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TheHorn is fast, private dictation for your Mac. Speak into any app and your words appear at the cursor the moment you let go. Everything runs on your Mac.
Requires macOS 26 or later.
No account, no sign-in, no upload step between you and your words.
Built to disappear into the way you already work.
Transcription runs on your Mac, so there's no round trip to a server. Text lands as soon as you release the key.
Your voice is never recorded to disk or uploaded. The app has no network access and no analytics.
Mail, Slack, your editor, the browser. If there's a text field, TheHorn can fill it. It won't type into password fields.
Keep it literal, or tighten it with Concise or Polished. Rewrites use Apple's on-device model, and a diff shows what changed.
One click removes exactly the text TheHorn typed, even in apps with no undo of their own.
Add names and jargon to your dictionary so they're recognised and kept intact. It syncs through your private iCloud.
Turn on the review window to edit, copy or insert after you speak. Off by default, so dictation stays instant.
A menu bar app that matches macOS, with light and dark mode and VoiceOver support.
Speech is transcribed on-device, audio lives only in memory while you hold the key, and history is off unless you turn it on. No servers, no accounts, nothing to sell.
v0.1 is the first preview. Download it from GitHub and tell us what you think.