Dictation that lands where you type
Hold a key, speak normally, and the text appears at your cursor — in Gmail, Slack, Notion, Figma, a terminal, anywhere with a text field.
Streaming transcription starts before you finish the sentence.
Early access · macOS & Linux · v0.9.11Speak. It types.
Speak. It types.
Anywhere.
Keypilot Voice is a voice keyboard for your desktop. Hold a key, say what you mean, and clean punctuated text appears at the cursor — in Gmail, Slack, Notion, your editor, anywhere you type.
Downloadv0.9.11 · see all platforms
See how it works- No card to start
- History stays local
- Works in every app
launch-notes.mdnotes
listening
Q3 launch plan
We shipped the first beta to a small group last week. Feedback has been steady, and the two blocking bugs are closed.
Design will need the final copy by Wednesday so the announcement can go out with the build. I will keep the changelog short and link the demo.
Listening…
Hold ⌘ RightTry it free with 5,000 credits — about 80 minutes of speech, renewed monthly.
Types into the apps you already use
GmailSlackNotionGoogle DocsVS CodeCursorFigmaObsidianLinearMicrosoft WordTerminalChatGPT
01Features
Not just transcription.
A faster way to write.
Keypilot is built around the moment between thinking and typing: it keeps your vocabulary, remembers what you said, and can rewrite what you already wrote.
Speak your edits, not just your words
Select a paragraph and say what you want: shorten it, translate it, make it formal. The rewrite replaces the selection in place.
Polishing, translating, summarizing and custom instructions.
Your names, spelled right
Add hotwords for product names, colleagues and jargon. Replacement rules fix the mistakes that keep coming back.
Hotwords are sent with the audio to bias recognition.
Local by default
History, dictionary and settings live in a local database on your machine. Export or wipe everything in one click.
Audio is streamed to the speech service only while you hold the key.
A record you can search
Every dictation is saved with duration and word count, plus a dashboard of how much typing time you got back.
Search, re-copy, or export the whole archive as JSON.
Built for a keyboard, too
Keypilot started as an open hardware voice keyboard. The same app drives it over USB or Wi-Fi when you want a physical push-to-talk key.
Optional. The app is fully usable with just a microphone.
02How it works
Three keys to a quieter keyboard
No new editor, no browser tab, no copying text around. Keypilot lives in the menu bar and writes into whatever has focus.
01
Install and sign in
Download the app, enter your email, and confirm the six-digit code. No password, no card. You start with 5,000 free credits.
02
Hold the key and talk
Put the cursor wherever the text should go and hold ⌘ Right. A capsule appears with a live transcript; release to insert.
03
Keep the words you use
Add hotwords as you go. Recognition improves with context, and your history stays searchable on your machine.
⌘Rightdictation⌥Rightedit selectionBoth hotkeys are remappable in Settings.
03Pricing
Pay for minutes, not seats
Speech is metered by the second, so light days cost almost nothing. Start free, buy credits when you need more — they do not expire.
Starter
one-time$9USD
10,000 credits · ~2.5 hours of speech
- 10,000 credits
- All dictation and rewrite features
- Local history and export
- Email support
Creator
one-time$29USD
40,000 credits · ~11 hours of speech
- 40,000 credits
- Everything in Starter
- Priority speech capacity
- Early access builds
Studio
one-time$79USD
120,000 credits · ~33 hours of speech
- 120,000 credits
- Everything in Creator
- Invoice on request
- Direct support channel
Prices in USD. Checkout opens with the public beta — join the list and we will email you.
04Questions
The things people ask before installing
Still unsure? Write to hello@usekeypilot.com and a human will answer.
Which platforms are supported?
macOS 12 or later on Apple silicon today, with an Intel build on request. Linux ships as AppImage and .deb. Windows 11 is in development — the global hotkey and text injection layers are being ported.
Does my voice leave my computer?
Only while you are dictating. Audio is streamed to the speech service for transcription and is not stored after the session ends. History, hotwords and settings stay in a local database you can export or delete at any time.
What do I need to run it?
A microphone and a network connection for the hosted speech service. Grant microphone access on first launch, and on macOS also grant Accessibility so the app can insert text into other applications.
How is this different from the dictation built into my OS?
Keypilot works across every app through the same hotkey, keeps a searchable history with usage stats, learns your vocabulary, and can edit a selection with a spoken instruction instead of only transcribing.
Do I need the Keypilot keyboard?
No. The keyboard is optional hardware from the same project. The app works with any microphone, and the hardware adds a physical push-to-talk key and a knob for scrolling.
How accurate is it, and which languages?
The hosted recognizer handles English and Chinese with automatic punctuation. Accuracy improves when you add hotwords for names and jargon, and you can switch to your own provider in the model hub.
v0.9.11 · early access
Stop typing. Start talking.
Install in under a minute, sign in with your email, and dictate your next reply without leaving the window you are in.
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See credit packs5,000 free credits · no card · macOS 12+ and Linux