A free Mac dictation app for people who think out loud.
Voicely turns speech into clean text at your cursor. It is built for macOS users who want fast dictation without opening a separate writing app or sending every thought through a cloud workflow.
Dictate anywhere you can type
Use one shortcut, speak naturally, then let Voicely place the cleaned text into your current app. It works for prompts, notes, chat messages, tickets, issues, and docs.
Built for local voice-to-text
Voicely uses local transcription on your Mac. Your dictated audio is not uploaded to a hosted transcription API.
More than short dictation
The same app also handles call recording and audio-file transcription, so longer spoken context can become text for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or any other AI agent workflow.
Questions
Is Voicely a replacement for Apple Dictation?
For many workflows, yes: Voicely focuses on clean AI-ready text, local transcription, and developer/agent workflows rather than only system dictation.
Is it free?
Yes. Voicely is free and open source.