Hold a key and talk.Your Mac writes it down.

WalkAITalkie is a menu bar dictation app for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 26 or later. Record with a shortcut, transcribe locally and choose optional cleanup. The direct app can paste into the active field; the App Store app uses the clipboard.

Local speech recognition and cleanup stay on your Mac. If you turn on the optional cloud accelerator (direct download, Pro), the finished transcript is handed to the Codex or Claude Code CLI you are signed in to, after you confirm it once. Buying or activating Pro uses payment and licensing services. The website uses cookieless traffic measurement; see the privacy policy for details.

An optional shortcut for session notes in the direct download, part of Pro. If you are signed in to the Codex CLI or the Claude Code CLI, WalkAITalkie can hand it the finished transcript. The summary then comes back much faster than on your Mac. Text only, never audio. Your dictated text only goes there if you switch that on separately. It runs under your own ChatGPT or Claude account and against your own quota. It stays off until you choose a provider and confirm once. Without it, the summary is still written on your Mac. The Mac App Store version does not contain it.

In the direct download, Free includes unlimited local dictation, Raw and Clean Up, your transcript history and auto-stop on silence. Pro is a one-time purchase for the other formats, translation, session notes from microphone recordings and a custom dictionary. App Store versions and purchases may differ.

Local dictation and cleanup work offline after the speech and language models have been downloaded. Storage needs depend on the models you choose. Downloads, purchases, updates and the optional cloud accelerator need a connection.

38 dictation languages. Choose your speech language before recording. In automatic mode, German uses Parakeet and Japanese uses Whisper. The app does not switch engines within a recording; Whisper can also be selected manually. Pro translates into 38 target languages. Results depend on the language, model and recording.

With Pro, choose a target language and record your text. Speech is transcribed first, then translated by the selected model. Local processing is the default. Review the translation before using it.

It records your microphone, not system audio. With Pro you can turn an on-site conversation into a transcript and session notes. It does not capture the remote participants from Zoom or Teams as a system-audio recorder would. Review the result for omissions and mistakes.

For the direct app, buy Pro once and activate the licence key sent by email. There is no direct subscription. App Store purchases are managed by Apple and may differ by release. See the purchase terms or contact office@gotzendorfer.at for help.