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Guides and honest comparisons about dictation on the Mac.

Meeting action items on the Mac — without a bot in the call

Only tasks someone clearly took on or handed out, grouped by person, ready seconds after you hang up.

Summary and to-dos as a draft in your own mail app — and why Voxdrop never sends anything on its own.

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and Codex read your meetings and to-dos — no account, no OAuth, no network port.

Markdown with frontmatter in your vault, optional JSON — and your edits are never overwritten.

Five actions in the Shortcuts app and three automations worth building.

Summaries with a model you run yourself — also on macOS 14 and 15. Setup and measured timings.

Love Wispr Flow but not the $15/month? Local, one-time-purchase alternatives for the Mac, compared.

Two on-device dictation apps for the Mac, compared honestly — where each one wins.

For lawyers, doctors, and anyone with confidential audio: where your speech is processed matters.

What to use instead — local, private, one-time-purchase alternatives for the Mac.