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Speakmac vs Willow Voice: Which Mac Dictation App Is Right for You?

Comparing Speakmac ($19 one-time, offline) vs Willow Voice ($144/year, cloud). See which Mac dictation app fits your workflow, privacy needs, and budget.

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Speakmac vs Wispr Flow: Mac Dictation Compared

Wispr Flow alternative for Mac users. Compare Speakmac ($19, offline) vs Wispr Flow ($180/year, cloud) on privacy, features, and long-term cost.

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Speakmac vs Superwhisper: Two Offline Dictation Apps Compared

Both offer offline dictation for Mac. Speakmac is $19 plug-and-play. Superwhisper is $249 with deep customisation. Which offline approach fits you?

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Dragon Dictation Alternative for Mac: Why Speakmac Fills the Gap

Dragon doesn't work on Mac natively. Speakmac offers Dragon-quality accuracy at $19 vs $780/year—offline, private, and built for macOS.

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SpeakMac vs Mac Dictation: The Best Speech to Text AI for macOS

Compare Mac's built-in dictation with SpeakMac's offline, high-accuracy Speech to Text. Discover which tool is faster, more private, and best for productivity.

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SpeakMac to Speak to Your Mac | Speech to Text Converter

Turn voice into text on Mac with SpeakMac. Fast, private Speech to text app that works in any app, even Word. Better than Speech to text online.

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Building Speakmac: A Solo Developer's Journey from Frustration to Freedom

From a $12 dictation paywall to a 4 MB native Mac app--the winding solo-build path that shaped Speakmac.

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Your Mac is now Jarvis. Are you Iron Man yet?

How pairing deliberate research with coding agents changes what "doing the work" looks like for modern devs.

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