Yes. Stenox is free with no paid plans, license checks, free-tier restrictions, or recording time limits.

Does Stenox work locally?

Yes. Parakeet provides on-device transcription and Gemma provides on-device language processing on Apple Silicon Macs.

Can I use my own API keys?

Yes. Supported third-party providers remain optional and can be connected with your own API keys.

What happened to Stenox Cloud?

Stenox Cloud has been retired as Stenox moves to a local-first model powered by increasingly capable on-device speech and language models.

Free, private voice dictation for Apple Silicon

Your voice, on the page.

Press a shortcut, speak naturally, and watch clean text appear in any Mac app. Stenox transcribes and refines your words on your device.

See how it works

Listening

Hear the difference

Messy speech in. Clear thought out.

Stenox follows the way people really speak—then writes the sentence they meant.

You speak

Stenox writes

I was thinking that we should probably go to the store.

Handles corrections

"actually, wait, no—"

Removes filler words

um, like, you know

Extracts final intent

What you meant, not what you said

Built for real thoughts

Speak naturally. Keep the clarity.

Stenox does more than turn sound into text. It understands the starts, stops, fillers, and corrections that make spoken language human.

Speaks fluent correction

Change your mind mid-sentence. Stenox resolves the correction and keeps the thought that matters.

Works where you work

Use one shortcut in Slack, Notes, your browser, your editor, or any other Mac app.

Your vocabulary, remembered

Teach Stenox the names, phrases, and technical language you use every day.

A profile for every context

Tune formatting and processing per app, then let automatic detection switch for you.

One shortcut, every app

Your words, wherever you work.

Dictate messages, documents, and code without breaking your flow.

Slack

Northstar

# general

# engineering

# design

# random

Direct Messages

Alex Chen

Sarah Kim

# general

Alex Kim2:34 PM

Hey, has anyone looked at the new feature spec yet?

Message #general

Slack

Google Docs

Visual Studio Code

Local by default

Your words stay yours.

The default Stenox experience runs its speech and language models on Apple Silicon. Audio and text only leave your Mac when you deliberately choose a third-party provider.

On-device core

Apple Silicon · macOS 15+

Parakeet transcribes on your Mac
Gemma and Qwen refine language on your Mac
No account, license, or recording limit
Optional providers only use keys you add

Local models BYOK optional

Good to know

Questions, answered.

Still unsure about something? Email us at support@stenox.app.

Start talking

Give your keyboard a break.

Download Stenox and turn natural speech into finished text anywhere on your Mac.

Free · Apple Silicon · macOS 15+