EcoScribe is a voice-to-text engine that runs entirely on your Mac — no internet, no cloud, no server in between. Hold a key, say what you mean, and watch words appear anywhere, with surgeon-grade accuracy and total local privacy.
No cloud. No API keys. No subscriptions to an AI provider. The model lives on your device — so it works offline, stays private, and never slows down because a server is busy.
Cursor in Mail, Slack, Linear, Xcode, Terminal — doesn't matter. Hold the key, speak, release. Words land where your caret is.
Whisper-grade models run natively on Apple Silicon — no network request is even possible. Works offline, on a plane, in a SCIF. Your words never leave your machine.
Words appear faster than you'd typed them.
Optional cleanup turns a ramble into a draft.
Drop a list of teammates, products, code identifiers — EcoScribe learns to spell them right the first time. No more "Curt" instead of "Kubernetes."
Pick a mode per shortcut.
Designed for keyboard-first developers, writers, and operators. Customize every binding, including the recording finger.
A small red dot appears in your menu bar. You can start speaking before it finishes blinking.
EcoScribe captures and processes 48kHz audio locally — no packet leaves your Mac. Pauses, breaths, "um" — handled on-device.
The transcription is in your text field. No popups, no copy-paste, no review modal.
EcoScribe keeps a local-only encrypted history of everything you dictated. It never syncs to a cloud. You own it — on your disk, under your control.
Pay for the app once — no AI API costs, no usage meters, no surprise bills. Everything runs locally so there's nothing to charge per word.
Never. The AI model runs entirely on your Mac using Apple's Neural Engine — there is no server pipeline to send audio to. The only outbound request is a daily license check and crash reports (opt-in). Your words are physically impossible to intercept.
Any Apple Silicon Mac on macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. Intel Macs are not supported — the on-device models need the Neural Engine.
Faster (sub-20ms vs ~1s), more accurate on technical vocabulary, and it works in every text field — including Terminal, Xcode, and SSH sessions.
Yes. Pro is $29 once — no subscription, no renewal, no hidden fees. Pay once and use it on up to 10 Macs forever. Your transcription Library lives on disk and is never locked behind an account.
Not yet. A Windows beta is planned for Q4 2026. Sign up on the changelog page to be notified.
Free Pro license for verified students, and lifetime Pro for committed open-source maintainers. Email support@evoscribe.app.