# Keebye > Keebye is an on-device voice-dictation app for Mac (Apple Silicon) and Windows (x64), built for people running parallel AI-agent workstreams. Hold a hotkey, speak, and the text lands in whatever app has focus — speech-to-text runs locally and audio never leaves the computer. Download: https://keebye.com/#download offers the Mac (.dmg) and Windows (.exe, .msi) installers. The site is translated into 33 languages, but dictation works only in the languages listed at https://keebye.com/docs/languages-and-engines.md (English by default, 25 European languages with the Canary engine). Current prices and billing periods, including the first-month price for new subscribers: https://keebye.com/pricing.md The core pages below (home, pricing, docs, comparisons, dictation setups) in one file: https://keebye.com/llms-full.txt ## Pages - [Home](https://keebye.com/index.md): what Keebye is, who it is for, platforms, languages, privacy, trial and FAQ - [Pricing](https://keebye.com/pricing.md): 14-day free trial, then Pro (monthly or yearly) or Lifetime — no free tier - [Comparisons](https://keebye.com/compare): honest comparisons against other dictation apps - [Keebye vs VoiceInk: Compare Your Mac Dictation Workflow](https://keebye.com/compare/keebye-vs-voiceink.md): Compare Keebye and VoiceInk with real Mac tasks: project vocabulary, terminal insertion, processing choices, and recovering a dictated prompt. - [Keebye vs Apple Dictation: Which Fits Your Mac?](https://keebye.com/compare/keebye-vs-apple-dictation.md): Compare Apple Dictation and Keebye for short notes, terminal insertion, custom vocabulary, language control, and local-only speech processing. - [Keebye vs Aqua Voice: Cloud Formatting or Local?](https://keebye.com/compare/keebye-vs-aqua-voice.md): Compare Aqua Voice and Keebye by processing boundary, offline use, terminal insertion, platform fit, and an honest hands-on checklist. - [Keebye vs MacWhisper: Dictation Workflows Compared](https://keebye.com/compare/keebye-vs-macwhisper.md): Compare MacWhisper and Keebye for focused-app dictation, file and meeting transcription, terminal insertion, and local processing on macOS. - [Keebye vs Talon: Which Voice Workflow Fits?](https://keebye.com/compare/keebye-vs-talon.md): Compare Talon and Keebye for hands-free computer control, voice coding on Mac, prompt dictation, terminal insertion, and setup depth. - [Keebye Alternatives: Honest Mac Dictation Options](https://keebye.com/compare/keebye-alternatives.md): Considering alternatives to Keebye? A fair rundown of Mac and Windows dictation options — including built-in dictation — and who each one actually fits. - [Keebye vs Superwhisper: Local Dictation Compared](https://keebye.com/compare/keebye-vs-superwhisper.md): Compare Keebye and Superwhisper for agent lanes, terminal insertion, local-only processing, and multilingual batch dictation on macOS. - [Keebye vs Wispr Flow: Cloud Polish or Local Control?](https://keebye.com/compare/keebye-vs-wispr-flow.md): Wispr Flow transcribes in the cloud. Keebye keeps speech on your computer and focuses on terminal-heavy, parallel-agent building. ## Documentation - [Getting started with Keebye](https://keebye.com/docs/getting-started.md): Install Keebye on Mac or Windows, sign in, grant the permissions it needs, pick your push-to-talk key, and dictate your first sentence. - [Install and permissions](https://keebye.com/docs/install-and-permissions.md): System requirements for Mac and Windows, the onboarding window, each permission Keebye asks for, updates, and where models are stored. - [Sign in and trial](https://keebye.com/docs/sign-in-and-trial.md): How sign-in works, what Keebye stores, how the 14-day trial runs, what happens when it ends, and how to sign out. - [Dictating](https://keebye.com/docs/dictating.md): The push-to-talk key, hold versus tap, what the pill shows, how text is inserted, and where Keebye refuses to write. - [Languages and engines](https://keebye.com/docs/languages-and-engines.md): The speech engines on Mac and Windows, how to switch, the 25 languages Canary understands, translation to English, and the tray quick-switch. - [Cleanup and dictionary](https://keebye.com/docs/cleanup-and-dictionary.md): What happens to your transcript between speech-to-text and insertion: the dictionary, rule-based cleanup, per-app overrides, and opt-in local-LLM polish. - [History and privacy](https://keebye.com/docs/history-and-privacy.md): What the local dictation history stores, how it is encrypted and pruned, the complete list of network calls Keebye makes, and what stays on your computer. - [Settings](https://keebye.com/docs/settings.md): Every section and control in the Keebye Settings window, with its default. - [Shortcuts](https://keebye.com/docs/shortcuts.md): Every key Keebye responds to. There are only a few. - [Troubleshooting](https://keebye.com/docs/troubleshooting.md): What each message Keebye shows means and how to fix it, plus how to reset. ## Dictation setups - [Voice Dictation for AI Prompts on Mac and Windows](https://keebye.com/dictation-for/ai-prompts.md): Speak complete AI prompts instead of typing them: hold a hotkey, say the request, and Keebye inserts editable text into the focused app. - [Voice Dictation for Developers on Mac and Windows](https://keebye.com/dictation-for/developers.md): Dictate commit messages, PR descriptions, code comments, and prompts by voice — on-device speech-to-text that keeps proprietary code on your computer. - [Voice Dictation for RSI and Wrist Strain on Mac and