Offline transcription that never leaves your Mac
Transcribe speech to text with no internet, no account, and nothing uploaded — by default.
Ultra Whisper runs local Whisper models on-device. On a plane, on a locked-down machine, or just privacy-conscious — your audio and transcripts stay on your Mac.
Private by default
No upload by default
Local Whisper does the work on your Mac. Cloud is strictly opt-in and uses your own key.
No account required
Download, activate your license, and dictate. There's nothing to sign up for.
Works on a plane
No connection needed for local transcription — the model lives on your machine.
How it works
- 1
Press your hotkey
Tap a single key from any app to start recording — there's no window to open.
- 2
Speak naturally
Ultra Whisper transcribes on your Mac, and optionally cleans up the text with an LLM.
- 3
It's pasted for you
Your finished text lands in the frontmost app, ready to send.
Keep your voice on your device
Audio and transcripts stay local unless you opt into a BYOK cloud model. One-time $39 or $4.99/month.