Vocal Notes for Mac

Private, on-device transcription for live speech, audio, and video, with synchronized playback, custom vocabulary, Quick Dictation, and Markdown export.

$49.90

In English

Version 1.8.4

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Vocal Notes overview

Vocal Notes is a native macOS workspace for recording, importing, transcribing, reviewing, and organizing spoken material. Speech recognition runs locally on Apple Silicon, so audio and transcripts are not uploaded to a transcription service. The core workflow works offline and does not require an account.

Features

Record live speech or import MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4, and MOV files.
Review text with playback synchronized to the corresponding moment in the source recording.
Add custom vocabulary for names, brands, acronyms, and specialist terms.
Open Quick Dictation from anywhere in macOS with a configurable global shortcut.
Organize transcripts in folders and merge related sessions.
Copy finished text or export clean Markdown.
Keep speech recognition, source recordings, and transcripts on the Mac.