Press your shortcut
Cmd + Shift + Space starts or stops recording from any app.
Mac dictation, without the cleanup tax
Speak your thought. Paste it clean, in any Mac app.
Voxbit is a local-first dictation app for macOS. Talk the way you actually think, then get formatted text that is ready to paste or save.
Compression in action75% retained
Spoken input
Um, I think we should change the API retry logic so it retries failed requests three times with exponential backoff, but actually, no—let’s only retry network errors and 429s, not every failed request. And can you add logging around each attempt, including the request ID? Also, I was going to say keep the current timeout, but let’s increase it from ten to fifteen seconds because the model endpoint is sometimes slow in staging.
Clean output · 75%
Update the API retry logic to retry only network errors and 429s, up to three times with exponential backoff. Log each attempt with the request ID. Increase the timeout from 10 to 15 seconds because the model endpoint is sometimes slow in staging.
Remove the false start and filler while preserving the full implementation context.
Free during beta. No account. Local-first.
How it works
From shortcut to clean text.
Speak naturally
Pause, backtrack, or change your mind. Voxbit keeps the thought together.
Paste or save
Use the cleaned result in the active app, or save a formatted Markdown note.
Fits where you already think
Built for Slack, email, notes, and your AI tools.
In Slack and email
Say the reply once instead of typing it, rereading it, and rewriting it.
When prompting Claude, Codex, Cursor, or ChatGPT
Turn the messy context in your head into a structured prompt before it reaches the cursor.
When a thought should become a note
Capture it before it disappears, format it, and save it where you will find it again.
One thought. Four useful versions.
The same spoken thought can stay close to your wording or compress all the way down.
Verbatim 100%
Keep the complete thought while removing filler and fixing readability.
Clean 75%
Remove false starts and repetition while preserving your tone and context.
Condensed 50%
Turn the thought into a concise brief that is ready to send.
Core 25%
Keep only the decisions and essential points someone needs to act on.
Profiles
Shift context before you speak, not after.
Choose a profile right from the record button before you speak.
Messaging, coding, writing, and note-taking can each start with the right cleanup context.
Message profile selected. Ready to record.
Capture & Save
When the thought belongs in a note, save it as one.
Some recordings should paste immediately, while others should be formatted and saved.
Switch from paste mode to capture mode when the thought belongs in a note. Capture & Save writes the formatted result to a Markdown file.
Focused text field
Cleaned text is ready to paste.
History
Keep the rough version and the useful version together.
Every session can be saved locally as Markdown with the original input and cleaned output side by side.
Revisit it later, search it, or use it as context when the same work comes back around.
2026-08-17-project-note.md
original
Okay, so the main thing is...
Local-first
Your work stays close to your Mac.
Local by default
Recordings, transcription, and history stay on your Mac.
Your AI keys
Optional cleanup uses your OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Markdown history
Your saved history remains part of your local workflow.
The practical details
Questions before you download.
Is Voxbit free?
Yes. Voxbit is free during the Mac beta, with no account required.
Does Voxbit work offline?
Recording, transcription, history, and saved Markdown work locally. Optional AI cleanup and compression require an internet connection to your chosen provider.
Does Voxbit send my audio anywhere?
Voxbit records and transcribes audio on your Mac. If you enable optional AI cleanup, the transcript text is sent to the provider connected with your own key; the raw recording is not sent for cleanup.
Which AI providers can I use?
The current beta supports your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key for optional cleanup and compression.
Does Voxbit work in Slack, Notion, Cursor, and ChatGPT?
Voxbit is designed to paste into the focused text field in the Mac apps where you already write, including messaging, editors, and AI tools.
How is Voxbit different from built-in Mac dictation?
Voxbit adds cleanup, four compression levels, quick-access profiles, Capture & Save, and local Markdown history with the original and cleaned text together.
What Macs does Voxbit support?
The beta supports Apple silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later.
Where are my transcripts saved?
Sessions stay in Voxbit's local history. Capture & Save profiles can also write the formatted output to a Markdown folder you choose.
Is there a Windows or iPhone version?
Not today. The current Voxbit beta is built for Mac.
Mac beta
Say it once. Use it anywhere.
Free beta · Apple silicon · macOS 14 or later