Hush Touch Local AI Engine
Best-in-class on-device speech-to-text, supercharged by our own linguistic refinement rules. Reaches a 3–5% Word Error Rate on real conversational dictation — without ever calling a cloud server.
For macOS · Works exactly like Apple Dictation
If you've ever used Apple Dictation, you already know how to use this.
Dictate straight into any text box — Mail, Messages, Notes, Slack, your browser. Same feel as Apple's built-in dictation, dramatically more accurate.
- High accuracy. 3–5% Word Error Rate on real conversational dictation.
- Native feel. Lives in the menu bar. Works in every text field, exactly where you'd expect.
- Fully on-device. Your voice never leaves your Mac. Works offline. Always.
Tap the mic and dictate same preview, in your browser.
What makes it smart
Three quiet things it does while you talk.
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It removes the filler.
The "umms," the "you knows," the false starts. Hush Touch hears them and quietly takes them out, so what lands on the page is the sentence you meant to say.
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It catches itself.
When you backtrack — "let's meet at two, actually three" — Hush Touch recognises the correction and silently keeps the version you landed on.
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It learns what you say.
Correct a word once and Hush Touch quietly remembers it — your brand names, your jargon, the way kubectl is pronounced in your office.
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On-device. Always.
Every word is processed locally on your Mac. Works without an internet connection — by design, not as a fallback.
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Yours. For as long as you want.
Start at $6.99/mo or pay $69.99 once and keep it forever with free updates. No usage limits. The whole app weighs 5.5 MB.
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Two engines, one finished sentence.
Two Apple dictation engines blended in real time, then refined by an Apple Intelligence final pass.
What people say
One day in and Hush Touch was already faster and more accurate than the cloud dictation tool I'd been using for a year. On-device, no lag, and it actually learns my technical jargon.
The vocabulary learning is a game-changer. I dictate medical notes all day and it nails terms that other apps butcher.
It runs offline and it actually spells my company name right. Whatever cloud thing I was using before, it never did either of those.
Everything it does
A small app that handles a lot.
Hush Touch is voice-typing software for macOS — 5.5 MB, fully on-device. Here's everything it does, grouped the way it actually works.
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Recognition
How it hears you.
Dual-engine recognition
DictationTranscriber handles natural flow and punctuation. SFSpeechRecognizer boosts your custom vocabulary. Both Apple engines run in parallel, then an Apple Intelligence final pass refines the result — locally.
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Smart text
How it tidies up after you.
Custom vocabulary
Up to 500 terms, with auto-learn from corrections. Your jargon, brand names and medical terms get recognised exactly how you say them. Per-app profiles adapt automatically.
Smart text processing
Filler word removal. Self-correction detection ("…actually"). Voice snippets for repeated phrases. Numbered list formatting. All processed locally in real time.
Adaptive learning
Hush Touch notices when you correct a transcription and quietly adds the right word to your vocabulary. Frequency-weighted language models with per-app boosting.
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Privacy & control
How you put it to work.
Context modes & hands-free
Switch between General, Email, Code, and Notes modes. Say "Hey Siri, start touch" for hands-free dictation. Auto-insert after 2s silence. Say "okay send message" to send.
100% on-device privacy
Zero cloud dependency. Zero telemetry. Your voice is processed entirely on your Mac — including the Apple Intelligence final pass. Verifiable with any network monitor.
How it works
Two engines. One finished sentence.
Two Apple dictation engines run in parallel. An Apple Intelligence final pass merges them into one clean, on-device result.
Your voice
"Deploy the app to Kubernetes and use kubectl to manage pods."
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DictationTranscriber
Natural flow + punctuation
Returns
"Deploy the app to Cube and Eighties and use Q control to manage pods."
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SFSpeechRecognizer
Custom vocabulary spotter
Detects
Kubernetes, kubectl
Merged result
"Deploy the app to Kubernetes and use kubectl to manage pods."
Privacy
Your voice never leaves your Mac.
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On-device processing
All speech recognition, vocabulary learning and final-pass refinement happens on your Mac via Apple's native engines.
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Zero network requests
During dictation, nothing leaves your device. Verifiable with any network monitor.
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No analytics, ever
No telemetry, no tracking, no usage reporting. We don't want the data.
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Data Not Collected
That's the App Store privacy nutrition label. Not "Data Linked to You." Not "Used to Track You." Nothing.
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Works fully offline
No internet required, ever. Works on a plane, in a tunnel, in a cabin.
Questions
Things people often ask.
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01 How is Hush Touch different from built-in Mac dictation?
Built-in dictation uses a single engine and has no vocabulary learning. Hush Touch blends two Apple dictation engines, runs an Apple Intelligence final pass, learns your custom terms from corrections, removes filler words, and supports voice commands like "okay send message" — all on-device.
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02 Does it work offline?
Yes, always. Hush Touch processes everything on your Mac with zero network requests. You can verify this with any network monitor. No internet connection is ever required.
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03 What if I don't like it?
You're covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. Email hush@hushtouch.com and you'll get a full refund.
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04 Will it work with my apps?
With Live Output turned on, Hush Touch uses Apple-style underlined draft text in text fields that support it, then falls back to inserting only the finished result in fields that should not use a live draft. If you turn Live Output off, it always waits for the finished result. Per-app vocabulary profiles automatically adapt to each application.
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05 Which plan should I pick?
Three options: Monthly ($6.99/mo) is the no-commitment way to try it. Yearly ($49.99/yr) saves you ~40% if you know you'll keep dictating. Lifetime ($69.99 once) pays for itself in about a year and comes with free updates forever — it's the best long-term value and is covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee.
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06 What are the system requirements?
Hush Touch requires macOS 26 or later with Apple Silicon. English only.
Pricing
Three ways to start. One that ends the bill forever.
Try monthly. Save with yearly. Or own it once and be done with subscriptions.
Monthly
$ 6.99 / month
Auto-renews monthly. Cancel any time.
Yearly
$ 49.99 / year
12 months access. Auto-renews yearly.
Lifetime
$ 69.99 once
Pay once. Free updates, forever.
30-day money-back guarantee on Lifetime. Cancel subscriptions any time.
Recognition
- Hush Touch Local AI Engine (3-5% WER)
- Dual-engine speech recognition
- Two Apple dictation engines + Apple Intelligence final pass
Smart text
- Custom vocabulary (500 terms)
- Adaptive learning from corrections
- Smart text processing pipeline
- 4 context modes (General/Email/Code/Notes)
- Per-app vocabulary profiles
- Voice snippets (50 mappings)
The rest
- 5.5 MB lightweight install
- 100% on-device — no cloud, ever
- Free lifetime updates on Lifetime plan
macOS 26+ · Apple Silicon · English only