AI Dictation

Artem Vysotsky and his brother Sergey looked at the Mac dictation landscape and said "we can do better." And they did. AI Dictation turns your rambling voice into polished, formatted text in any app on your Mac—and it works in 99+ languages with both cloud and offline modes so you get to choose between maximum accuracy or maximum privacy.

Here's what makes it actually useful: custom vocabulary means your product names, company names, and technical terms come out right every time—no more "Open AI" becoming "open eye" or "AIDictation" becoming "I'd icklation." The app-aware tone feature keeps your Slack casual, your emails polished, and your docs technical. You just talk, and AI Dictation handles the formatting based on where you're pasting.

They're charging $49 for a lifetime license—down from $278—which is basically a steal for something you'll use every single day. 250+ reviews at 4.8 stars doesn't lie. Their free tier gives you 2,000 words per month, so you can test drive it before committing. They're based in San Francisco, they just launched on AppSumo, and they're looking for users who hate typing.