Fisper

Fisper is a voice-to-text app for Apple Silicon Macs that puts dictated text into the app you're using. It runs Whisper locally and works offline after the initial model download. It's for people who want to dictate in everyday apps or talk to terminal-based AI agents without sending their audio to a cloud service.

Dictation works wherever your cursor is focused, including browsers, text editors, Slack, Messages and Terminal. Live mode inserts text as you speak and updates only the changed portions. Batch mode waits until recording ends before transcribing. You can choose a global shortcut that doesn't conflict with your other apps.

The Whisper models offer a choice between speed and accuracy: base favors speed, small provides a middle ground, and large-v3-turbo targets higher accuracy. Fisper supports languages including English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Ukrainian, with automatic language detection available.

For Claude Code and other terminal agents, optional automatic submission sends the transcribed message when you stop recording. The app lives in the menu bar, with a floating indicator for recording status and no main window or Dock icon.

Fisper requires macOS 14 or newer and an M1 or later Mac; it doesn't support Intel Macs. Speech processing uses the Apple Neural Engine. Audio stays in memory during transcription and isn't saved to disk. The app requires no account or API key and sends no analytics or telemetry.