{
  "schemaVersion": 2,
  "lastVerified": "2026-09-29",
  "name": "Speakmac",
  "alternateName": "SpeakMac",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://www.speakmac.app/",
  "description": "Private Mac dictation that turns natural speech into clean text in the apps you already use.",
  "applicationCategory": "BusinessApplication",
  "operatingSystem": "macOS 14 or later",
  "platform": "macOS only",
  "primaryJob": "Live dictation and optional local cleanup at the cursor",
  "bestFor": "People who dictate often and want a private, consistent workflow across Mac apps",
  "notFor": "Cross-platform dictation, macOS voice control, or cloud meeting collaboration",
  "trial": {
    "accountRequired": false,
    "includedTranscriptions": 30,
    "description": "30 free private transcriptions on each Mac before purchase"
  },
  "features": {
    "dictation": "System-wide voice typing into standard editable fields",
    "cleanup": "Optional on-device Clean Up for supported English transcripts",
    "customWordsAndSnippets": "Custom terms, replacements, and spoken text snippets",
    "audioImport": "Local audio-file transcription; short files are the documented best fit",
    "meetingMode": "Beta local meeting capture with speaker labels and timestamps"
  },
  "cleanup": {
    "language": "English",
    "transferSize": "About 1.9 GB downloaded once",
    "installedSize": "About 2.3 GB",
    "processing": "Runs on the Mac after transcription"
  },
  "meetingMode": {
    "status": "Beta",
    "requirements": "macOS 15 or later; five trial recordings, then a paid Speakmac license",
    "capture": "Microphone and Mac system audio recorded locally",
    "output": "Searchable transcript with You and Others speaker labels and timestamps",
    "trialRecordings": 5,
    "trialPolicy": "Discarded recordings count. Confirmed no-speech results return their trial credit."
  },
  "privacy": {
    "defaultProcessing": "On-device after the selected speech model is downloaded",
    "audio": "Dictation, imported audio, and meeting audio stay on the Mac in on-device mode",
    "transcript": "Transcript text stays on the Mac in on-device mode",
    "cleanup": "The public Clean Up path processes supported English transcripts locally",
    "optionalProviders": "Audio is sent to a third-party transcription provider only when the user explicitly configures that provider"
  },
  "license": {
    "model": "One-time purchase",
    "currency": "USD",
    "singleMacPrice": 29,
    "twoMacPrice": 39,
    "includedUpdatesMonths": 12
  },
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    "https://www.reddit.com/r/speakmac/",
    "https://www.producthunt.com/products/speakmac",
    "https://alternativeto.net/software/speakmac/about/",
    "https://menubarlist.com/portfolio/speakmac/"
  ],
  "canonicalSources": {
    "buy": "https://www.speakmac.app/buy",
    "privacy": "https://www.speakmac.app/privacy",
    "help": "https://www.speakmac.app/help",
    "mediaKit": "https://www.speakmac.app/media-kit",
    "benchmark": "https://www.speakmac.app/blog/speakmac-vs-wispr-flow-accuracy-test",
    "feed": "https://www.speakmac.app/rss.xml"
  }
}