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Your voice can stay on your Mac.
Run Whisper through Core ML with no API key and no audio upload. Models download only when you choose.
Whisper dictation for macOS
Your thoughts.
Already typed.
Press one shortcut, speak naturally, and keep working. Vorb turns your voice into clean text locally—or through the provider you already trust.
Free · Native SwiftUI · No account · macOS 14+
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01 Press your shortcut
02 Speak naturally
03 Paste anywhere
Private by design
Whisper that works
your way.
Keep everything on your Mac, bring an API key, or point Vorb at your own server. One focused app, without an account or another subscription.
Your keys. Your endpoint.
Connect directly to hosted, routed, or self-hosted speech-to-text. Keys stay in macOS Keychain.
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One gesture. Zero context switching.
Choose any global shortcut, then toggle recording or hold to speak.
Text lands where you need it.
Paste into the focused app, copy to your clipboard, and optionally keep a searchable local history.
Voice belongs everywhere
One voice.
Every writing task.
Capture the thought while it is still clear. Vorb stays out of the way until you call it.
Write the email
Dictate the answer while reading the thread.
Save the thought
Turn an idea into a note before it disappears.
Send the message
Speak naturally, then paste into any conversation.
Shape the prompt
Talk through the details faster than you can type them.
From voice to text
Three seconds of setup.
Then muscle memory.
- 1
Choose how Vorb listens
Use Local Whisper, add your provider key, or connect your own endpoint.
- 2
Make the shortcut yours
Record any global shortcut and pick toggle-to-speak or hold-to-speak.
- 3
Speak, stop, continue
The orb disappears instantly. Your transcript is copied or pasted where you were working.
Source available
Inspect every request.
Keep every key.
Vorb has no account, tracking, telemetry, or application backend. The Swift source is public so you can audit it, report an issue, or build it yourself.
Vorb for macOS
Say it.
It’s already there.
Native Whisper dictation. Local-first, bring-your-own-key, and completely free.
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