Which AI tools does this work with?

All of them. Keebye types into whatever field has focus, so ChatGPT in the browser, Claude, a coding assistant, or any chat box gets the same treatment — there is no per-tool plugin to install.

Does the AI provider get my audio?

No. The speech-to-text step happens on your Mac before a single character reaches the tool. The model on the other end receives plain text and cannot tell it came from your voice.

Is spoken text good enough to send as a prompt?

Usually, yes. Rule-based cleanup fixes the obvious spoken-language artifacts, and an optional on-device polish pass tightens it further while guarding against changing your meaning. You still see it before you hit send.

How long a prompt can I dictate at once?

As long as you like. Tap the hotkey once to toggle dictation on for a multi-paragraph brief, speak it out, then tap again to finish — you are not limited to a quick hold.

What about code, file names, or library names in my prompt?

Teach them to the custom dictionary once. Repo names, package names, and API terms then transcribe correctly, so the prompt reads the way you meant it without a cleanup pass.

Voice Dictation for AI Prompts on macOS

Why speak your prompts

A good prompt is a paragraph, not a search query. You are describing context, constraints, the shape of the output you want, the edge cases to avoid — and typing all of that is the slow part of working with AI. The thinking is fast; the transcribing of the thought is what drags.

Say it instead. Speaking a multi-sentence request is closer to how the idea actually arrives in your head, and it comes out in one breath rather than one keystroke at a time. This is the heart of what Keebye is for: your voice becomes the input to every AI tool you touch, whether that is Claude Code in the terminal or a chat window in the browser.

How it works

Click into the prompt box, hold Right ⌘, and describe what you want the model to do. Let go and the full request appears at the cursor, ready to send or refine. For a longer brief, tap the key once to keep dictation open, talk through the whole thing, and tap again to stop.

The transcription is on-device — Parakeet, the English default, downloads once and then runs with no connection at all. Nothing you dictate is logged or uploaded, so even a prompt full of proprietary context never leaves your Mac before the tool sees it as ordinary text.

The identical hotkey works in ChatGPT in your browser and in a native app the same way, so switching tools costs you no new habit.

Setup in two minutes

Allow Accessibility and microphone access on first launch, then pick your trigger key — Right ⌘, Fn, or Right ⌥. Enable launch-at-login and Keebye is waiting the next time a prompt box is in front of you.

Spend the last minute on the custom dictionary. Prompts are dense with proper nouns — model names, product names, the libraries you reference constantly — so teaching those once means your requests come out clean instead of needing edits before you send.

Limits, honestly

Keebye writes the prompt; it does not run it. There is no integration that reads a tool's state or clicks send for you — it drops text where your cursor sits and you stay in control of the conversation, the same as you would dictating into Cursor's composer.

The text arrives when you release or toggle off the hotkey, not word by word as you talk — transcription is batch, not streaming. And Keebye is macOS only.