Windows](https://keebye.com/dictation-for/rsi.md): If typing aggravates RSI or wrist strain, dictate instead: hold a hotkey, speak, and Keebye types it — on-device, offline, private. Not a treatment. - [Voice Dictation for ChatGPT on Mac and Windows](https://keebye.com/dictation-for/chatgpt.md): Speak long prompts into ChatGPT in a browser or the desktop app. On-device transcription keeps the audio on your computer. - [Voice Dictation for Claude Code on Mac and Windows](https://keebye.com/dictation-for/claude-code.md): Drive Claude Code by voice: hold a hotkey, speak the prompt, and Keebye types it into your terminal — on-device, offline, terminal-aware. - [Voice Dictation for Cursor on Mac and Windows](https://keebye.com/dictation-for/cursor.md): Dictate prompts into Cursor chat and composer: hold a hotkey, speak, and Keebye types it — on-device speech-to-text, offline, private. - [Voice Dictation for Mac: On-Device and Offline](https://keebye.com/dictation-for/mac.md): What built-in macOS dictation does well, where it falls short, and how Keebye differs: local models, focused-app insertion, and a custom dictionary. - [Voice Dictation for the Terminal on Mac and Windows](https://keebye.com/dictation-for/terminal.md): Dictate into a terminal on Mac or Windows with a terminal-aware paste plan or opt-in Unicode type mode for SSH, tmux, and paste-hostile targets. - [Voice Dictation for Vibe Coders](https://keebye.com/dictation-for/vibe-coders.md): You prompt more than you type code. Speak instructions to your agents — Cursor, Claude Code, ChatGPT — and keep your hands for the merge. ## Blog - [Dictate Code Reviews in Your Own Language](https://keebye.com/blog/dictate-code-reviews-in-your-own-language.md): Code is English. Your review comments do not have to be. How to dictate review feedback in one of 25 languages on-device, and why pinning the language matters. - [Dictating Prompts to Parallel Agents, Lane by Lane](https://keebye.com/blog/dictating-prompts-to-parallel-agents.md): Running two or three coding agents at once turns prompting into the bottleneck. A voice workflow for feeding parallel lanes without leaving the one you are in. - [One Voice, Ten Lanes: A Day of Dictation](https://keebye.com/blog/one-voice-ten-lanes-a-day-of-dictation.md): What a day of running parallel startup lanes looks like when the keyboard stops being the only output channel. A founder walkthrough, hour by hour. - [Lifetime License vs Subscription for Dictation Apps](https://keebye.com/blog/lifetime-license-vs-subscription-dictation-apps.md): Compare lifetime and subscription dictation costs by usage horizon, update funding, vendor risk, and what a free trial proves. - [Where Your Voice Goes: Dictation Privacy, Honestly](https://keebye.com/blog/where-does-your-voice-go-dictation-privacy.md): Learn where dictation audio can travel, what privacy questions to ask, and how Keebye keeps speech-to-text and cleanup on your Mac. - [Driving Claude Code With Your Voice: Parallel-Lane Building](https://keebye.com/blog/driving-claude-code-with-your-voice.md): AI coding agents made typing the bottleneck. A practical workflow for dictating prompts, reviews, and redirects across parallel agent lanes on macOS. - [Why Dictation for Developers Shouldn't Be English-Only](https://keebye.com/blog/dictation-for-developers-shouldnt-be-english-only.md): Code is English; the workday around it often isn't. On-device multilingual dictation for the Slack messages, reviews, and docs you write in your own language. - [Dictation That Survives the Terminal](https://keebye.com/blog/dictation-that-survives-the-terminal.md): Dictation paste fails silently in terminals, SSH, tmux, and non-QWERTY layouts. Why clipboard-paste insertion breaks there, and what typing mode does instead. - [The Dictation App That Works When the Internet Doesn't](https://keebye.com/blog/dictation-that-works-offline.md): Cloud dictation dies with the network. Keebye runs speech-to-text fully on-device — no internet, no audio leaving your Mac, no outage that can break it. - [Say What I Said: Dictation Without the AI Rewrite](https://keebye.com/blog/dictation-without-the-ai-rewrite.md): AI-enhanced dictation rewrites what you said — qualifiers dropped, meaning flipped. Why LLM polish pipelines paraphrase you, and why Keebye stays literal. - [Auto-Detect Keeps Guessing Wrong: Pin Your Language](https://keebye.com/blog/pin-your-dictation-language.md): Dictation keeps landing in the wrong language? Auto-detect thrashes on bilingual speech by design. Pin your language once and it stays pinned. - [Two Kids, Three Startups, One Voice](https://keebye.com/blog/two-kids-three-startups-one-voice.md): The founder story behind Keebye: parallel high-stakes workstreams, a baby under six months old, and output that scales with lanes your voice can drive. - [Why Dictation Apps Eat Your First Word](https://keebye.com/blog/why-dictation-apps-eat-your-first-word.md): You press the hotkey, start talking, and the first word is cut off. Why cold-start clipping happens — and how a warm mic plus a 500 ms pre-roll fixes it. - [Your Dictation Should Never Just Vanish](https://keebye.com/blog/your-dictation-should-never-just-vanish.md): You dictate a long thought, the insert fails, and the text is just gone. Why dictation apps lose your words — and the local, text-only history Keebye keeps. ## Other - [Changelog](https://keebye.com/changelog): release notes for every Keebye build ## Legal - [Terms of Service](https://keebye.com/terms) - [Privacy Policy](https://keebye.com/privacy)