Private voice dictation for macOS

Say it once.
Write it anywhere.

Elokin turns your voice into ready-to-use text, directly on your Mac. Fast local transcription, thoughtful profiles, and one shortcut between thought and text.

Download on the Mac App Store See how it works

Apple silicon macOS 14 or later Private by default

Listening ⌥ Space

“Turn this thought into text, without leaving what I’m doing.”

Polished · Qwen3-ASR

Local transcriptionPush to talkMultilingualCustom profiles

What is Elokin?

Voice dictation built for the way you work on a Mac.

Elokin is a native speech-to-text app for Apple silicon Macs. Hold a configurable shortcut, speak naturally, and release to create a transcript locally. The result is copied and ready to paste into a message, document, note, or AI prompt.

Unlike a basic transcription tool, Elokin can also shape the result. Keep every word with Raw, improve punctuation with Polished, shorten repetition with Concise, translate locally, or create a custom workflow with the AI provider of your choice.

Learn how speech-to-text works on Mac

Less friction. More flow.

Your voice belongs in every app.

Elokin stays out of the way until you need it, then turns speech into useful text without another editor, tab, or upload.

Local by default

Your voice is transcribed on your Mac. No account, API key, or cloud transcription required.

Words, already polished

Use local profiles to clean up punctuation, stay concise, or translate without breaking your flow.

Made for every writing flow

Hold one shortcut, speak, and release. Elokin copies the result so it is ready to paste wherever you need it.

Speak naturally

Automatic language detection makes multilingual dictation effortless, with 30 supported languages.

Shape the result

One voice.
Your writing style.

Choose what happens after transcription. Keep every word, clean it up, make it shorter, translate it, or build a workflow of your own.

You said

“hey could you maybe send me the final version when you get a chance thanks”

Ready to paste

“Could you send me the final version when you get a chance? Thanks!”

Your words, recognized

Teach Elokin the words that matter.

Names, product terms, acronyms, and specialist language become part of Elokin’s local recognition context—without sending a dictionary anywhere.

Import in secondsDrop in a UTF-8 .txt file with one term per line.Keep it organizedSeparate general, development, company, and custom terms.Always reversibleClear a category or restore every factory dictionary.

Vocabulary

General 77Development 348Company 19Custom 0

Add a term to Development+

App Store Connect×Cloudflare Workers×Hugging Face×MLX Swift×SwiftUI×TypeScript×

Designed for macOS

Feels at home.
Stays out of the way.

A native menu bar companion built around one simple gesture, private on-device processing, and profiles that shape every result.

Elokin for Mac — speak once and write anywhere with the compact listening overlay — 01
**Always ready, never in the way.**
Hold your shortcut, speak naturally, and keep working in the app you already use.

Elokin private on-device voice dictation for Apple silicon Macs — 02
**Private by architecture.**
Local models keep transcription and built-in processing on your Mac.

Elokin writing profiles for raw, polished, concise, translated, and custom results — 03
**Your voice, shaped your way.**
Switch from raw transcription to polished, concise, translated, or custom output.

One natural gesture

Hold. Speak. Release.

01 · Hold
Your shortcut
Elokin starts listening only when you ask.
02 · Speak
In your own words
The local model transcribes on-device.
03 · Release
Keep writing
Your processed text is copied and ready to paste.

Automatic or explicit

Speak in 30 languages.

Let Elokin detect the spoken language for every dictation, or lock one language for more consistent recognition.

BonjourHelloTranslate profile · local

ArabicCantoneseChineseCzechDanishDutchEnglishFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHindiHungarianIndonesianItalianJapaneseKoreanMacedonianMalayPersianPolishPortugueseRomanianRussianSpanishSwedishThaiTurkishVietnamese

Privacy is the architecture

Your voice
stays yours.

Processing on this MacLocal models · No account required

Elokin is built so the private choice is also the easiest one. Dictation and every built-in profile can run without sending your voice or transcript to us.

Default

On-device

Audio, transcription, and built-in text processing stay on your Apple silicon Mac.

Your choice

Optional cloud

Custom providers connect only when you configure and select a cloud profile.

See exactly how your data is handled

Elokin for Mac

Built exclusively for Apple silicon.

Elokin is available on the Mac App Store for a one-time price of €9.99 — no account and no subscription.

View on the Mac App Store

macOS 14+Operating systemModels separateUser-initiated downloads€9.99 onceNo subscription

Elokin guides

Make voice part of your workflow.

Practical, detailed resources about local dictation, speech-to-text on macOS, and using your voice to write better technical prompts.

Privacy & offline use

Offline voice dictation for Mac

Learn how on-device speech recognition works, what stays local, and what you need to dictate without a connection.

Read the guide Everyday workflow

Speech to text on Mac

Compare dictation workflows and turn spoken ideas into clean text for messages, notes, documents, and more.

Read the guide For developers

Dictate detailed AI coding prompts

Give Codex, Claude, and ChatGPT more context with local transcription and a vocabulary made for technical terms.

Read the guide

Elokin vs macOS DictationCompare the workflows Private voice dictationUnderstand the data flow Dictation for AI promptsGive AI more context Dictation for emailsDraft clear messages Dictation for writersCapture the first draft Custom speech vocabularyImprove difficult terms

Good to know

Questions, answered.

Does Elokin work offline?+

Yes. Speech recognition and all built-in profiles can run locally after their models have been downloaded. Custom cloud profiles are entirely optional.

Which Macs are supported?+

Elokin requires a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later.

Does Elokin listen continuously?+

No. Elokin records only while you hold your chosen shortcut long enough to trigger dictation.

How are models installed?+

Models are not bundled with the app. You choose when to download them from Settings, with progress, pause, verification, and removal controls.

Where is my history stored?+

History is disabled by default. If enabled, the latest processed dictations are stored locally in your Mac’s Application Support folder.

Can I use OpenAI or Anthropic?+

Yes. Custom profiles can use OpenAI, Anthropic, or OpenAI-compatible providers with your own API key, stored in macOS Keychain.

Can Elokin learn names and technical terms?+

Yes. Add terms individually or import a plain-text vocabulary file. Organize them by category, merge or replace lists, and restore the included dictionaries at any time.

Give your keyboard a break.

Elokin is available for Apple silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later.

Download on the Mac App Store

Say it once.Write it anywhere.