Live Preview
See your words as you speak. Text appears in real-time, sentence by sentence, in a floating window.
Live Preview in action — text appears as you speak
What Live Preview Does
When enabled, a floating window shows your transcribed text in real-time as you speak:
- 1Text appears sentence by sentence as you talk
- 2See what's being transcribed before it's pasted
- 3Catch mistakes while still dictating
How to Enable
- 1Click the Speakmac icon in your menu bar
- 2Open Settings
- 3Toggle on Live Preview
The floating preview window will now appear whenever you start dictating.
When Live Preview Helps
- •Long-form writing where you want to track your progress
- •Catching transcription errors before they're pasted
- •Learning how Speakmac interprets your speech patterns
- •Building confidence that your words are being captured
How It Works
Speakmac processes your speech locally and streams the results to the preview window. Text appears after each sentence is complete—you'll see a slight delay as the transcription engine processes your words. Everything still runs 100% on your Mac.
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Ready to see your words in real-time?
Download Speakmac
Get the app and enable Live Preview to watch your transcription as it happens.
Requires macOS 14+ and Apple Silicon.