement. And the fact that it's a bring your own key. I will easily save $10 a month at least.

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kingdomcome
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This app is awesome! As a writer who's spent hundreds of hours dictating articles using many different dictation apps, this app stands out for being completely free and lightning fast. Definitely recommend this app.

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What is Pipit?

The best voice-to-text app for macOS. Lightning-fast speech recognition, 100% private, completely free. Top-rated dictation software with unified clipboard history. Perfect for developers, writers, and professionals.

Pipit runs quietly in the background. Just press a key to start.

  • Press Option: Hold your hotkey to activate the listening overlay instantly.
  • Speak Naturally: Pipit transcribes your voice in real-time using local AI.
  • Paste Anywhere: Release the key to paste text directly into your active app.

Strong UX focus. Every action saves you fractions of a second.

  • Unified Timeline: Clipboard and transcriptions in one searchable history. Find that API key or the note you dictated last week.
  • Actually Invisible: Hold hotkey, speak, release. Text appears at your cursor. No windows, no app switching.
  • Bring Your Own Key: Use your Open Router API key and pay pennies per month.

Raw transcription in, polished text out. Perfect for emails, messages, notes—whatever you're writing.

More features:

  • Adaptive Dictionary: Pipit learns how you speak. Names, jargon, technical terms—it remembers and corrects them automatically.
  • File Transcription: Drop any audio or video file. Get a full transcript in seconds—processed entirely on your Mac.