WhisperKey lives in your menu bar. Hold Fn, speak, release. Your words appear wherever your cursor is. Powered by on-device AI.
Speech recognition runs entirely on your Mac using Apple Neural Engine. No audio is ever sent to any server.
Powered by WhisperKit, the same engine behind many professional transcription tools. Results in under a second.
Text appears wherever your cursor is — Slack, email, Notes, browser, IDE, any text field in any app.
Built-in mic, AirPods, USB headset, external condenser — pick your input device from the menu bar.
Hold Fn for push-to-talk. Double-tap Fn for toggle mode. No complex keyboard shortcuts to remember.
2.2 MB download. Lives in the menu bar — no dock icon, no windows cluttering your workspace.
Open the app. Allow Microphone and Accessibility access when prompted. WhisperKey appears in your menu bar.
Position your cursor where you want the text — an email draft, a Slack message, a code comment, anywhere.
The menu bar icon turns red while recording. Release Fn to stop. Or double-tap Fn to toggle hands-free mode.
Your speech is transcribed on-device and pasted into the active text field. Previous clipboard is restored automatically.
Free, private, and ready in seconds.
Download WhisperKey.dmgRequires macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple Silicon