Plume
Plume

Plume

Press a key and talk. The text appears where your cursor is.

Download for Mac GitHub

Free · Apple Silicon Mac · macOS 14 or later

The Plume indicator while dictating in a text editor
Plume home window
Choosing a speech model
Plume menu in the menu bar
Plume settings
Setup assistant, welcome
Setup assistant, voice model

Three moves

fn

Press your shortcut key once (fn by default, any key you like).

Talk, in any app.

fn

Press it again and the text is typed. Twice quickly to cancel.

Private

Your voice is recognized on your Mac and stays there. No account, no analytics.

Free

Plume is free and open source. Text cleanup is optional and uses your own key (a free Groq key is enough).

Models

Parakeet Ultra by default: 25 languages, very fast, even with 8 GB. A more powerful Mac can use Whisper Large v3. The setup picks for you.

Install

  1. Open Plume.dmg and drag Plume into Applications.
  2. Open Plume. macOS blocks it the first time: go to System Settings, Privacy & Security, and click “Open Anyway”.
  3. Allow the microphone and accessibility. The setup guides you and downloads the voice model.

Why the warning? Plume isn't signed with a paid Apple developer account. The code is public on GitHub.